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RGBDS
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=====
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RGBDS (Rednex Game Boy Development System) is a free assembler/linker package
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for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. It consists of:
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- rgbasm (assembler)
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- rgblink (linker)
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- rgbfix (checksum/header fixer)
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- rgbgfx (PNG‐to‐Game Boy graphics converter)
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This is a fork of the original RGBDS which aims to make the programs more like
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other UNIX tools.
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This toolchain is maintained on `GitHub <https://github.com/rednex/rgbds>`__.
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The documentation of this toolchain can be viewed online
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`here <https://rgbds.gbdev.io/docs/>`__, it is generated from the man pages
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found in this repository.
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1. Installing RGBDS
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-------------------
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The `installation procedure <https://rgbds.gbdev.io/install>`__ is available
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online for various platforms. `Building from source <https://rgbds.gbdev.io/install/source>`__
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is possible using ``make`` or ``cmake``; follow the link for more detailed instructions.
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.. code:: sh
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make
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sudo make install
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.. code:: sh
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cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
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cmake --build build
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cmake --install build
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2. RGBDS Folder Organization
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----------------------------
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The RGBDS source code file structure somewhat resembles the following:
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::
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.
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├── .github/
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│ ├── actions/
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│ │ └── ...
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│ └── workflows/
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│ └── ...
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├── contrib/
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│ └── ...
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├── include/
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│ └── ...
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├── src/
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│ ├── asm/
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│ │ └── ...
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│ ├── extern/
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│ │ └── ...
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│ ├── fix/
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│ │ └── ...
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│ ├── gfx/
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│ │ └── ...
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│ ├── link/
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│ │ └── ...
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│ ├── CMakeLists.txt
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│ └── ...
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├── test/
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│ ├── ...
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│ └── run-tests.sh
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├── CMakeLists.txt
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├── Makefile
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└── README.rst
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- ``.github/`` - files and scripts related to the integration of the RGBDS codebase with
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GitHub.
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- ``contrib/`` - scripts and other resources which may be useful to users and developers of
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RGBDS.
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- ``include/`` - header files for each respective C files in `src`.
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- ``src/`` - source code and manual pages for RGBDS.
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* Note that the code unique to each RGBDS tool is stored in its respective subdirectory
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(rgbasm -> ``src/asm/``, for example). ``src/extern/`` contains code imported from external sources.
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- ``test/`` - testing framework used to verify that changes to the code don't break or modify the behavior of RGBDS.
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3. History
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----------
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- Around 1997, Carsten Sørensen (AKA SurfSmurf) writes ASMotor as a
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general-purpose assembler/linker system for DOS/Win32
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- Around 1999, Justin Lloyd (AKA Otaku no Zoku) adapts ASMotor to read and
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produce GBZ80 assembly/machine code, and releases this version as RGBDS.
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- 2009, Vegard Nossum adapts the code to be more UNIX-like and releases
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this version as rgbds-linux on
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`GitHub <https://github.com/vegard/rgbds-linux>`__.
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- 2010, Anthony J. Bentley forks that repository. The fork becomes the reference
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implementation of rgbds.
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- 2017, Bentley's repository is moved to a neutral name.
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- 2018, codebase relicensed under the MIT license.
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- 2020, repository is moved to the `gbdev <https://github.com/gbdev>`__ organisation. The `rgbds.gbdev.io <https://rgbds.gbdev.io>`__ website serving documentation and downloads is created.
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