ZSNES documentation needs updating before v1.40

Richard C. · Post by **Richard C.** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 5:37 am

i have no clue how to fix this thing in IE, so in my frustration I used Nach's idead as well as added some graphical links to Firefox. See for yourself: http://richardc.silohware.com/

if anyone knows how i can fix this, please help. i'd love for our fellow IE users (poor souls, get Firefox!) to be able to view the manual correctly, since i have a feeling that the people these documents will be most useful to will be using IE.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 5:54 am

Try adding IE7 to the docs.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 4:53 pm

The second Firefox button seems to not show on many pages due to a slight error in the HTML.

gaijinx1 · Post by **gaijinx1** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 10:33 pm

I feel like I should help with something. Is there a possibility of me helping with the documentation?

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:08 am

The FAQ is still the obsolete one, though. I don't have any HTML dev tools, but shall I try to hack the corrections into the page?

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:54 am

kevman wrote:The FAQ is still the obsolete one, though. I don't have any HTML dev tools, but shall I try to hack the corrections into the page?

Uh, no hacking is necessary. All you need is a decent text editor, like Notepad2 or Metapad. Even standard Notepad will work.

gaijinx1 · Post by **gaijinx1** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:22 am

Okay, kevman, I suggest you try to insert the corrections into the Zsnes 1.40 FAQ. If not, could you show me which ones need to be fixed up?

LDAWG · Post by **LDAWG** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:54 pm

Have you guys tried a good HTML Validator, such as CSE HTML Validator ?
You can download a free evaluation copy here:
http://download8.htmlvalidator.com/csesetup.exe

Here is a list of the top 5 HTML Validators:
http://webdesign.about.com/cs/htmlvalid ... dators.htm

Anyway, here are some general mistakes I see with both Firefox and IE.

The "What's New" Line that states:
***- Unicode support partially supported. Will complete later. [pagefault]
The *** need to come out
(that's my fault, from my what's new .txt http://www.geocities.com/ldawgzsnes/wha ... _rev01.txt
sorry about that)

Also, the "Current Progress" Sound Section has some indenting issues

The following are present in sound:

- 16bit digital stereo sound
- SPC700 Sound CPU
- DSP Sound Processor
------------------------------ BELOW THIS LINE HAS INDENTING ISSUES --------------
- Echo Effects
- FIR Filter
- ADSR volume effects
- GAIN volume effects
- Noise effects
- Pitch Modulation

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:33 pm

LDAWG wrote:Have you guys tried a good HTML Validator, such as CSE HTML Validator ?
You can download a free evaluation copy here:
http://download8.htmlvalidator.com/csesetup.exe

Here is a list of the top 5 HTML Validators:
http://webdesign.about.com/cs/htmlvalid ... dators.htm

Or http://validator.w3.org/.

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:10 pm

Noxious Ninja wrote:
kevman wrote:The FAQ is still the obsolete one, though. I don't have any HTML dev tools, but shall I try to hack the corrections into the page?
Uh, no hacking is necessary. All you need is a decent text editor, like Notepad2 or Metapad. Even standard Notepad will work.

That's basically what I meant. Try and figure it out in Notepad. I know next to no HTML.

I'll get on that tommorow. The FAQ I modified and the list of changes are earlier in this thread, towards the beginning.

Richard C. · Post by **Richard C.** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:52 pm

If someone will post an updated FAQ, I'll be more than happy to put it in the docs myself.

Also, for all of the posts about HTML errors. They had something to due with the FTP client and server I'm using. Didn't upload entire file, or garbled stuff up. Everything checks out now according to W3C's XHTML and CSS validators.

LDAWG: Thanks for the input, but I know the problems in Internet Explorer (I use XP after all), I just don't know how to fix them. If anyone knows how, please say so!

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:08 am

kevman wrote:I misunderstood what you wanted, and modified the FAQ directly.
My modified FAQ is at http://www.geocities.com/kevmanzsnes/ZSNESFAQ.TXT.

Here is a list of what I did:

Questions Added:

Q: Why don't my settings get saved after I close Zsnes?
Q: Why don't Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Star Ocean work right in ZSNES?
Q: How do I apply the Street Fighter Alpha 2 graphics pack in ZSNES?
Q: How do I apply the Star Ocean graphics pack in ZSNES?
Q: I used the auto .IPS patching feature, and now the game doesn't work.
Q: How do I convert .ZMV movies to AVI/DIVX/WMV/MPEG?
Q: Can you make a Mac/PocketPC/PS2/whatever port?

Questions that have had the answers changed:

Q: Can you guys get Pilotwings/Star Ocean/Street Fighter Alpha 2 to work?
Q: How come the game genie codes don't work?
Q: Why is ZSNES slow?
Q: Why do I get a black (or corrupted) box when I start up ZSNESw?

Hope it is of help anyway.

This post subject to change without notice.

?? This has been here for weeks. Wait, though, there is one more question I want to add about refresh rates.

Bent · Post by **Bent** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:29 am

Richard C. wrote:If someone will post an updated FAQ, I'll be more than happy to put it in the docs myself.

Also, for all of the posts about HTML errors. They had something to due with the FTP client and server I'm using. Didn't upload entire file, or garbled stuff up. Everything checks out now according to W3C's XHTML and CSS validators.

LDAWG: Thanks for the input, but I know the problems in Internet Explorer (I use XP after all), I just don't know how to fix them. If anyone knows how, please say so!

Interesting, but the supposed IE errors display correctly for me, no problems mentioned at all. I run Windows XP with IE 6 SP2. I wonder why this is?

Richard C. · Post by **Richard C.** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:48 am

Bent: I have the same. Have you looked at gui.htm? The errors are most visible there.

Bent · Post by **Bent** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:27 am

Richard C. wrote:Bent: I have the same. Have you looked at gui.htm? The errors are most visible there.

Yah that is the thing I checked first actually, since grinvader showed that it had problems (I think in another thread). Here's a link to how it looks on my computer, to me this seems 100% correct isn't it?

gaijinx1 · Post by **gaijinx1** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:52 am

Wow, that DOES look better. Oookay...so, what's the next thing to do? Is is getting even closer to the Zsnes release?

gaijinx1 · Post by **gaijinx1** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:56 am

Okay, sorry I asked that. Guess it slipped. (Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!)
I meant to ask "Are the documents coming along nicely?"

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:00 am

You know, you're just making the 1.40 release push back even further by asking when it's going to be release....

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:43 am

@gaijinx1: Use the Edit button or die. Last warning. I'm tired of your silly 5-minutes-apart doubleposts.

gaijinx1 · Post by **gaijinx1** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:07 pm

First of all, I am NOT trying to push the release date further! (Frikin' idiot!)
And secondly, I do not wish to be threatened with such slanderous words.
Got that, grinvader and all other people who responded to my post!!!? I just want to know about the documents, is that so hard?

illegal eagle · Post by **illegal eagle** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:33 pm

gaijinx1 wrote:I am NOT trying to push the release date further!

You are, by asking.

gaijinx1 wrote:And secondly, I do not wish to be threatened with such slanderous words.

What kind of words would you prefer?

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:17 pm

BACK to the NON-FLAME topic, I have added another Q and A to my FAQ.

Get the updated version at http://www.geocities.com/kevmanzsnes/ZSNESFAQ.TXT

Tell me what you want me to do with it.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:29 pm

Typo:

ZSNES Defualt Keys > ZSNES Default Keys

http://richardc.silohware.com/windows/r ... efaultkeys

Richard C. · Post by **Richard C.** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:44 am

Bent wrote:
Richard C. wrote:Bent: I have the same. Have you looked at gui.htm? The errors are most visible there.
Yah that is the thing I checked first actually, since grinvader showed that it had problems (I think in another thread). Here's a link to how it looks on my computer, to me this seems 100% correct isn't it?

that is exactly how it is supposed to look. im very surprised! can you tell me the version of your IE as reported by Help -> About? I'd love to see why it looks so different on yours. mine's v6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158.

Bent · Post by **Bent** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 5:50 am

Richard C. wrote:
Bent wrote:
Richard C. wrote:Bent: I have the same. Have you looked at gui.htm? The errors are most visible there.
Yah that is the thing I checked first actually, since grinvader showed that it had problems (I think in another thread). Here's a link to how it looks on my computer, to me this seems 100% correct isn't it?
that is exactly how it is supposed to look. im very surprised! can you tell me the version of your IE as reported by Help -> About? I'd love to see why it looks so different on yours. mine's v6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158.

Ok then, let me see, it's 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158. Hmm, appears to be the same as yours. I wonder what else it could be really? I haven't looked, it is just html code in the document?