XGNUBOY(6)

๐ŸŽฎ XGNUBOY ๐ŸŽฎ

okay so bestie, welcome to the Games Manual section โ€” yeah, section 6, we're in the games club ๐Ÿ’… โ€” and today's main character is xgnuboy, a whole gnuboy Game Boy Emulator. she runs Game Boy games. that's the vibe. no cap.


โœจ SYNOPSIS โœจ

xgnuboy [options] romfile

so like. you give her options if you want, and then you give her the romfile โ€” the actual game โ€” and she goes. periodt. ๐Ÿ“


๐Ÿ’– DESCRIPTION ๐Ÿ’–

okay so this is where it gets juicy. lowkey all the good stuff lives here. here's every single thing she can do:

  • --source FILE โ€” read rc commands from FILE. like, she'll go grab her instructions from that file, iykyk ๐Ÿ“œ
  • --bind KEY COMMAND โ€” bind KEY to perform COMMAND. you're telling her "when I press this, do that" and honestly? iconic. ๐ŸŽ€
  • --VAR=VALUE โ€” set rc variable VAR to VALUE. you pick the variable, you pick the value, chef's kiss ๐Ÿ’…
  • --VAR โ€” sets VAR to 1, which is the move for turning on those boolean options. on. lit. ๐Ÿ”ฅ
  • --no-VAR โ€” sets VAR to 0, aka turning boolean options off. not today, bestie ๐Ÿ™ˆ
  • --showvars โ€” lists out every available rc variable for you. she's showing you the whole closet ๐Ÿ‘‘
  • --help โ€” displays this help and then exits. she's helpful AND she knows when to leave ๐Ÿ˜ญ
  • --version โ€” outputs version information and exits. flexing her age, respectfully ๐ŸŒธ
  • --copying โ€” shows copying permissions. the legal tea โ˜•

๐ŸŒˆ AUTHOR ๐ŸŒˆ

okay so the lore drop: this manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. not a single one. so we made one. you're welcome ๐Ÿซถ

it was written by Davide Puricelli <evo@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system โ€” but bestie, it may be used by others too. sharing is caring ๐Ÿ’œ


ngl that's genuinely the whole page. short queen, but she said what she said โœจ

and that's a wrap, angel ๐Ÿฆ‹ โ€” this page is dated July 2001 and it belongs to XGNUBOY(6). yes the 6, the Games Manual one, the one and only ๐Ÿ’– go play some Game Boy, you've earned it ๐Ÿงš