Pmars-sdl

Jul 20, 2023

Port of pMARS using the Simple Directmedia Library

Port of pMARS using the Simple Directmedia Library. Currently the port is in beta testing stage testing and bug reports/feature requests are more than welcome.

Features/fixes

  • Environment sensitive. Now looks for macro files in the directory specified by the environment variable PMARSHOME if they are not found in the current directory.
  • Both Win32 and X11 supported.
  • Command line history using Shift-Up and Shift-Down keys.
  • Rewrote text display and screen update routines for faster text panels for slow computers like mine.
  • BIG core cells for those tiny cores. Choose a display mode larger than 2, e.g. -v 134.


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