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ids:

Updated version available at the usual URL.


* put a cap on image sizes - they are scaled if too big
* fixed the ":" thing
* added mame.exe and ROM path options to config dialog
* shuffled toolbar a bit
* added toolbar btn to launch current game - but it's not operational yet
* added ROM copy/move/delete options - not tested so use with caution (maybe back up your rom set first)
* New search option to show matches (as has been the case) - or everything else (a logical NOT)
* more performance improvements - but perhaps less noticeable this time
* etc
sorry updates have been slowing down lately, i'm just swamped

SGT:

Just tried Mawler.  It is awesome.  Thanks for doing this.

 :applaud:

ids:

It's been my pleasure... and my hope that it is found useful.  I just wish I had more time to for it, so much yet to do...

ids:

New update, old URL:


* Icons shown separately from other images, no need to scroll through them
* Wired up the "launch game" toolbar button.  Currently there is no mechanism to define the command line, it runs "mame <romname>";  hopefully that covers most usages for now.  You can specify where the mame executable lives in the Config dialog.  The process is run in the directory containing the executable.

SGT:


--- Quote from: ids on January 08, 2014, 07:10:32 pm ---New update, old URL:


* Icons shown separately from other images, no need to scroll through them
* Wired up the "launch game" toolbar button.  Currently there is no mechanism to define the command line, it runs "mame <romname>";  hopefully that covers most usages for now.  You can specify where the mame executable lives in the Config dialog.  The process is run in the directory containing the executable.
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Nice update, thanks!  The "Launch Game" feature is very useful as I use Mawler to find games I would like to add to my front end.  Is there any way to mark a game as a favorite or to add it to a custom list?  Currently if I find a game using Mawler that I want to add to my fe, I must either write it down or start my fe and go ahead and add it to a game list in the fe.  Might be nice to be able to flag games as favorites if there are others that would find that useful.  If another drop down in the search panel was added for user created custom lists,  it opens up more possibilities to make your export even more useful.

On a related note, mameui32/64 allows games to be added to custom folders.  These are just ini files that contain the rom names of those games a user adds to each custom folder.  Mala can currently import these ini files into game lists.  I'm not sure if storing favorites in a similar format would be feasible or not.  If not, perhaps adding this same format to your export procedure would at least add support for Mala, mameui32, and any other frontend that can import custom lists from mameui32.

Thanks again!



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