NEWS

For all you people using Linux, a Linux port is being developed, since I got my hands on a Linux PC. It'll be tested on Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon, but it should work for other distros. Should.

DOSBoxPY

A simple UI for DOSBox written in python because I suck at C.

Installation

1. This requires DOSBox to be installed, of course. If you don't, you can find instructions here.

2. Download either the .py file or the .exe file.

   The .py File

   a. Requires either Visual Studio Code (not recommended¹) or Python (the latest version)

   Visual Studio Code

   a. Open the file with Visual Studio Code (if it doesn't ask automatically, right click the file and click "Open With.")

   b. Right click the file in Visual Studio Code.

   c. Click "Run in Interactive Window."

   d. Enjoy if it works!

   Python

   a. Open the file.

   b. Done.

   The .exe File

   a. Click the file.

   b. Done.

Usage

This relies on a command prompt to work. It uses the keyboard, and not the mouse. It uses numbers. The options include starting DOSBox, changing the settings, opening the (default) path to screenshots and recordings, and a simple about section.

Contributions

If you'd like to team up with me, I'm open to contributions, but I won't be active at times. For a long time? For a short time? Who knows? It's random.

Info

It's a work in progress, so it isn't done yet. But you can see the updated progress here (if I remember).

• Code main menu
• Code settings menu
• Code about section
• Make it suitable for command prompt
• Debugging
• Figure out how to compile python code to exe file
• Compile
• Get some test users
• Release

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Footnotes

1. Not recommended because the code was made for a command prompt, and not Visual Studio Code. ↩

2. This is under the licence GNU v3. Basically, you're free to use, share, and tweak the software as long as you let others do the same with your changes. Just be sure to keep the original license intact. "And if I don't?" Legal punishment :3 ↩