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Application:VBA

2010-01-18T08:15:19Z

Michaelb: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to the proper extension(for example, rename a gameboy advance game to end with ".gba" without quotes)

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 
'''New in 1.0.4''' Hit a letter key to jump to that letter in the rom list (useful when you have lots of roms) 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets (or saving in zelda)
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|-
|1,2,3
|Save state number 1,2,3
|orange + "corresponding letter"
|-
|4,5,6
|Load state number 1,2,3
|orange + "corresponding letter"
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls (it is possible allready but you have to create a new Config)
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)
* Don't list 'hidden' files (ones starting with period)
* Toggle for globally enabling/disabling status messages, including "wrote battery".
* Include a homebrew rom to demo the app?
* change splash screen to tell them about the wiki for roms

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* '''1.0.4'''
** Remove dependence on upstart, should fix problem with VBA not launching. 
** backported sound fixes for (slight) speed, also added code to hopefully fix freezing on pause 
** save/load state support 
** jump-to-letter functionality in rom selector for better management of large libraries 
** sort roms case insensitively 
* '''1.0.3''' Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* '''1.0.2''' Small metadata fix.
* '''1.0.1''' Small performance boost, public release!
* '''1.0.0''' Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
Orange: Not Playable/Very Slow 
Yellow: Semi-Playable 
Green: Playable 
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Astro Boy - Omega Factor
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|75%
|1.0.4
|
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow
|bgcolor="orange"|56%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.4
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Chu Chu Rocket!
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|97%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.4
|Plays perfekt with or without sound :)
|-
|Duke Nukem 3D Advanced
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.4
|
|-
|Drill Dozer
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.4
|
|-
|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without Sound
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Golden Sun: The Lost Age
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without sound if you have a lot patience.
|-
|Gunstar Super Heroes
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.4
|playable without sound
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|too slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites around that offer something similar such as this site specifically for gameboy advance: http://www.gameboy-advance-roms.info/ 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|BulletGBA
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.4
|http://pqrs.org/gba/bulletgba/
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-18T08:14:57Z

Michaelb: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to the proper extension(for example, rename a gameboy advance game to end with ".gba" without quotes)

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 
'''New in 1.0.4''' Hit a letter key to jump to that letter in the rom list (useful when you have lots of roms) 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets (or saving in zelda)
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|-
|1,2,3
|Save state number 1,2,3
|orange + "corresponding letter"
|-
|4,5,6
|Load state number 1,2,3
|orange + "corresponding letter"
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls (it is possible allready but you have to create a new Config)
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)
* Don't list 'hidden' files (ones starting with period)
* Toggle for globally enabling/disabling status messages, including "wrote battery".
* Include a homebrew rom to demo the app?
* change splash screen to tell them about the wiki for roms

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* '''1.0.4'''
** Remove dependence on upstart, should fix problem with VBA not launching. 
** backported sound fixes for (slight) speed, also added code to hopefully fix freezing on pause 
** save/load state support 
** jump-to-letter functionality in rom selector for better management of large libraries 
** sort roms case insensitively 
* '''1.0.3''' Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* '''1.0.2''' Small metadata fix.
* '''1.0.1''' Small performance boost, public release!
* '''1.0.0''' Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
Orange: Not Playable/Very Slow 
Yellow: Semi-Playable 
Green: Playable 
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Astro Boy - Omega Factor
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|75%
|1.0.4
|
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow
|bgcolor="orange"|56%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.4
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Chu Chu Rocket!
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|97%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.4
|Plays perfekt with or without sound :)
|-
|Duke Nukem 3D Advanced
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|40%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.4
|
|-
|Drill Dozer
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.4
|
|-
|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without Sound
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Golden Sun: The Lost Age
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without sound if you have a lot patience.
|-
|Gunstar Super Heroes
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.4
|playable without sound
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|too slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites around that offer something similar such as this site specifically for gameboy advance: http://www.gameboy-advance-roms.info/ 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|BulletGBA
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.4
|http://pqrs.org/gba/bulletgba/
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-18T08:12:55Z

Michaelb: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to the proper extension(for example, rename a gameboy advance game to end with ".gba" without quotes)

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 
'''New in 1.0.4''' Hit a letter key to jump to that letter in the rom list (useful when you have lots of roms) 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets (or saving in zelda)
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|-
|1,2,3
|Save state number 1,2,3
|orange + "corresponding letter"
|-
|4,5,6
|Load state number 1,2,3
|orange + "corresponding letter"
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls (it is possible allready but you have to create a new Config)
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)
* Don't list 'hidden' files (ones starting with period)
* Toggle for globally enabling/disabling status messages, including "wrote battery".
* Include a homebrew rom to demo the app?
* change splash screen to tell them about the wiki for roms

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* '''1.0.4'''
** Remove dependence on upstart, should fix problem with VBA not launching. 
** backported sound fixes for (slight) speed, also added code to hopefully fix freezing on pause 
** save/load state support 
** jump-to-letter functionality in rom selector for better management of large libraries 
** sort roms case insensitively 
* '''1.0.3''' Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* '''1.0.2''' Small metadata fix.
* '''1.0.1''' Small performance boost, public release!
* '''1.0.0''' Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
Orange: Not Playable/Very Slow 
Yellow: Semi-Playable 
Green: Playable 
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Astro Boy - Omega Factor
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|75%
|1.0.4
|
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow
|bgcolor="orange"|56%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.4
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Chu Chu Rocket!
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|97%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.4
|Plays perfekt with or without sound :)
|-
|Duke Nukem 3D Advanced
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|86%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.4
|
|-
|Drill Dozer
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.4
|
|-
|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without Sound
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Golden Sun: The Lost Age
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without sound if you have a lot patience.
|-
|Gunstar Super Heroes
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.4
|playable without sound
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|too slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites around that offer something similar such as this site specifically for gameboy advance: http://www.gameboy-advance-roms.info/ 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|BulletGBA
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.4
|http://pqrs.org/gba/bulletgba/
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application talk:Terminal

2009-08-17T18:51:09Z

Michaelb: /* Colors Sticking, and Permissions */

== Bugs: Paste? ==
- Can't seem to figure out how to paste something that was copied from another app/msg/web site. The old paste shortcut of "Gesture + V" doesn't work (because its being used for other things). I tried to "Insert" shortcut, but it didn't do anything.
--[[User:Zinge|Zinge]] 08:58, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

== Ansi bugs ==
Scrolling in BX is fixed. Thanks! terminal is a killer app.

Still have a bug when typing a message in IRC that's long enough to require horizontal scrolling. Instead of scrolling it does weird single-char newlines and status bar is lost.

Also when using arrow keys to move around in vim (with TERM=linux and syntax/color on), what seems to be ansi color code artifacts are printed. Arrows do work, but it's unusable due to artifacts. --[[User:T3rmin|T3rmin]] 18:05, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

== New Version Changelog? ==

The newest version from the feed seems to be 0.1.6. Anybody know what changes have been made? --[[User:Zinge|Zinge]] 19:30, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

== Font Size Feature Request ==
Well done! I notice that there are two fonts, normal and small. Would it be possible to add an intermediate font size? The 40 col is to large for seeing much and the 80 col is far to small. Would it be possible to have a ~60col font? --[[user:Dreadchicken|Dreadchicken]]

: Also, could you add a "large" font size? I don't like the small sizes for little one-line commands (wget, etc). I guess ultimately it'd be nice to have in that combo box a handful of sizes. Thank you so much for the mind-blowing awesomeness of this app, by the way. [[User:Michaelb|Michaelb]] 18:46, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

== Broadcast messages when phone sleeps/wakes ==

Has anyone figured out how to stop the broadcast messages generated on the Terminal when the phone sleeps and wakes? They clobber whatever's on the screen if you happen to turn off the phone while Terminal is open.

Other than this, great app. I'm eternally grateful. :) --[[User:zorinlynx|zorinlynx]]

I'm not sure if this will help, but there is a quilt patch in the gitorious modification for disabling some messages to the log. http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/modifications/blobs/master/luna/quiet-powerd-messages.patch --[[User:Plee3|plee3]] 21:05, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! This has resolved the issue. --[[User:Zorinlynx|Zorinlynx]] 21:24, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

== Brackets ==
Any way to enter < or > chars? Kinda tough to dump output to a file without.
--[[User:Daemon|Daemon]]

These characters have not been implemented yet, but as a work-around, you can use tee or tee -a.
--[[User:JackieRipper|JackieRipper]]

==Colors Sticking, and Permissions==
Would it be possible to set the foreground color permanently, so that I don't havve to set it each time I log in?

I've also noticed that when I open the application, sometimes it automatically logs me in as root. How can I disable this?

Thanks for your awesome work!! -[[User:Hopspitfire|hopspitfire]] 05:47, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

I think one solution for disabling root access is to go into
/var/usr/palm/applications/org.webosinternals.terminal/app/controllers
and edit '''session-assistant.js'''
Search for the line that reads
this.termplugin.start("root");
and change 'root' to your username.
[[User:Clebio|Clebio]] 20:57, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

:That worked perfectly! Thank you.
:I'm still having trouble with the colors sticking, now when I change a color in the preferences menu and go back to the terminal, the entire screen freezes (It responds to <orange><sym><r>, but won't show the boot logo as it's shutting down, and ssh responds normally). Is this a bug? -[[User:Hopspitfire|hopspitfire]] 04:13, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
:: I get this too when I try to change preferences. [[User:Michaelb|Michaelb]] 18:51, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Application talk:Terminal

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Michaelb:

== Bugs: Paste? ==
- Can't seem to figure out how to paste something that was copied from another app/msg/web site. The old paste shortcut of "Gesture + V" doesn't work (because its being used for other things). I tried to "Insert" shortcut, but it didn't do anything.
--[[User:Zinge|Zinge]] 08:58, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

== Ansi bugs ==
Scrolling in BX is fixed. Thanks! terminal is a killer app.

Still have a bug when typing a message in IRC that's long enough to require horizontal scrolling. Instead of scrolling it does weird single-char newlines and status bar is lost.

Also when using arrow keys to move around in vim (with TERM=linux and syntax/color on), what seems to be ansi color code artifacts are printed. Arrows do work, but it's unusable due to artifacts. --[[User:T3rmin|T3rmin]] 18:05, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

== New Version Changelog? ==

The newest version from the feed seems to be 0.1.6. Anybody know what changes have been made? --[[User:Zinge|Zinge]] 19:30, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

== Font Size Feature Request ==
Well done! I notice that there are two fonts, normal and small. Would it be possible to add an intermediate font size? The 40 col is to large for seeing much and the 80 col is far to small. Would it be possible to have a ~60col font? --[[user:Dreadchicken|Dreadchicken]]

: Also, could you add a "large" font size? I don't like the small sizes for little one-liner operations. I guess ultimately it'd be nice to have in that combo box a handful of sizes. Thank you so much for the mind-blowing awesomeness of this app, by the way. [[User:Michaelb|Michaelb]] 18:46, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

== Broadcast messages when phone sleeps/wakes ==

Has anyone figured out how to stop the broadcast messages generated on the Terminal when the phone sleeps and wakes? They clobber whatever's on the screen if you happen to turn off the phone while Terminal is open.

Other than this, great app. I'm eternally grateful. :) --[[User:zorinlynx|zorinlynx]]

I'm not sure if this will help, but there is a quilt patch in the gitorious modification for disabling some messages to the log. http://gitorious.org/webos-internals/modifications/blobs/master/luna/quiet-powerd-messages.patch --[[User:Plee3|plee3]] 21:05, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! This has resolved the issue. --[[User:Zorinlynx|Zorinlynx]] 21:24, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

== Brackets ==
Any way to enter < or > chars? Kinda tough to dump output to a file without.
--[[User:Daemon|Daemon]]

These characters have not been implemented yet, but as a work-around, you can use tee or tee -a.
--[[User:JackieRipper|JackieRipper]]

==Colors Sticking, and Permissions==
Would it be possible to set the foreground color permanently, so that I don't havve to set it each time I log in?

I've also noticed that when I open the application, sometimes it automatically logs me in as root. How can I disable this?

Thanks for your awesome work!! -[[User:Hopspitfire|hopspitfire]] 05:47, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

I think one solution for disabling root access is to go into
/var/usr/palm/applications/org.webosinternals.terminal/app/controllers
and edit '''session-assistant.js'''
Search for the line that reads
this.termplugin.start("root");
and change 'root' to your username.
[[User:Clebio|Clebio]] 20:57, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

:That worked perfectly! Thank you.
:I'm still having trouble with the colors sticking, now when I change a color in the preferences menu and go back to the terminal, the entire screen freezes (It responds to <orange><sym><r>, but won't show the boot logo as it's shutting down, and ssh responds normally). Is this a bug? -[[User:Hopspitfire|hopspitfire]] 04:13, 17 August 2009 (UTC)