DBLaunch is a minimalist DOSBox launcher. It installs .desktop files which makes it possible to start DOS games from within standard applications menus.
Assumes a base dir with the following layout:
base_dir
game1/
game1.conf
game1.desktop
game1.png
game2/
game2.conf
game2.desktop
game2.png
Here is an example.
This is game1.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=User Readable name
Exec=dblaunch game1
Icon=dblaunch-game1
Categories=Game;
game1.conf is a DOSBox config file:
[sdl]
fullscreen=true
[autoexec]
mount c .
# Change keyboard
keyb fr
# Other things like mounting disks here
# imgmount d: game1/cd/game1.cue -t iso
c:
cd game1
game1
exit
game1.png must be a square image, at least 128x128.
- DOSBox
- ImageMagick
- xdg-utils
Install the tools:
make install
Create the config file:
mkdir -p ~/.config/dblaunch
echo "DOS_BASE_DIR=PATH_TO_DOS_BASE_DIR" > ~/.config/dblaunch/dblaunch.conf
Whenever you change .desktop or .png:
dblaunch-create-launchers
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