winecfg_patch

An unofficial patch for Wine configuration window (winecfg)

About

This project adds the following features to the default Wine configuration dialog window (winecfg):

Winecfg About tab

• Shows Wine prefix architecture (either 32-bit or 64-bit)

• Adds Wine prefix folder URL link: open the current prefix folder with your default file manager (Dolphin, Nautilus, Thunar etc.)

Winecfg Staging tab

• Adds checkbox: Disable GLSL support

• Adds checkbox: Disable Multisampling Support

• Adds checkbox: Check Float Constants in D3D shaders

NEW WINECFG FEATURES. The project adds prefix architecture information & prefix folder link to 'About' tab, and several new checkboxes to 'Staging' tab. These features have already been implemented.

System Requirements

• Wine or Wine Staging (Staging version is recommended for the provided patch file)

• The following Unix/Linux binaries must be found in the PATH: patch, diff, make, git, ping, nproc, wine

Tested on Arch Linux, 64-bit Wine Staging Git

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Roadmap

There are several ideas how to improve usability of Wine configuration window. These ideas have not yet been implemented but are as follows.

TODO list

• meet quality requirements - get rid of compiler warnings

• Staging tab - add the following sections:

  • Combobox: DirectDrawRenderer (Direct3D)

    • Values: [gdi, opengl]

  • Combobox: MaxVersionGL (Direct3D)

    • Values: [4.5, 3.2, 1.0]

  • Combobox: OffscreenRenderingMode (Direct3D)

    • Values: [fbo, backbuffer]

  • Combobox: VideoMemorySize (Direct3D)

    • Values: [8192, 4096, 3072, 2048, 1024, 768, 512, 384, 256, 128, 64, 32]

  • Combobox: MouseWarpOverride (DirectInput)

    • Values: [enable, disable, force]

  • ShowCrashDialog (WineDbg)

    • Checkbutton: [yes, no]
    • If set to yes, show default crash pop-up window when an application crashes

  • Input value: ForceRefreshRate (DirectDraw)

    • Value: User input (only integers allowed, max value is 120, min value is 1)

• Libraries tab:

  • Expanded list of available DLL overrides for easier management

    • In current Wine it is only a single-line list which is troublesome to use

    

    DLL OVERRIDE RE-DESIGN. This manipulated image is for demonstration purposes.

  • DLL override multiselection

    • with possibility to set all selected overrides to use any mixture of Native, Builtin DLLs

    

    DLL MULTISELECTION. This manipulated image is for demonstration purposes.

• Debug tab - add new this new tab to winecfg with the following contents:

  • Button: Generate bug report
    • Wine version
    • CPU model
    • GPU model
    • GPU Drivers
    • OpenGL version
    • DLL overrides
    • Windows version
    • etc. (Other Wine prefix-specific configuration...)

• Winetricks tab - implement Winetricks management directly into winecfg

  • Improves usability of Winetricks on Wine

  • Features:

    • 1) Find Winetricks script file

      • a) Find Winetricks script automatically

      • b) IF Winetricks script is not automatically found, THEN let user define its location in the system and print text "Winetricks not configured" to winecfg Winetricks tab

    • 2) Available Winetricks packages

      • Parse all available packages listed in Winetricks script file

      • Create an item array list "Available runtime libraries" which consist of all these packages for winecfg

      • Make all items selectable in winecfg. Support for multiselection

    • 3) Create back-end for installing and uninstalling Wineprefix runtime libraries

      • Button: Install

        • Available if single or multiple libraries with status "Not installed" is selected from the runtime library list in winecfg
        • If above conditions are not met, grey the button out

      • Button: Uninstall

        • Available if single or multiple libraries with status "Installed" is selected from runtime library list in winecfg
        • If above conditions are not met, grey the button out
        • Needs additional back-end support, reverting Winetricks changes not yet implemented in Wine

WINETRICKS TAB. This manipulated image is for demonstration purposes.

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Purpose & Motivation

Purpose of this project is to improve usability of Wine Configuration dialog window for a casual Wine user

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Usage

• 1) Set up the environment: 1-preconf-winecfg.sh

  • Downloads Wine & Wine Staging sources, sets up development environment & applies the patched code provided by wine-staging_winecfg.patch
  • Run only once

• 2) Test winecfg changes: 2-run-winecfg.sh

  • Creates a new Wine prefix for winecfg test runs and runs Wine configuration window
  • Run after every code change

• 3) Create a new patch file: 3-create-patchfile.sh

  • Run whenever you patch the code in 'winecfg_edits' subfolder and want to create a new patch file. NOTE: Replaces the patch file wine-staging_winecfg.patch

If you just want to apply the modifications for Wine configuration window but not to involve into development, grab wine-staging_winecfg.patch and apply it to Wine source code after having applied Staging patchsets (Wine source <- Wine Staging patchsets <- wine-staging_winecfg.patch).

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FAQ

• Q: Which users this project is targeted to?

  • A: Mainly to developers who want to improve Wine and to people who want to try new things.

• Q: Can I use this patch on my default Wine installation?

  • A: Yes, but you probably need to compile Wine from source first.

• Q: Which licence does this project use?

  • A: The code is licensed under the same license than the Wine main project. See 'License' section for details.

• Q: I have an idea and want to implement it? Can I contribute the project?

  • A: Absolutely! Feel free to fork and improve the code as you wish. Just follow the terms of the project license.

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License

This project is licensed under LGPLv2.1 to stay compatible with the Wine main project. For Wine licensing, see the following links:

• WineHQ - License

• Wine source - COPYING.LIB