porporo/README.md

Porporo

Porporo is a Varvara operating system, written in ANSI C.

Build

To build the Uxn emulator, you must install SDL2 for your distro. If you are using a package manager:

sudo pacman -Sy sdl2             # Arch
sudo apt install libsdl2-dev     # Ubuntu
sudo xbps-install SDL2-devel     # Void Linux
brew install sdl2                # OS X

To build Porporo and the required roms:

make run

Controls

• F1, lock varvara.
• F2, center varvara.
• F4, exit varvara.
• F5, soft-reboot varvara.
• d, draw mode.
• m, move mode.

Menu.rom

• tab, see all files.
• esc, exit.

TODOs

• File device pointers should be assoc with Varvaras
• Map connection data to porporo's ram
• Automatic reqdraw, use screen
• Fail if cannot find menu
• Fail when menu command is invalid

Window Manager

• only draw program screens that are visible
• Global pointer, Hide pointer
• Transluscent windows

Menu.rom

• No tasks.

Wallpaper.rom

• No tasks.

Log.rom

• Toggle binary/ascii mode
• Scroll buffer
• Support theme