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6 qmc2-sdlmame - QMC2 - M.A.M.E. Catalog/Launcher II
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9 qmc2-sdlmame [-config_path path] [-cc] [-tc] [-r] [-h|-?|-help] [qt_arguments]
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12 QMC2 is a graphical front-end based on Qt which drives the great MAME
13 emulator. Besides being a powerful catalog and launcher for systems em‐
14 ulated by MAME it also contains sophisticated ROM management features
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18 -config_path path
19 Specify this argument to use the directory path instead of the
20 default folder (~/.qmc2) to store QMC2's configuration, logs and
21 cache-files / cache-folders.
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23 -cc This command line option will instruct QMC2 to clear all emula‐
24 tor related caches while starting up in order to forcibly reload
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27 -tc Specifying this option on the command line will perform a tem‐
28 plate check against the current default emulator (if set),
29 printing its output to stdout and exiting before actual start-up
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32 -r The reconfigure option will relaunch the setup wizard / welcome
33 dialog before starting. This allows you to update or correct the
34 most important emulator settings in an easy way.
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36 -h|-?|-help
37 Shows a brief command line usage help.
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40 See http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qapplication.html#QApplication for
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46 /etc/qmc2/qmc2.ini
47 System-wide default configuration (optional)
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49 ~/.qmc2/qmc2.ini
50 Individual user's configuration (system-wide settings will be
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53 ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame.log
54 Front-end log from the last run of QMC2
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56 ~/.qmc2/mame.log
57 Emulator-log containing the output from emulator instances
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61 ~/.qmc2/mame.rsc
62 ROM state cache
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64 ~/.qmc2/mame.mlc
65 Machine list cache
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67 ~/.qmc2/mame.mlc.filtered
68 Filtered version of the machine list cache used by qmc2-ar‐
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71 ~/.qmc2/mame-xml-cache.db
72 XML cache database (SQLite 3)
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74 ~/.qmc2/mame-user-data.db
75 User data database (SQLite 3) containing rank information and
76 personal comments per machine as well as paths to system- and
77 software-manuals per machine/software
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79 ~/.qmc2/mame-machine-list.db
80 SQLite3 database version of the machine list cache (used by cus‐
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83 ~/.qmc2/mame-swl-cache.db
84 Software-list XML cache database (SQLite 3)
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86 ~/.qmc2/mame-icon-cache.db
87 Icon cache database (SQLite 3)
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89 ~/.qmc2/mame-dat-info.db
90 DAT-info database (SQLite 3), a combined data store for all sup‐
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94 ~/.qmc2/mame.fav
95 List of favorite machines
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97 ~/.qmc2/mame.hst
98 List of machines last played (play history)
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100 ~/.qmc2/mame.sic
101 Slot-info cache
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103 ~/.qmc2/sw-state-cache/*.ssc
104 Software-state cache
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106 ~/.qmc2/youtube/qmc2-sdlmame.yti, ~/.qmc2/youtube/*.png
107 YouTube video info/image cache
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109 ~/.qmc2/LocalStorage/*.localstorage
110 Folder used by the built-in web-browser to create small database
111 files for 'HTML5 localStorage' support
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113 ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-cookies.db
114 Permanent web-page cookie database (SQLite 3)
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116 ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-checksum.db
117 ROMAlyzer's system-mode check-sum database for storing/retriev‐
118 ing paths to dumps available in your file-system by SHA-1 and/or
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121 ~/.qmc2/qmc2-sdlmame-software-checksum.db
122 ROMAlyzer's software-mode check-sum database for storing/re‐
123 trieving paths to dumps available in your file-system by SHA-1
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126 ~/.qmc2/WebpageIcons.db
127 Web-page icon database (SQLite 3)
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136 New bugs can be reported here: http://tracker.batcom-
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