Merge changes in JPC-RR r10.8

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Changes since JPC-RR Release 10.5:
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- Lock out odd/even when in graphics mode.
- Merge fixes in r10.6
- Merge fixes in r10.7
- Document some undocumented Lua operations.
- New Lua functions bit.signextend and bit.tosigned.
- Merge fixes in r10.8

Changes from JPC-RR Release 10.7 to JPC-RR Release 10.8:
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- Don't truncate stack trace if menu invocation goes wrong.
- Report inner exceptions in saved stack traces.
- Set disk library in autoexec file, not from command line.
- (try to) Keep focus on main window on savestate/loadstate.
- Allow printing image info from JPC-RR commandline.
- Fix bug in OPTION ABSOLUTE.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 10.6 to JPC-RR Release 10.7:
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- Uncompressed saves.
- If rename fails, try deleting file before retrying.
- Probe if rename-over is possible and if not, fall back to copy&delete.
- Do move to backup slot position just before committing the save.
- Automatically resize PC monitor to correct size.
- Make PC Control window to automatically resize to correct size.
- If no arguments are specified, use defaults.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 10.5 to JPC-RR Release 10.6:
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- Fix fast typing (keyhit) mode.
- Rename assemble.bat to assemble.jpcrrinit as its not DOS batch file.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 10.4 to JPC-RR Release 10.5:
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- Fix audio dumping lockup.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 10.3 to JPC-RR Release 10.4:
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- Include luakernel.lua in release package.
- Include BIOS/VGABIOS images in release package.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 10.2 to JPC-RR Release 10.3:
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- Make release builds include proper main-class attribute so java -jar works.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 10.1 to JPC-RR Release 10.2:
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- Dispatch ECI invocations to all plugins, not just the first.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 10 to JPC-RR Release 10.1:
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- Fix save filehandle leak.
- Add script for automated release building.

Change from JPC-RR Release 9.1 to JPC-RR Release 10:
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- Don't call DMA transfer handler with empty remaining buffer.
- Deprecate FPU lines, create FPUs via modules.
- Take dump to pcm converter from unstable/soundcard (to fix serious
  bugs in pcmdump to pcm conversion).
- Eliminate some console spam.
- Add FPU bit hack.
- Warn about attempts to use FPU when not present.
- Add VGA update hack bit.
- Save ioportRegistered in DMAController.
- Add I/O delay emulation.
- Add information about images to movies/savestates.
- New JRSR parser.
- Fix crashes/misdraws in HUD code when drawing outside screen.
- Allow screenshots from Lua.
- Refactor image file creation.
- Fix 880KiB standard disk format.
- Rewrite JRSR parser again.
- Graphical image importer.
- Don't let Lua call methods on dead objects.
- Mark internal state of dead Lua objects as garbage-collectable.
- Remove some obsolete stuff (SoundTest and RAWToPNG)
- Fix lots of warnings from GCJ.
- Include build version in binaries.
- Support hexadecimal constants in Lua.
- Calculate audio filtering using doubles. Some filters are very
  sensitive to numeric accuracy.
- Fix incorrect stream ending when writing dumps.
- Implement A16 REP(N)E {SCA,CMP}S[WD] in pmode.
- Scan all devices when finding sound outputs.
- Fix ECI with varargs.
- Add configurable extra menu to PCControl and use it to replace PCStartStopTest.
- Add wait for PC to stop function to Lua.
- Update brief instructions.
- Give import disk window proper layout.
- Allow using file chooser in image import.
- Fix bug in tree importer with recursive directories.
- Allow INT 0.
- Add VGA Hretrace emulation (needed by Commander Keen)
- Check events better.
- Add abilility to specify dumps using GUI.
- Don't deadlock if video dumper is stopped.
- Allow filtering and changing volume in rawtoaudio2.
- Show keyboard LED status on vkeyboard.
- If shift is held while selecting vkeyboard key, send two edges.
- Sound card (FM and PCM) support.
- Actually normalize coefficients in rawtorgb.
- Add jpcrr.sendevent() for Lua.
- Fix quicksave/quickload deadlock.
- Fix video dumping crashing on first frame.
- Don't wedge the emulator if filename to dump to can't be opened.
- Save information about output channels to movie (makes automated encoding easier).
- Revert keyboard interrupt mode since it is just broken.
- Extramenu was missing send space, add it.
- Mouse hw rerec support.
- Do once-over on manual (add missing SoundCard and FMCard modules).

Changes from JPC-RR Release 9 to JPC-RR Release 9.1:
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- Fix reconnect-terminate Lua deadlocks.
- Don't crash Lua kernel if name of script to execute is invalid.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 8 to JPC-RR Release 9:
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- Add plain text version of manual.
- Add new hotkeys to startstoptest.
- Add support for timed running into PCRunner.
- Merge fixes in JPC-RR Release 8.1.
- Revamp ECI to actually type calls.
- Lua interpretter plugin.
- Use true read length not requested length for return length
  in BinaryInFile::read()
- Support nullary BinaryInFile::read() [read entiere file].
- Don't block PC in LuaPlugin before running script.
- Fix PC halting vs. Lua prints.
- HUD support framework.
- New HUD primitive: Box.
- New HUD primitive: Bitmap.
- Print warnings on non-dispatchable ECI calls.
- Lua script arguments support!
- Text rendering library.
- Don't crash in PCMonitor if w or h is 0.
- Add method to get PC clock time.
- Fix reconnect deadlock vs. Lua waiting for output hold.
- Add way to query key status and simple generic HUD.
- Allow querying VGA lock status from Lua.
- Fix deadlock in PC attach wait vs. Lua VM termination.
- Refactor generic HUD Lua script.
- Support binary bitmaps and convert fonts to binary.
- Special-case no-resize dump -> raw conversion.
- Properly pass through exceptions in module loader.
- Add method to dump long arrays to StatusDumper.
- Average output sample over sample duration in dump->PCM conversion.
- Write parameterless modules properly into initialization segment.
- Joystick support.
- Also compile modules by default.
- Refactor joystick support.
- Refactor Lua support.
- Fix warnings when compiling Lua VM.
- Support "Light amplification" in PCMonitor.
- Allow screenshotting from PCMonitor.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 8 to JPC-RR Release 8.1:
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- In loadstate code, doubles are 8 bytes each, not 4.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 7 to JPC-RR Release 8:
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- Support CR, CRLF and NL line endings.
- Don't crash in PCControl on invalid ECI calls.
- Support memory read/write over ECI.
- Make various JRSR utility classes implement Closeable.
- Fix connector unsubscribing.
- Record rerecord count for savestates.
- Fix/Workaround VGA scrolling bug. Mario & Luigi now works.
- Fix PCSpeaker transition edges to be sharp.
- Optionally Load and default save relative event timing.
- Add plugin to display current time.
- Add crude raw streamdump to raw RGB converter.
- Replace rounddown resizer with Lanzcos resizer.
- Add raw audio stream to raw audio file converter.
- Add raw audio mixer.
- Add raw audio digital FIR/IIR filter.
- Implement micro-op 125 (PUSHA) in pmode.
- Support multiple resizing algorithms in rawtorgb
- Add movie length to time display.
- Force UTF-8 in compile scripts.
- Don't trucate stack traces if plugin instantiation throws
  error or unknown exception.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 6 to JPC-RR Release 7:
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- Mark that some fields are not saved.
- Refactor menus in PCControl.
- Refactor menus even more by adding profiles to menu manager.
- Use comboboxes instead of textboxes to prompt images.
- Give next event time when clock is processed.
- Support INT1 in real mode.
- Pretty-print time sequence values on PC stop.
- Support moving windows via external command interface.
- Add tools for manipulating video streams.
- Give reliable retracing signal from VGA.
- Add utility to perform image letter boxing.
- Try to backup savestate before overwriting.
- Add makefile for stream tools and add brief description for each.
- Refactor writing component encoding lines.
- Add ability to edit run authors from GUI.
- Improve exception reporting.
- Add ability to force load savestate as movie.
- Fix keyboard Pause/Printscreen timing.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 6 to JPC-RR Release 6.1:
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- Fix event stream truncation.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 6.1 to JPC-RR Release 6.2:
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- Fix reporting exceptions from dumpers.
- Don't crash when dumping CD-ROM images.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 5 to JPC-RR Release 6:
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- Rearrange Snapshot menu.
- Make traps in interface independent from PC.
- Fix setting traps using external commands interface.
- Remove RunnerPlugin. External PC start/stop is via external commands interface.
- Get rid of image library index files.
- Input PC parameters via dialog.
- Remove notifyArguments().
- Give plugins via new command loop.
- Allow using external command interface from command loop.
- Obtain event modulo timing from callback, not from event itself.
- Add external command interface command to send an event.
- Implement support for disk switching.
- Support naming disks.
- Support autoexec scripts.
- Delete DiskImageChooser as unused.
- Support floppy write protect.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 4 to JPC-RR Release 5:
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- Move classes to more logical places.
- A16/A32 doesn't control stack access size
- Allow PNG saving to occur in parallel to saving next frame.
- Add timebase data to audio blocks for time linearization.
- Synchronize shutdown of audio and video dumpers to shutdown of main PC
- Support variable framerate and splice audio segments properly.
- Add test module for audio dumping.
- Don't deadlock in PCRunner if savestate load fails.
- Pop up error dialog on unexpected exception.
- Add method to wait until all connector subscribers have released.
- Squash whitespace errors.
- Move dialog related code from JPCApplication to Misc.
- Support offsets in RAWAudioDumper
- Fix VirtualKeyboard shutdown deadlock
- Support raw format dumps in PNGDumper.
- Move PNG dumping to external utility and rename PNGDumper -> RAWVideoDumper.
- Optimize save and loadstate a bit.
- Show time taken by loadstate and savestate.
- Optimize loadstate by reading data out internal buffer.
- Optimize savestate by writing data to internal buffer.
- Display total savestate load/save time.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 3 to JPC-RR Release 4:
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- Fix broken BIOS image making.
- Add comments sections to images and record tree info to comments.
        Handy to know how to get the ID to match in case someone created the filesystem
        from tree.
- Collapse VirtualClock to Clock.
- Refactor FPU core to be inside FPU class.
- Merge real and protected mode FPU emulation code.
- Remvoe unneeded stuff from top-level FPU class.
- Refactor FPU emulation.
        Support CPU without FPU and support EM, TS, MP and ET bits.
- Make FPU emulator optinal/configurable.
- Fix CLTS to reset CR0 bit 3, not CR3 bit 2.
- Make RTC update cycle to be 244 microseconds instead of 10 milliseconds.
- Fix PUSHx/POPx to respect SS size attribute in all modes.
- Cache SS size in real mode.
- Don't bomb out with uncaught exception if library is missing.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 2 to JPC-RR Release 3:
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- Merge user manual and savestate docs, write devel docs and convert all that to Lyx.
- Try to support auto-init DMA (for soundcard).
- Update Changelog to include stuff before r1.
- Add external commands interface to control plugins from others
- Bump PNG counter from 6 digits to 12 so all movies can be dumped.
- Don't allow using scancodes 0, 84 and 198.
- Print usage on command line errors for ImageMaker.

Changes from JPC-RR Release 1 to JPC-RR Release 2:
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- Optimize disk ID calculation
        Optimize disk ID calculation by special-casing the handling of all-zero blocks in hash
        plus doing the necessary modifications in order to exploit that special case. In case
        of used space being small in comparison to total space, this cuts the time to compute
        the disk ID by HALF.
- Fix bug in assigning audio output IDs in presence of same module loaded multiple times
- Warn if audio input ID in raw audio dumper is invalid

Changes from JPC to JPC-RR Release 1:
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- Remove background compiler
        One really doesn't need the nondeterminism JIT brings.
- Remove applet code and debugger
        This is not going to run as applet and debugger isn't something I would want to keep
        up to date.
- Remove ethernet and serial port emulation
        Multi-machine emulation is nightmare to make sync.
- Make TSC exact number of instructions executed, not guess based on frequency
- Synchronize all timing to CPU
- Replace all block device types with GenericBlockDevice
        GenericBlockDevice can handle all types of block backed by DiskImage, and DiskImage
        can handle COW (Copy-On-Write).
- Don't allow save/loadstate on running PC
        Savestating on running PC is racy and produces unusable savestate.
- Variable CPU speed/memory size/BIOS image support
- Add VGA retrace start/stop traps and timed traps
        This is frame / time advance mecanism.
- Textual status dump
        Textual status dump is powerful tool when debugging desyncs.
- Implement new savestate mechanism and remove the old
        The old mechanism just didn't cut it. New mechanism is brute-force but works.
- Video dumping support
        Support dumping video to series of PNG files
- Add tools for making image files
- Image library code
        Needed images are searched via image library.
- Handle triple faults
        Reboot PC on triple fault instead of crashing the emulator core.
- Enable start/stop as apporiate
- Don't hang the UI during savestate and related operations
- Remove mouse input support
        To be reintroduced later
- Create PC from GUI, not before it
- Allow fast exits out of CPU emulator
- Fix the "11 micro-ops" bug.
- Dedicated timer priority queue class
        The standard one from java.util.<foo> just isn't deterministic enough.
- Use stderr instead of logger
        Makes nicer-looking console output.
- Support dumping emulated RAM
- Plugins and modules support
        These are for future extensions, so devices can be added without breaking timing.
- Move previous JPCApplication/PCMonitor code to plugins
- Display errors as dialogs if GUI available, on console if not
- Event recording/playback code
- Audio dumping support + PCSpeaker audio output support