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new: zxdb: mousewheel
new: zxdb: media selector
new: zxdb: new 'page' option
new: zxdb: new 'media' option
new: zxdb: added bookmarks and compatibility flags to local file browser
new: saved local folder location
chg: zxdb: grouped authors into a single screen
chg: zxdb: can search release seqs now (see: #id#num)
chg: added F1 F2 F3 … hyperlinks into about screen
chg: changed ui to detect release mouse presses instead.
fix: eject rzx after new media is inserted (see: afterburner.rzx)
fix: eject tape when new disk is inserted (see: seraphima.scl)
fix: fix redirecting tab to local browser after a wos search
fix: search/local should clear dialogs (media)
fix: opening browse should close media dialog
fix: disable accessibility keys while app in use (Windows)
fix: ay: envelope 15 fix (ay1 core) (thanks @leiradel!)
fix: ay: dropped YM mode from AY2 core
fix: restored glx window attribs to what v1.03 was using (Linux)
fix: fixed Linux/MacOS builds (embedding zxdb build step broken since v1.04)
fix: ui edge case where hyperlinks could not be hovered if they were wider than app canvas
fix: fixed accidental tape interactions while clicking bottom games within browser lists.
fix: expanded va() buffers. changed impl. hopefully addresses temporary file leaks

new: mp3s support. play Side-B bonus tracks (see: EveryonesAWally, KingdomOfKrell, Corruption, DodgyGeezers, etc.)
new: added zoom/panning (see: maps, inlays, instructions)
new: allow mousewheel within dialogs for those games with ridiculous amount of cheats (see: ManicMiner)
new: dimmed thumbnails when filtering is enabled
new: flash currently loaded game while browsing
new: combined local+wos search tab
new: zxdb 'alias' option

tzx: increased bits for pilot tones (fixes SpecialProgram11-ITA-bootleg.tzx)
tzx: improve tape preview by creating large pause gaps between important blocks: before any of [ .bas block, glue block, 48KStopTape block ] + any text block with 'side' or 'b' strings in it)
tzx: disable select block (only present in LoneWolfMirrorOfDeath and four minor compilations)

chg: improve texture resampling quality by going cubic instead of bilinear (maps, inlays, instructions)
chg: ctrl+mousewheel to advance pages while browsing
chg: auto-scan ZX_FOLDER setting on launch
chg: invert mousewheel (linux,windows)
chg: reduced the time needed to detect long keypresses

fix: fixed wrong characters when writing utf8 filenames (mp4, mpeg1, png files) (Windows)
fix: fixed case where repeated zxdb ids in a listing would not display its alt title (see: gremlins2)
fix: made ui_print() to work in any surface resolution

‌new: multicolor (action force 2, buzzsaw, oldtower, gluf, yazzie, multidude, el stompo, space monsters meet the hardy, sunbucket, blacklamp, ringo) (not yet: plyuk)
‌new: rainbow graphics (eliminator, uridium, bad dream, venom mask 3)
‌new: border effects (vectron 48, jaws, blade warrior, starion, terrorpods) (not yet: aquaplane, venom mask 3)
‌new: border overscan (border break, breakspace, defenders of the earth, rotatrix, sentinel 48, bordertrix 48, darkstar 48 hiscore, super wonderboy128 paused)
‌new: floating bus (emlyn hughes, saucer, wizball, cobra, shortcircuit, terracresta, duet) (not yet: arkanoid, sidewize)
‌new: fast disk loading option (+3, Pentagon)
‌new: emulate hardware bugs present in HAL10H8 chip (128/+2)
‌new: kempston2 joystick support (port 55) (see: BombMunchies)
‌new: revamped joystick menu screen. added new joystick mappings
‌new: zipped instructions support (IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade)
‌new: added manual play/stop tape controls. also, disable auto-stop/play when manual tape is enabled
‌chg: added warning message when bonus tracks are not played in ideal conditions
‌chg: added leading tape silence (100ms) to help UX when clicking tape preview bar on the left border
‌chg: allowed backspace key to close game filter dialog
‌chg: by default, use 48K for load local tapes when no model can be inferred
‌chg: different ordering of zxdb color flags
‌chg: highlight loaded game in local browser
‌chg: if user has changed medias, keep using that when switching different zx models
‌chg: infer zx model from local filenames whenever possible (Cabal.dsk, Pietro(Pentagon).tap, Manic128.tap, etc)
‌chg: made media screen layout extra compact (preallocated space for upcoming savegame thumbnails)
‌chg: updated bescii font to v3.1 (cz/sk/hu/slavic languages support)
‌chg: updated github workflow to use SignPath signed binaries (Windows)
‌chg: updated github workflow to use ubuntu22.04, since ubuntu20.04 is deprecated now (Linux)
‌chg: use polyfill-glibc for backwards/legacy glibc compatibility (Linux)
‌chg: while toggling turborom, avoid additional reset whenever possible
‌fix: 1-byte memory stomp
‌fix: allowed backspace key while browsing local folders
‌fix: allowed to read embedded zxdb database from any cwd (ie, ../../dir/spectral)
‌fix: could not change zx model after loading from local .zip files
‌fix: displayed alias titles in # tab when no digit/punct char is found (zxdb) (see: ¡Hundido!)
‌fix: fixed pentagon INT timing (borderbreak.trd)
‌fix: fixed some empty search results in search tab (zxdb) (see: Floromaníaco while searching for "mania")
‌fix: fixed ¿¡ chars not being sorted (zxdb)
‌fix: removed slavic entries from # tab (zxdb)
‌fix: fixed the .scr viewer, that prevented the app from closing
‌fix: fixed UB in realloc() when game searching for empty strings a few times in a row
‌fix: fixed bug where window titlebar() might ignore temporary strings built from va() (Windows)
‌fix: fixed many +3 dsks, which were not being properly initalized/mounted (see: dynasty wars, final fight, forgotten worlds, gng, led storm, last duel, mercs, wrestling superstars, time scanner, the vindicator, ...)
‌fix: wrong titlebar after loading some local files

Maintenance release
chg: made TV=2 mode crispier
chg: improved search tab by maximizing the search range
chg: improved zxdb id detection from local filenames by minimizing the search range (see: Saboteur! and Saboteur2-AvengingAngel cases)
fix: display jailbars only in paper area (broken probably since we went full border emulation, 384x304)
fix: display proper RF noise interferences (broken probably since we went full border emulation, 384x304)
fix: dont emit 6 keycode while pressing ALT keys
fix: drag 'n drop support (broken since previous release) (Linux/OSX)
fix: fixed K/L input mode (broken since some prior release)
fix: fixed shader loading code (broken since some prior release)
fix: fixed malformed urls while downloading non-escaped media urls (Windows) (see: Crusoe bonus mp3 track)
fix: preserved ZX_TITLE setting between diff sessions (Linux)
fix: preserved P128 string within titlebar after loading settings file
fix: start local file browser from previously known ZX_FOLDER location (Windows/Linux/OSX)

new: use host keyboard layout while in BASIC to ease typing (eg SHIFT+2 for quotes in addition to classic SYMB+P) (Windows/Linux/OSX)
new: rewrote audio mixer: reduced latency + no longer framerate dependant (see: mp3s, fdc sounds, rec sounds)
new: improved 48/128 game detection
new: optimized loading time between tape pauses
new: accelerated media & renderer while holding rshift key
new: added polyduck, fantasy, pcw, amber palettes. removed goblin22 palette.
new: made bootable .scl files by auto-patching them
new: experimental custom ROMs support (drag'n drop, then app restart or clear media button to wipe them out)
new: forced pause while app blurred
new: rough crt bloom in TV=2-3 modes for amber/pcw/bw/negative palettes
new: zxdb entries can swap +3 side-B disks now (MythHistoryInTheMaking)
chg: add large pauses after every tzx block $20 to ease tape seeking
chg: added a more sensitive pause block trimmer
chg: audio mixer optimizations (removed memmoves, added ringbuffer, removed dcoffset from beeper)
chg: centered app within desktop rect (Windows)
chg: changed fdc sounds and volumes (again)
chg: clean audiobuffers during zx model reset
chg: combined mic/ear volume levels
chg: detect "header" of zx/if2 roms by checking first byte (DI opcode)
chg: do not add extra large pauses at beginning of side A tapes (tzx)
chg: do not spin fdc motor audio indefinitely if any +3 game forgets to turn the motor off
chg: duplicated amount of sampling in AY=2 mode
chg: fixed turborom + bleepload (more precise range to detect romloader)
chg: improved host keypresses while in basic
chg: improved turborom compatibility (longer pilots, more precise range to detect romloader)
chg: included pilots as blank pixels in tape preview
chg: input basic detection
chg: maximized zxdb search ratio by using two passes on compound filenames (title:subtitle first, then just title)
chg: more results in tab search
chg: reduced audio latency
chg: removed abnormal initial pauses within basic headers for bad tapes like Shinobi(DroSoft) [60s] or Nautilus [29s] (tzx)
chg: selected YM2419 envelopes in AY=2 mode
chg: upgrade stb_resize2 to latest
dev: added renders_per_second metric (thanks ref!)
fix: amended PRINT IN 32765 hal bug in 128/+2 models
fix: fixed 128 regressions: BlackLamp128, HuntForRedOctober128... (do not reset cpu in HAL10H8/snow scenarios)
fix: fixed AY=2 pitch
fix: fixed bug that prevented cycling a +3/P128 model with a disk inserted
fix: fixed L/R modifier keys (Tigr)(Windows)
fix: fixed Pentagon regressions: 48irons, 1dm_pos.scl, pinball2... (HAL10H8 bugs incorrectly applied)
fix: linux/osx tigrFocused()
fix: fixed tape regressions (myla di'kaich, hysteria, thefury, roadblasters, tt racer, moonlighter, ...)
fix: queued remaining audio samples after a full saudio_push() (they were discarded before)
fix: recently introduced issue with tape polarities while trimming unneeded tape silences (alien8, headoverheels, ...)
fix: removed _ [] X fullscreen widgets (Windows)
fix: tzx loopstart counter off by 1 (does not seem to affect titles)
brk: simplified media loading/mounting code. may break games that used to work.
lab: display a larger floating preview in 6x6 and 12x12 thumbnails modes
lab: added 10KHz lowpass filter to beeper in AY=2 mode

new: stereo audio
new: tape counter
new: co-op for kids: horace, a companion screenmate.
new: auto-patch .trd disks to be bootable (whenever possible)
new: added multiple local/zxdb filters support. can search for titles, aliases, years, publishers, authors, genres, tags, media types, etc.
new: added demos to zxdb listings by default now. can be isolated by filtering on the word "demo".
new: joffa's ui easter egg
chg: added special zxdb filtering words "mia"/"xxx" to display hidden categories.
chg: allowed horace to duck (down+jump) and be dragged (mouse)
chg: allowed to click on (year)(publisher) zxdb strings
chg: allowed to select .fx shaders via local browser
chg: external shaders support via TV=4 mode (by using ZX_SHADED and ZX_SHADER ini settings)
chg: extra tweaks for horace while doing tape loads
chg: identified visually different browsing areas in tape browser
chg: improved .trd detection
chg: memoized ui glyph dimensions
chg: redesigned tape browser to be more minimalist
chg: re-ordered TV modes, sorted by framerate cost
chg: used tighter spacing while in local browser
chg: gradients palette (thanks Woodster/Chevron!)
chg: support both 128/P128 .snas, as long as desired model is selected beforehand
fix: fixed accelerated cpu after aborting a media load and returning back to Pentagon 128 basic
fix: fixed bug that prevented creating snapshots/videos from local files supplied via argc/argv (Windows)
fix: fixed ui_print() dims when ui_monospaced==0
fix: incorrect background blend while filtering.
fix: incorrect background frame while performing a zxdb async search.
fix: fixed gamepad, missed update call (since 1.09b)
fix: using new host keyboard + gamepad case bug