Upcoming Sokol header API changes (Feb 2024)

In a couple of days I will merge the next breaking sokol_gfx.h update (aka the “Bindings Cleanup”). The update also affects sokol-shdc, so if you’re using sokol-shdc for shader compilation make sure to update that as well. Overview Updated documentation and example code When using sokol-shdc: When not using...

Some quick Zig feedback in the context of a new 8-bit emulator project I started a little while ago: https://github.com/floooh/chipz Currently the project consists of: a cycle-stepped Z80 CPU emulator (similar to the emulator described here: https://floooh.github.io/2021/12/17/cycle-stepped-z80.html chip emulators for Z80 PIO, Z80 CTC and...

Aka: “the storage buffer update” In a couple of days I will merge the next sokol-gfx feature update which adds initial storage buffer support. The update also affects other headers and tools (most notably sokol_app.h, all headers with embedded shaders, and sokol-shdc - the cross-backend shader compiler). The bad news first: This is...

I did a neat little thing during my year-end vacation: A VSCode extension for retro-assembly coding with the assembler and home computer emulator integrated right into VSCode via WASM and WASI. The extension is here (careful: it must be installed as pre-release, otherwise installing a dependency extension won’t work, more on that later):...

TL;DR: glueing together VSCode, Cmake and the Emscripten SDK to enable an IDE-like workflow (including debugging). This is written from the perspective of a UNIX-like OS (macOS or Linux), but should also work on Windows with some minor tweaks. Prerequisites First make sure that the following tools are in the path: git cmake ninja You’ll...