Benefits:
- Streamlines the build process by allowing for multiple Protobuf targets, enhancing compatibility and maintainability.
- Improves session management capabilities within the editor, leading to a more organized and efficient user experience.
- Enhance Protobuf target handling in CMake configuration
- Updated CMake files to support multiple Protobuf targets, improving flexibility in linking.
- Adjusted target link libraries across various components (yaze, yaze_core_lib, yaze_editor, etc.) to utilize the new
- Adjusted the order of method calls in BuildModernMenu to improve readability and maintainability.
- Moved the separator method call to follow the item addition for better logical flow.
Benefits:
- Enhances code clarity and organization within the menu building logic of the EditorManager.
- Updated CMake files to conditionally link against libprotobuf based on the YAZE_PROTOBUF_TARGET variable across various modules (core, net, agent, z3ed).
- Ensured consistent use of the static MSVC runtime to align with vcpkg static triplets.
- Improved clarity in build logs by adding status messages for whole-archive linking conditions.
Benefits:
- Enhances modularity and compatibility of the build system with protobuf.
- Streamlines the build process for different platforms by ensuring appropriate linking based on configuration options.
- Added support for .gitignore patterns to the build_cleaner script, allowing it to respect ignored files during maintenance tasks.
- Implemented auto-discovery of CMake libraries marked for auto-maintenance, improving the automation of source list updates.
- Introduced functions for extracting includes and symbols from source files to suggest missing headers based on usage.
- Updated README to reflect new features and usage instructions.
Benefits:
- Streamlines the build process by automating maintenance tasks and ensuring proper header management.
- Enhances code organization and maintainability by integrating with existing project structures.
- Updated include paths for various GUI-related headers to improve organization and clarity.
- Introduced new components for better modularity, including PaletteEditorWidget and EditorCardManager.
- Refactored existing code to utilize the new components, ensuring consistency across the GUI subsystem.
Benefits:
- Enhances maintainability and readability of the GUI code.
- Facilitates future enhancements and optimizations within the GUI subsystem.
- Updated include paths for various graphics-related headers to improve organization and clarity.
- Introduced new types for SNES color, palette, and tile management, enhancing the structure of the graphics subsystem.
- Refactored existing code to utilize the new types, ensuring consistency across the codebase.
Benefits:
- Improves maintainability and readability of the graphics code.
- Facilitates future enhancements and optimizations within the graphics subsystem.
- Implemented initialization for music-related editor cards, including Music Tracker and Instrument Editor, with appropriate registration and default visibility settings.
- Updated MusicEditor to manage card visibility dynamically and added methods for drawing specific editor views.
- Improved EditorCardManager to handle recent category tracking, enhancing user navigation through editor categories.
Benefits:
- Streamlines access to music editing tools, improving user experience and workflow efficiency within the editor environment.
- Updated EditorManager to pass visibility flags directly to memory and assembly editors, enhancing the responsiveness of the editor interface.
- Simplified visibility checks by retrieving flags from the EditorCardManager, ensuring accurate updates based on user interactions.
Benefits:
- Streamlines the editor update process, improving user experience by ensuring editors reflect their visibility state accurately.
- Updated EditorManager to support new card-based editors, including Emulator, Hex, and Assembly editors.
- Added centralized registration of editor cards with EditorCardManager, improving visibility management.
- Implemented methods to retrieve editor types from categories and manage card visibility dynamically.
- Enhanced initialization processes for various editors to ensure proper card registration and default visibility settings.
Benefits:
- Improved user experience by organizing editor cards and providing quick access to new editor functionalities.
- Streamlined editor management, making it easier to switch between different editing contexts and enhancing overall workflow efficiency.
- Updated EditorManager to handle sidebar drawing for card-based editors, improving consistency across editor types.
- Removed individual toolbar implementations from GraphicsEditor, ScreenEditor, and SpriteEditor, as sidebar functionality is now centralized.
- Enhanced EditorCardManager to manage card visibility and selection more effectively, including improved UI feedback for empty card categories.
Benefits:
- Streamlined editor interface and improved user experience by consolidating sidebar management, making it easier to navigate and manage editor cards.
- Introduced methods to determine if an editor is card-based and to retrieve its category.
- Implemented a sidebar toggle shortcut (Ctrl+B) for managing card visibility.
- Added functionality to hide current editor cards when switching editors.
- Updated editor initialization to register global shortcuts for activating specific editors.
- Enhanced the Update method to draw a sidebar for the current category editor.
Benefits:
- Improved user experience by organizing editor cards and providing quick access to editor categories.
- Streamlined editor management, making it easier to switch between different editing contexts.
- Moved palette_editor and palette_group_card files to a dedicated palette directory for better organization.
- Updated CMake configuration to link the new palette editor files and added support for the yaze_agent library when not in minimal build.
- Refactored include paths in various editor files to reflect the new structure, ensuring proper linkage and modularity.
Benefits:
- Improved code organization and maintainability by grouping related files.
- Enhanced functionality with the integration of AI features through the yaze_agent library.
- Moved background rendering functionality from the editor to a dedicated GUI module, enhancing modularity and separation of concerns.
- Introduced layout helpers for consistent theme-aware sizing across the GUI, improving UI consistency and maintainability.
- Updated CMake configuration to reflect the new structure, ensuring proper linkage of the background renderer and layout helpers.
Benefits:
- Improved organization of GUI components, facilitating easier updates and enhancements.
- Enhanced user interface consistency through theme-aware layout management.
- Moved the declaration of `AgentControlServer` to a forward declaration in the header file for better clarity and organization.
- Updated the `EditorManager` constructor to initialize the version string and popup manager context.
- Added conditional compilation for gRPC-related includes and commented out the agent control server initialization for future reference.
- Ensured consistent definition of `IMGUI_DEFINE_MATH_OPERATORS` across multiple files to prevent potential issues with ImGui usage.
Benefits:
- Improved code organization and readability.
- Enhanced maintainability by clarifying the initialization process and managing includes effectively.
- Updated include paths in several source files to reflect the new directory structure, ensuring consistency across the project.
- Deferred the linkage of the yaze_test_support library to the test.cmake file for better dependency management and ordering.
Benefits:
- Improved organization of include paths for better maintainability.
- Enhanced modularity by managing test dependencies separately.
- Refactored CMakeLists.txt to streamline project configuration and improve readability.
- Introduced new utility functions in `utils.cmake` for setting compiler flags and managing dependencies.
- Added `dependencies.cmake` to centralize third-party dependency management, enhancing modularity.
- Updated CI workflows to include new build options and improved logging for better feedback during configuration.
- Implemented precompiled headers in various libraries to speed up compilation times.
Benefits:
- Improved maintainability and clarity of the build system.
- Enhanced build performance through precompiled headers.
- Streamlined dependency management for easier integration of third-party libraries.
- Updated file paths for performance-related headers to reflect new directory structure under `app/gfx/performance/`.
- Introduced new `PerformanceDashboard` and `PerformanceProfiler` classes for comprehensive performance monitoring and reporting.
- Enhanced performance metrics collection and visualization capabilities, including real-time updates and detailed reports.
- Improved memory usage tracking and optimization status analysis within the graphics system.
- Ensured compatibility with existing components by updating include directives across multiple files.
- Replaced the deprecated DungeonEditor with DungeonEditorV2, implementing a card-based architecture for improved UI management.
- Updated CMakeLists.txt to reflect changes in source file organization, including renaming dungeon_editor files to their V2 counterparts.
- Refactored DungeonCanvasViewer to support per-room layer visibility settings and updated related methods for rendering and layer management.
- Enhanced testing framework to accommodate the new DungeonEditorV2 structure, including updates to smoke tests and integration tests.
- Removed legacy dungeon_editor files to streamline the codebase and prevent confusion with the new implementation.
- Added a new document, E5-debugging-guide.md, providing comprehensive strategies for debugging and testing the `yaze` application, including logging practices and testing frameworks.
- Updated E2-development-guide.md to include a new section on debugging and testing, detailing quick debugging methods using command-line flags for specific editors and UI cards.
- Enhanced the main application to support command-line flags for opening specific editors and cards on startup, improving the developer experience.
- Refactored the Controller class to handle startup editor and card initialization based on command-line inputs.
- Registered multiple emulator cards (CPU Debugger, Memory Viewer, PPU Viewer, Audio Mixer) with the EditorCardManager for improved access and organization.
- Updated EditorManager to support the new Emulator editor type in context-sensitive card controls.
- Improved GraphicsEditor loading process with enhanced logging and palette management for graphics sheets.
- Refactored MessageEditor to streamline font bitmap creation and texture queuing, ensuring better performance and clarity in the rendering loop.
- Removed individual card shortcuts for dungeon and graphics categories to prevent hash table overflow, consolidating functionality into a Card Browser.
- Introduced a context-sensitive card control feature that dynamically displays relevant cards based on the active editor.
- Updated PaletteEditor to clarify its use of internal tabs instead of separate cards.
- Registered multiple cards in MessageEditor and OverworldEditor, improving visibility and management of editor functionalities.
- Introduced new shortcut categories for graphics, screen, and sprite editors, improving accessibility and organization.
- Updated DungeonEditorV2 and other editor classes to register cards with the EditorCardManager, allowing for better control and visibility management.
- Refactored shortcut registration for dungeon, graphics, screen, and sprite editors, ensuring consistent user experience across the application.
- Improved initialization processes to handle dynamic card visibility and shortcuts effectively.
- Added EditorCardManager to handle registration, visibility, and management of editor cards.
- Integrated card shortcuts and dynamic menu sections for improved user experience in the dungeon editor.
- Registered multiple dungeon-related cards with associated shortcuts for quick access.
- Enhanced DungeonEditorV2 to utilize the new card management system, allowing independent control of editor cards.
- Updated UI components to support card-based editors, improving layout and usability.
- Replaced direct calls to GetConfigDirectory with PlatformPaths::GetConfigDirectory across multiple files to standardize configuration directory access.
- Updated RecentFilesManager, EditorManager, and various agent components to handle potential errors when retrieving the configuration directory.
- Enhanced file loading functions to utilize the new LoadFileFromConfigDir method for improved clarity and error handling.
- Introduced new methods in file_util.h for better file management practices, leveraging std::filesystem for cross-platform consistency.
- Updated Emulator to support optional lazy initialization of the renderer, enhancing flexibility during runtime.
- Introduced a new method in IRenderer for creating textures with specific pixel formats, improving texture management for the emulator.
- Refactored texture command processing in Arena to handle empty queues more gracefully.
- Enhanced SDL2Renderer to support the new texture creation method, ensuring compatibility with emulator requirements.
- Updated the testing guide to clarify the testing framework's organization and execution methods, improving user understanding.
- Refactored CMakeLists to include new platform-specific files, ensuring proper integration of the rendering backend.
- Modified main application files to utilize the new IRenderer interface, enhancing flexibility in rendering operations.
- Implemented deferred texture management in various components, allowing for more efficient graphics handling and improved performance.
- Introduced new methods for texture creation and updates, streamlining the rendering process across the application.
- Enhanced logging and error handling in the rendering pipeline to facilitate better debugging and diagnostics.
- Added JumpToDungeonRoom and JumpToOverworldMap methods to facilitate quick navigation between dungeon and overworld editors.
- Introduced SwitchToEditor method to manage editor tab activation based on the selected editor type.
- Enhanced DungeonEditorV2 with room and entrance selection capabilities, improving user experience and workflow efficiency.
- Updated header files to declare new methods and ensure proper integration within the editor management system.
- Added critical logging for graphics buffer management in LoadAllGraphicsData to prevent data corruption during ROM loads.
- Updated logging levels from INFO to DEBUG across various components for consistency and to reduce log verbosity.
- Refactored texture creation and palette application logic to allow editors to manage their own rendering, improving flexibility and user experience.
- Improved background buffer handling to ensure fresh bitmap creation only when necessary, optimizing performance.
- Enhanced debugging output for canvas and performance tracking, aiding in better diagnostics during development.
- Introduced a new editor type for the emulator, allowing users to access emulator functionalities directly from the editor manager.
- Updated the editor selection dialog to include the emulator option with appropriate descriptions and shortcuts.
- Enhanced the emulator interface with modern theming and improved layout for better user experience.
- Implemented various UI components for performance monitoring, AI agent integration, and save state management, enriching the emulator's capabilities.
- Added TimingManager class to provide precise timing for animations and frame pacing, addressing issues with ImGui::GetIO().DeltaTime.
- Updated event handling in the window management to use SDL_PollEvent for improved responsiveness.
- Integrated TimingManager into EditorManager, BackgroundRenderer, and WelcomeScreen for consistent delta time usage across the application.
- Enhanced animation updates to utilize accurate frame timing, improving visual performance and user experience.
- Removed PushID and PopID calls in EditorManager to prevent ID stack corruption, relying on window titles for uniqueness.
- Updated ImGui window size and position settings to use FirstUseEver for maximizing on first open, enhancing user experience.
- Replaced AgentUI::PopPanelStyle with ImGui::PopStyleColor in multiple locations for consistency in style management.
- Ensured all EditorCard instances consistently call End after Begin, improving code clarity and preventing potential rendering issues.
- Updated the networking documentation to clarify the focus on collaboration and remote access.
- Added the AutomationBridge class to facilitate communication between the test harness and the AgentChatWidget, enabling real-time updates on test execution status and plan summaries.
- Implemented automation callbacks in the AgentChatWidget for improved user interaction with harness automation features, including dashboard access and active test management.
- Integrated logging functionality across various components, replacing standard output with structured logging for improved traceability.
- Added z3ed AI Agent test suites for enhanced testing capabilities, including connectivity and command parsing tests.
- Updated the Settings Editor to allow configuration of logging behavior, including log levels and file output options.
- Enhanced the Test Dashboard with tabbed views for better organization of test results, including GUI automation tests.
- Added Z3ED command callbacks for managing proposals within the AgentChatWidget, enhancing user interaction with proposal acceptance, rejection, listing, and diff viewing functionalities.
- Updated the AgentChatWidget to initialize default chat sessions and improved the chat history popup with new message sending and snapshot capturing capabilities.
- Enhanced the UI of the AgentEditor with a compact tabbed interface for better organization of bot management and session history, improving overall user experience.
- Initialized the AgentChatHistoryPopup within the EditorManager, enhancing user interaction by providing quick access to chat history.
- Added keyboard shortcuts for toggling the Chat History Popup and Proposal Drawer, improving workflow efficiency.
- Updated the menu to include options for accessing the Chat History and Proposal Drawer, streamlining user navigation.
- Enhanced the drawing logic to ensure the chat history popup is displayed alongside the proposal drawer for better visibility.
- Updated AI model references from "gemini-2.0-flash-exp" to "gemini-2.5-flash" across various components, ensuring compatibility with the latest AI capabilities.
- Enhanced the AgentChatWidget to improve user experience with new features such as message copying, improved input handling, and session management.
- Introduced a chat session management system, allowing users to create and switch between multiple chat sessions seamlessly.
- Improved UI elements for better visibility and interaction, including styled buttons and tooltips for enhanced usability.
- Updated the Agent Editor to improve model and host URL input handling, ensuring better user experience and configuration management.
- Added functionality to load the Gemini API key from the environment, providing users with a seamless way to configure their settings.
- Enhanced the EditorManager to update the agent editor dashboard and ensure the proposal drawer is always drawn, improving the overall UI flow and collaboration features.
- Introduced a comprehensive AI Agent configuration dashboard, allowing users to select providers, models, and adjust settings.
- Updated the AgentChatWidget to include a reactive UI for collaboration status and improved connection management.
- Enhanced the EditorManager to initialize the agent editor with dependencies and streamline the editor selection process.
- Added functionality to clear recent editors upon loading a new ROM, ensuring a fresh start for user sessions.
- Improved the menu structure to include new options for the AI Agent, enhancing user interaction and accessibility.
- Updated the Welcome Screen to include a particle system for enhanced visual effects and a more engaging user experience.
- Reduced the number of triforces for a cleaner layout and adjusted animation settings for subtlety.
- Streamlined project card dimensions and layout for a more compact display, improving accessibility.
- Enhanced the EditorManager menus by adding new items for session management and editor selection, improving workflow efficiency.
- Improved the styling and functionality of buttons and inputs across the UI for better user interaction.
- Updated the EditorManager to streamline the editor selection process, integrating new menu items for ROM and project management.
- Enhanced the welcome screen logic to automatically show the editor selection dialog after loading a ROM, improving user flow.
- Introduced new menu options for saving and validating ROMs, creating backups, and accessing ROM information.
- Improved the editor selection dialog with distinct colors for each editor type, enhancing visual clarity and user interaction.
- Added advanced settings and collaboration features in the Agent Chat Widget, including improved connection management and model selection.
- Expanded the welcome screen with additional project card features and tips for user guidance.
- Implemented an editor selection dialog with a callback for selecting various editor types, improving user interaction.
- Added keyboard shortcuts for quick access to different editors, enhancing workflow efficiency.
- Updated the menu structure to include options for the editor selection dialog and improved session management features.
- Enhanced the welcome screen logic to optionally show the editor selection dialog after loading a ROM, streamlining the user experience.
- Integrated a new `WelcomeScreen` class for a modernized user experience, featuring callbacks for opening ROMs, creating new projects, and opening existing projects.
- Updated the menu structure to include new items for message and music editors, as well as an AI Agent menu for collaboration features.
- Added functionality for hosting and joining collaboration sessions, along with options for network settings and session management.
- Improved the welcome screen display logic to handle recent projects and user interactions more effectively.
- Added a comprehensive modern menu system in `EditorManager` with File, Edit, View, Workspace, Debug, and Help menus.
- Integrated various menu items with corresponding actions, including project management, editing commands, and debugging tools.
- Enhanced user experience with keyboard shortcuts for common actions and improved menu organization.
- Updated header file to declare the new `BuildModernMenu` function and included necessary dependencies.
- Moved `menu_builder.cc` to a new `ui` directory for better organization.
- Updated `EditorManager` to generate unique ImGui IDs for multi-session support, ensuring separate window handling.
- Added session ID management in `EditorContext` for improved child panel identification.
- Introduced a new `MenuBuilder` class for streamlined ImGui menu creation, enhancing UI maintainability.
- Implemented fuzzy search functionality for command filtering, allowing for more flexible command matching.
- Updated Command Palette UI to include a scoring system for commands based on usage and recency.
- Added new command categories and improved display organization with a table format.
- Introduced recent and frequent command tracking for better user experience.
- Refactored command handling to support dynamic command execution and improved navigation.
- Replaced `SDL_Deleter` with `util::SDL_Deleter` in window creation for better utility usage.
- Updated file dialog methods to consistently reference `core::FeatureFlags` for feature flag checks.
- Refactored file extension retrieval in `EditorManager` to use `util::GetFileExtension` for consistency.
- Adjusted `MusicEditor` constructor to accept a ROM pointer, enhancing initialization clarity.
- Commented out unused code in `MusicEditor` to improve readability and maintainability.
- Updated include paths in `overworld_editor.cc` for better organization.
- Cleaned up commented-out code in `editor_selection_dialog.cc` and `welcome_screen.cc` for clarity.
- Changed the paths for project logo and icon in Doxyfile to point to the new assets directory.
- Updated CMake configurations to reflect the new locations of resource files, enhancing clarity and maintainability.
- Replaced instances of core utility functions with util functions across various files for consistency in file handling.
- Added new resource files for Windows platform support and removed obsolete resource files, streamlining the build process.
- Removed references to the old `EnhancedPaletteEditor` and replaced it with the new `PaletteWidget` across various files, including canvas and context menu implementations.
- Updated CMake configurations to include the new `palette_widget` source files, ensuring proper integration into the build system.
- Refactored GUI code to enhance modularity and maintainability, improving the overall user experience in palette management and editing functionalities.
- Introduced new UI components for background rendering and editor selection dialogs, enhancing the application's graphical interface.
- Updated file dialog references across the application to utilize a new `util::FileDialogWrapper` for consistent file handling.
- Refactored existing code to replace direct calls to `core::FileDialogWrapper` with the new utility class, enhancing modularity and maintainability.
- Introduced `util::PlatformPaths` for cross-platform directory management, ensuring consistent access to user directories and application data paths.
- Added new utility functions for file operations, improving the overall file handling capabilities within the application.
- Updated CMake configurations to include new utility source files, streamlining the build process.
