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1 <chapter id="configuring">
2 <title>Configuring Wine</title>
3 <para>Setting up config files, etc.</para>
5 <sect1 id="config">
6 <title>General Configuration</title>
7 <para>
8 Copyright 1999 &name-adam-sacarny; <email>&email-adam-sacarny;</email>
9 </para>
10 <para>
11 (Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/config</filename>)
12 </para>
14 <sect2>
15 <title>The Wine Config File</title>
16 <para>
17 The Wine config file stores various settings for Wine. These include:
18 <itemizedlist>
19 <listitem>
20 <para>
21 Drives and Information about them
22 </para>
23 </listitem>
24 <listitem>
25 <para>
26 Directory Settings
27 </para>
28 </listitem>
29 <listitem>
30 <para>
31 Port Settings
32 </para>
33 </listitem>
34 <listitem>
35 <para>
36 The Wine look and feel
37 </para>
38 </listitem>
39 <listitem>
40 <para>
41 Wine's DLL Usage
42 </para>
43 </listitem>
44 <listitem>
45 <para>
46 Wine's Multimedia drivers and DLL configuration
47 </para>
48 </listitem>
49 </itemizedlist>
50 </para>
51 </sect2>
53 <sect2>
54 <title>How Do I Make One?</title>
55 <para>
56 This section will guide you through the process of making a
57 config file. Take a look at the file <filename>&lt;dirs to
58 wine>/documentation/samples/config</filename>. It is organized by section.
59 </para>
61 <informaltable frame="all">
62 <tgroup cols="3">
63 <thead>
64 <row>
65 <entry>Section Name</entry>
66 <entry>Needed?</entry>
67 <entry>What it Does</entry>
68 </row>
69 </thead>
70 <tbody>
71 <row>
72 <entry>[Drive X]</entry>
73 <entry>yes</entry>
74 <entry>Sets up drives recognized by wine</entry>
75 </row>
76 <row>
77 <entry>[wine]</entry>
78 <entry>yes</entry>
79 <entry>Settings for wine directories</entry>
80 </row>
81 <row>
82 <entry>[DllDefaults]</entry>
83 <entry>recmd</entry>
84 <entry>Defaults for loading DLL's</entry>
85 </row>
86 <row>
87 <entry>[DllPairs]</entry>
88 <entry>recmd</entry>
89 <entry>Sanity checkers for DLL's</entry>
90 </row>
91 <row>
92 <entry>[DllOverrides]</entry>
93 <entry>recmd</entry>
94 <entry>Overides defaults for DLL loading</entry>
95 </row>
96 <row>
97 <entry>[x11drv]</entry>
98 <entry>recmd</entry>
99 <entry>Graphic driver settings</entry>
100 </row>
101 <row>
102 <entry>[fonts]</entry>
103 <entry>yes</entry>
104 <entry>Font appearance and recognition</entry>
105 </row>
106 <row>
107 <entry>[serialports]</entry>
108 <entry>no</entry>
109 <entry>COM ports seen by wine</entry>
110 </row>
111 <row>
112 <entry>[parallelports]</entry>
113 <entry>no</entry>
114 <entry>LPT ports seen by wine</entry>
115 </row>
116 <row>
117 <entry>[ppdev]</entry>
118 <entry>no</entry>
119 <entry>Parallelport emulation</entry>
120 </row>
121 <row>
122 <entry>[spooler]</entry>
123 <entry>no</entry>
124 <entry>Print spooling</entry>
125 </row>
126 <row>
127 <entry>[ports]</entry>
128 <entry>no</entry>
129 <entry>Direct port access</entry>
130 </row>
131 <row>
132 <entry>[spy]</entry>
133 <entry>no</entry>
134 <entry>What to do with certain debug messages</entry>
135 </row>
136 <row>
137 <entry>[Registry]</entry>
138 <entry>no</entry>
139 <entry>Specifies locations of windows registry files</entry>
140 </row>
141 <row>
142 <entry>[tweak.layout]</entry>
143 <entry>recmd</entry>
144 <entry>Appearance of wine</entry>
145 </row>
146 <row>
147 <entry>[programs]</entry>
148 <entry>no</entry>
149 <entry>Programs to be run automatically</entry>
150 </row>
151 <row>
152 <entry>[Console]</entry>
153 <entry>no</entry>
154 <entry>Console settings</entry>
155 </row>
156 <row>
157 <entry>[Clipboard]</entry>
158 <entry>no</entry>
159 <entry>Interaction for wine and X11 clipboard</entry>
160 </row>
161 <row>
162 <entry>[afmdirs]</entry>
163 <entry>no</entry>
164 <entry>Postscript driver settings</entry>
165 </row>
166 <row>
167 <entry>[WinMM]</entry>
168 <entry>yes</entry>
169 <entry>Multimedia settings</entry>
170 </row>
171 <row>
172 <entry>[AppDefaults]</entry>
173 <entry>no</entry>
174 <entry>Overwrite the settings of previous sections for special programs</entry>
175 </row>
176 </tbody>
177 </tgroup>
178 </informaltable>
180 <sect3>
181 <title>The [Drive X] Section</title>
182 <para>
183 These sections are supposed to make certain Unix
184 directory locations accessible to Wine as a DOS/Windows drive
185 (drive 'X:') and thus accessible to Windows programs
186 under the drive name you specified.
187 Every DOS/Windows program sort of expects at least a C: drive (and
188 sometimes also an A: floppy drive), so your config file should
189 at least contain the corresponding sections, [Drive C] and
190 [Drive A].
191 You need to decide on whether you want to use an existing Windows
192 partition as the C drive or whether you want to create your own
193 Wine drive C directory tree somewhere (take care about
194 permissions !).
195 Each drive section may specify up to 6 different settings
196 as explained below.
197 </para>
198 <para>
199 <programlisting>[Drive X]</programlisting>
200 The above line begins the section for a drive whose letter is X
201 (DOS notation: drive 'X:').
202 You could e.g. create an equivalent to a drive 'C:'
203 under DOS/Windows by using a [Drive C] section name.
204 </para>
205 <para>
206 <programlisting>"Path" = "/dir/to/path"</programlisting>
207 This specifies the directory where the drive will begin.
208 When Wine is browsing in drive X, it will be able
209 to see the files that are in the directory
210 <filename>/dir/to/path</filename> and below.
211 (note that symlinks to directories won't get included !
212 see "<link linkend="dirsymlinks">ShowDirSymlinks</link>"
213 config setting)
214 You can also make use of environment variables like $HOME here,
215 an example for using a mywinedrive directory in your home dir
216 would be
217 "Path" = "${HOME}/mywinedrive"
218 Don't forget to leave off the trailing slash!
219 </para>
220 <para>
221 <programlisting>"Type" = "hd|cdrom|network|floppy"</programlisting>
222 Sets up the type of drive Wine will see it as. Type must
223 equal one of the four <literal>floppy</literal>,
224 <literal>hd</literal>, <literal>cdrom</literal>, or
225 <literal>network</literal>. They are self-explanatory.
226 (The |'s mean "Type = '&lt;one of the options&gt;'".)
227 Usually, you choose "hd" for a drive ("hd" is default anyway).
228 </para>
229 <para>
230 <programlisting>"Label" = "blah"</programlisting>
231 Defines the drive label. Generally only needed
232 for programs that look for a special CD-ROM.
233 The label may be up to 11 characters.
234 Note that the preferred way of managing labels and serial numbers
235 of CD-ROMs and floppies is to give Wine raw device access for
236 reading these on a per-CD case (see "Device" below) instead of
237 hardcoding one specific "Label".
238 </para>
239 <para>
240 <programlisting>"Serial" = "deadbeef"</programlisting>
241 Tells Wine the serial number of the drive. A few programs with
242 intense protection for pirating might need this, but otherwise
243 it's not needed. Up to 8 characters and hexadecimal.
244 Using a "Device" entry instead of hardcoding the "Serial" probably
245 is a smarter choice.
246 </para>
247 <para>
248 <programlisting>"Filesystem" = "win95|unix|msdos"</programlisting>
249 Sets up the way Wine looks at files on the drive.
250 </para>
252 <variablelist>
253 <varlistentry>
254 <term><literal>win95</literal></term>
255 <listitem>
256 <para>
257 Case insensitive. Alike to Windows 9x/NT 4. This is
258 the long filename filesystem you are probably used
259 to working with. The filesystem of choice for most
260 applications to be run under wine. PROBABLY THE ONE
261 YOU WANT!
262 </para>
263 </listitem>
264 </varlistentry>
265 <varlistentry>
266 <term><literal>unix</literal></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>
269 Case sensitive. This filesystem has almost no use
270 (Windows apps expect case insensitive filenames).
271 Try it if you dare, but win95 is a much better
272 choice.
273 </para>
274 </listitem>
275 </varlistentry>
276 <varlistentry>
277 <term><literal>msdos</literal></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>
280 Case insensitive filesystem. Alike to DOS and
281 Windows 3.x. <literal>8.3</literal> is the maximum
282 length of files (eightdot.123) - longer ones will be
283 truncated. (NOTE: this is a very bad choice if you
284 plan on running apps that use long filenames. win95
285 should work fine with apps that were designed to run
286 under the msdos system. In other words, you might
287 not want to use this.)
288 </para>
289 </listitem>
290 </varlistentry>
291 </variablelist>
293 <programlisting>"Device" = "/dev/xx"</programlisting>
294 <para>
295 Needed for raw device access and label and serial number reading.
296 Use this ONLY for floppy and cdrom devices. Using it on
297 Extended2 or other Unix file systems can have dire results
298 (when a windows app tries to do a lowlevel write,
299 they do it in a FAT way -- FAT format is completely different from
300 any Unix file system).
301 Also, make sure that you have proper permissions to this device
302 file.
303 </para>
304 <note>
305 <para>
306 This setting is not really important; almost all apps
307 will have no problem if it remains unspecified. For
308 CD-ROMs it's quite useful in order to get automatic label
309 detection, though. If you are unsure about specifying
310 device names, just leave out this setting for your
311 drives.
312 </para>
313 </note>
314 <para>
315 Here are a few sample entries:
316 <programlisting>
317 Here is a setup for Drive C, a generic hard drive:
318 [Drive C]
319 "Path" = "/dosc"
320 "Type" = "hd"
321 "Label" = "Hard Drive"
322 "Filesystem" = "win95"
323 This is a setup for Drive E, a generic CD-ROM drive:
324 [Drive E]
325 "Path" = "/mnt/cdrom"
326 "Type" = "cdrom"
327 "Label" = "Total Annihilation"
328 "Filesystem" = "win95"
329 "Device" = "/dev/cdrom"
330 And here is a setup for Drive A, a generic floppy drive:
331 [Drive A]
332 "Type" = "floppy"
333 "Path" = "/mnt/floppy"
334 "Label" = "Floppy Drive"
335 "Serial" = "87654321"
336 "Filesystem" = "win95"
337 "Device" = "/dev/fd0"
338 </programlisting>
339 </para>
340 </sect3>
342 <sect3>
343 <title>The [wine] Section </title>
344 <para>
345 The [wine] section of the configuration file contains all kinds
346 of general settings for Wine.
347 </para>
348 <para>
349 <programlisting>"Windows" = "c:\\windows"</programlisting>
350 This tells Wine and Windows programs where the
351 <filename>Windows</filename> directory is. It is
352 recommended to have this directory somewhere on your
353 configured <medialabel>C</medialabel> drive, and it's also
354 recommended to just call the directory "windows" (this is
355 the default setup on Windows, and some stupid applications
356 might rely on this). So in case you chose a "Windows"
357 setting of "c:\\windows" and you chose to set up a drive C
358 e.g. at <filename>/usr/local/wine_c</filename>, the
359 corresponding directory would be
360 <filename>/usr/local/wine_c/windows</filename>. Make one
361 if you don't already have one. NO TRAILING SLASH (NOT
362 <filename>C:\\windows\</filename>)! Write access strongly
363 recommended!
364 </para>
365 <para>
366 <programlisting>"System" = "c:\\windows\\system"</programlisting>
367 This sets up where the windows system files are. The Windows
368 system directory should reside below the directory used for the
369 <literal>Windows</literal> setting.
370 Thus when using the example above, the system directory would be
371 <filename>/usr/local/wine_c/windows/system</filename>.
372 Again, no trailing slash, and write access!
373 </para>
374 <para>
375 <programlisting>"Temp" = "c:\\temp"</programlisting> This should
376 be the directory you want your temp files stored in,
377 /usr/local/wine_c/temp in our example.
378 Again, no trailing slash, and WRITE ACCESS!!
379 </para>
380 <para>
381 <programlisting>
382 "Path" = "c:\\windows;c:\\windows\\system;c:\\blanco"
383 </programlisting>
384 </para>
385 <para>
386 Behaves like the <envar>PATH</envar> setting on UNIX
387 boxes. When wine is run like <userinput>wine
388 sol.exe</userinput>, if <filename>sol.exe</filename>
389 resides in a directory specified in the
390 <literal>Path</literal> setting, wine will run it (Of
391 course, if <filename>sol.exe</filename> resides in the
392 current directory, wine will run that one). Make sure it
393 always has your <filename>windows</filename> directory and
394 system directory (For this setup, it must have
395 <filename>"c:\\windows;c:\\windows\\system"</filename>).
396 </para>
397 <para>
398 <programlisting>"GraphicsDriver" = "x11drv|ttydrv"</programlisting>
399 Sets the graphics driver to use for Wine output.
400 x11drv is for X11 output, ttydrv is for text console output.
401 WARNING: if you use ttydrv here, then you won't be able to run
402 any Windows GUI programs. Thus this option is mainly interesting
403 for e.g. embedded use of Wine in web server scripts.
404 </para>
405 <para>
406 <programlisting>"Printer" = "off|on"</programlisting> Tells wine
407 whether to allow printing via printer drivers to work.
408 This option isn't needed for our builtin psdrv printer driver
409 at all.
410 Using these things are pretty alpha, so you might want to
411 watch out. Some people might find it useful, however. If
412 you're not planning on working on printing via windows printer
413 drivers, don't even add this to your wine config file
414 (It probably isn't already in it).
415 Check out the [spooler] and [parallelports] sections too.
416 </para>
417 <para>
418 <programlisting>"ShellLinker" = "wineshelllink"</programlisting>
419 This setting specifies the shell linker script to use for setting
420 up Windows icons in e.g. KDE or Gnome that are given by programs
421 making use of appropriate shell32.dll functionality to create
422 icons on the desktop/start menu during installation.
423 </para>
424 <para id="dirsymlinks">
425 <programlisting>"ShowDirSymlinks" = "1"</programlisting>
426 Wine doesn't pass directory symlinks to Windows programs by
427 default, as doing so may crash some programs that do
428 recursive lookups of whole subdirectory trees
429 whenever a directory symlink points back to itself or one of its
430 parent directories.
431 That's why we disallowed the use of directory symlinks
432 and added this setting to reenable ("1") this functionality.
433 </para>
434 <para>
435 <programlisting>"SymbolTableFile" = "wine.sym"</programlisting>
436 Sets up the symbol table file for the wine debugger. You
437 probably don't need to fiddle with this. May be useful if
438 your wine is stripped.
439 </para>
440 </sect3>
442 <sect3>
443 <title>Introduction To DLL Sections</title>
444 <para>
445 There are a few things you will need to know before
446 configuring the DLL sections in your wine configuration
447 file.
448 </para>
449 <sect4>
450 <title>Windows DLL Pairs</title>
451 <para>
452 Most windows DLL's have a win16 (Windows 3.x) and win32
453 (Windows 9x/NT) form. The combination of the win16 and
454 win32 DLL versions are called the "DLL pair". This is a
455 list of the most common pairs:
456 </para>
458 <informaltable>
459 <tgroup cols="3">
460 <thead>
461 <row>
462 <entry>Win16</entry>
463 <entry>Win32</entry>
464 <entry>
465 Native
466 <footnote>
467 <para>
468 Is it possible to use native dll with wine?
469 (See next section)
470 </para>
471 </footnote>
472 </entry>
473 </row>
474 </thead>
475 <tbody>
476 <row>
477 <entry>KERNEL</entry>
478 <entry>KERNEL32</entry>
479 <entry>No!</entry>
480 </row>
481 <row>
482 <entry>USER</entry>
483 <entry>USER32</entry>
484 <entry>No!</entry>
485 </row>
486 <row>
487 <entry>SHELL</entry>
488 <entry>SHELL32</entry>
489 <entry>Yes</entry>
490 </row>
491 <row>
492 <entry>GDI</entry>
493 <entry>GDI32</entry>
494 <entry>No!</entry>
495 </row>
496 <row>
497 <entry>COMMDLG</entry>
498 <entry>COMDLG32</entry>
499 <entry>Yes</entry>
500 </row>
501 <row>
502 <entry>VER</entry>
503 <entry>VERSION</entry>
504 <entry>Yes</entry>
505 </row>
506 </tbody>
507 </tgroup>
508 </informaltable>
509 </sect4>
511 <sect4>
512 <title>Different Forms Of DLL's</title>
513 <para>
514 There are a few different forms of DLL's wine can load:
515 <variablelist>
516 <varlistentry>
517 <term>native</term>
518 <listitem><para>
519 The DLL's that are included with windows. Many
520 windows DLL's can be loaded in their native
521 form. Many times these native versions work
522 better than their non-Microsoft equivalent --
523 other times they don't.
524 </para></listitem>
525 </varlistentry>
526 <varlistentry>
527 <term>elfdll</term>
528 <listitem><para>
529 ELF encapsulated windows DLL's. This is currently
530 experimental (Not working yet).
531 </para></listitem>
532 </varlistentry>
533 <varlistentry>
534 <term>so</term>
535 <listitem><para>
536 Native ELF libraries. Will not work yet.
537 </para></listitem>
538 </varlistentry>
539 <varlistentry>
540 <term>builtin</term>
541 <listitem><para>
542 The most common form of DLL loading. This is
543 what you will use if the DLL is error-prone in
544 native form (KERNEL for example), you don't have
545 the native DLL, or you just want to be
546 Microsoft-free.
547 </para></listitem>
548 </varlistentry>
549 </variablelist>
550 </para>
551 </sect4>
552 </sect3>
554 <sect3>
555 <title>The [DllDefaults] Section</title>
556 <para>
557 These settings provide wine's default handling of DLL loading.
558 </para>
559 <para>
560 <programlisting>"DefaultLoadOrder" =" native, so, builtin"</programlisting>
561 </para>
562 <para>
563 This setting is a comma-delimited list of the order in
564 which to attempt loading DLLs. If the first option fails,
565 it will try the second, and so on. The order specified
566 above is probably the best in most conditions.
567 </para>
568 </sect3>
570 <sect3>
571 <title>The [DllPairs] Section</title>
572 <para>
573 At one time, there was a section called [DllPairs] in the
574 default configuration file, but this has been obsoleted
575 because the pairing information has now been embedded into
576 Wine itself. (The purpose of this section was merely to be
577 able to issue warnings if the user attempted to pair
578 codependent 16-bit/32-bit DLLs of different types.) If you
579 still have this in your <filename>wine.conf</filename> or
580 <filename>~/.wine/config</filename>, you may safely delete it.
581 </para>
582 </sect3>
584 <sect3>
585 <title>The [DllOverrides] Section</title>
586 <para>
587 The format for this section is the same for each line:
588 <programlisting>
589 &lt;DLL>{,&lt;DLL>,&lt;DLL>...} = &lt;FORM>{,&lt;FORM>,&lt;FORM>...}
590 </programlisting>
591 </para>
592 <para>
593 For example, to load builtin KERNEL pair (case doesn't
594 matter here):
595 <programlisting>
596 "kernel,kernel32" = "builtin"
597 </programlisting>
598 </para>
599 <para>
600 To load the native COMMDLG pair, but if that doesn't work
601 try builtin:
602 <programlisting>
603 "commdlg,comdlg32" = "native,builtin"
604 </programlisting>
605 </para>
606 <para>
607 To load the native COMCTL32:
608 <programlisting>
609 "comctl32" = "native"
610 </programlisting>
611 </para>
612 <para>
613 Here is a good generic setup (As it is defined in config
614 that was included with your wine package):
615 <programlisting>
616 [DllOverrides]
617 "commdlg" = "builtin, native"
618 "comdlg32" = "builtin, native"
619 "ver" = "builtin, native"
620 "version" = "builtin, native"
621 "shell" = "builtin, native"
622 "shell32" = "builtin, native"
623 "lzexpand" = "builtin, native"
624 "lz32" = "builtin, native"
625 "comctl32" = "builtin, native"
626 "commctrl" = "builtin, native"
627 "wsock32" = "builtin"
628 "winsock" = "builtin"
629 "advapi32" = "builtin, native"
630 "crtdll" = "builtin, native"
631 "mpr" = "builtin, native"
632 "winspool.drv" = "builtin, native"
633 "ddraw" = "builtin, native"
634 "dinput" = "builtin, native"
635 "dsound" = "builtin, native"
636 "mmsystem" = "builtin"
637 "winmm" = "builtin"
638 "msvcrt" = "native, builtin"
639 "msvideo" = "builtin, native"
640 "msvfw32" = "builtin, native"
641 "mcicda.drv" = "builtin, native"
642 "mciseq.drv" = "builtin, native"
643 "mciwave.drv" = "builtin, native"
644 "mciavi.drv" = "native, builtin"
645 "mcianim.drv" = "native, builtin"
646 "msacm.drv" = "builtin, native"
647 "msacm" = "builtin, native"
648 "msacm32" = "builtin, native"
649 "midimap.drv" = "builtin, native"
650 "wnaspi32" = "builtin"
651 "icmp" = "builtin"
652 </programlisting>
653 </para>
654 <note>
655 <para>
656 You see that elfdll or so is the first option for a few
657 of these dll's. This will fail for you, but you won't
658 notice it as wine will just use the second or third
659 option.
660 </para>
661 </note>
662 </sect3>
664 <sect3>
665 <title>The [fonts] Section</title>
666 <para>
667 This section sets up wine's font handling.
668 </para>
669 <para>
670 <programlisting>"Resolution" = "96"</programlisting>
671 </para>
672 <para>
673 Since the way X handles fonts is different from the way
674 Windows does, wine uses a special mechanism to deal with
675 them. It must scale them using the number defined in the
676 "Resolution" setting. 60-120 are reasonable values, 96 is
677 a nice in the middle one. If you have the real windows
678 fonts available (<filename>&lt;dirs to
679 wine>/documentation/ttfserver</filename> and
680 <filename>fonts</filename>), this parameter will not be as
681 important. Of course, it's always good to get your X fonts
682 working acceptably in wine.
683 </para>
684 <para>
685 <programlisting>"Default" = "-adobe-times-"</programlisting>
686 The default font wine uses. Fool around with it if you'd like.
687 </para>
688 <para>
689 OPTIONAL:
690 </para>
691 <para>
692 The <literal>Alias</literal> setting allows you to map an X font to a font
693 used in wine. This is good for apps that need a special font you don't have,
694 but a good replacement exists. The syntax is like so:
695 <programlisting>
696 "AliasX" = "[Fake windows name],[Real X name]"&lt;,optional "masking" section>
697 </programlisting>
698 </para>
699 <para>
700 Pretty straightforward. Replace "AliasX" with "Alias0",
701 then "Alias1" and so on. The fake windows name is the name
702 that the font will be under a windows app in wine. The
703 real X name is the font name as seen by X (Run
704 "xfontsel"). The optional "masking" section allows you to
705 utilize the fake windows name you define. If it is not
706 used, then wine will just try to extract the fake windows
707 name itself and not use the value you enter.
708 </para>
709 <para>
710 Here is an example of an alias without masking. The font will show up in windows
711 apps as "Google". When defining an alias in a config file, forget about my
712 comment text (The "&lt;-- blah" stuff)
713 <programlisting>
714 "Alias0" = "Foo,--google-" &lt;
715 </programlisting>
716 </para>
717 <para>
718 Here is an example with masking enabled. The font will show up as "Foo" in
719 windows apps.
720 <programlisting>
721 "Alias1" = "Foo,--google-,subst"
722 </programlisting>
723 </para>
724 <para>
725 For more info check out <filename>&lt;dirs to wine>/documentation/fonts</filename>
726 </para>
727 </sect3>
729 <sect3>
730 <title>The [serialports], [parallelports], [spooler], and [ports] Sections</title>
731 <para>
732 Even though it sounds like a lot of sections, these are
733 all closely related. They are all for communications and
734 parallel ports.
735 </para>
736 <para>
737 The [serialports] section tells wine what serial ports it
738 is allowed to use.
739 <programlisting>"ComX" = "/dev/cuaY"</programlisting>
740 </para>
741 <para>
742 Replace <literal>X</literal> with the number of the COM
743 port in Windows (1-8) and <literal>Y</literal> with the
744 number of it in <literal>X</literal> (Usually the number
745 of the port in Windows minus 1). <literal>ComX</literal>
746 can actually equal any device
747 (<medialabel>/dev/modem</medialabel> is acceptable). It is
748 not always necessary to define any COM ports (An optional
749 setting). Here is an example:
750 <programlisting>"Com1" = "/dev/cua0"</programlisting>
751 </para>
752 <para>
753 Use as many of these as you like in the section to define
754 all of the COM ports you need.
755 </para>
756 <para>
757 The [parallelports] section sets up any parallel ports
758 that will be allowed access under wine.
759 <programlisting>"LptX" = "/dev/lpY"</programlisting>
760 </para>
761 <para>
762 Sounds familiar? Syntax is just like the COM port setting.
763 Replace <literal>X</literal> with a value from 1-4 as it
764 is in Windows and <literal>Y</literal> with a value from
765 0-3 (<literal>Y</literal> is usually the value in windows
766 minus 1, just like for COM ports). You don't always need
767 to define a parallel port (AKA, it's optional). As with
768 the other section, LptX can equal any device (Maybe
769 <medialabel>/dev/printer</medialabel>). Here is an
770 example: <programlisting>"Lpt1" = "/dev/lp0"</programlisting>
771 </para>
772 <para>
773 The [spooler] section will inform wine where to spool
774 print jobs. Use this if you want to try printing. Wine
775 docs claim that spooling is "rather primitive" at this
776 time, so it won't work perfectly. IT IS OPTIONAL. The only
777 setting you use in this section works to map a port (LPT1,
778 for example) to a file or a command. Here is an example,
779 mapping LPT1 to the file <filename>out.ps</filename>:
780 <programlisting>"LPT1:" = "out.ps"</programlisting>
781 </para>
782 <para>
783 The following command maps printing jobs to LPT1 to the
784 command <command>lpr</command>. Notice the |:
785 <programlisting>"LPT1:" = "|lpr"</programlisting>
786 </para>
787 <para>
788 The [ports] section is usually useful only for people who
789 need direct port access for programs requiring dongles or
790 scanners. IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, DON'T USE IT!
791 </para>
792 <para>
793 <programlisting>"read" = "0x779,0x379,0x280-0x2a0"</programlisting>
794 Gives direct read access to those IO's.
795 </para>
796 <para>
797 <programlisting>"write" = "0x779,0x379,0x280-0x2a0"</programlisting>
798 Gives direct write access to those IO's. It's probably a
799 good idea to keep the values of the
800 <literal>read</literal> and <literal>write</literal>
801 settings the same. This stuff will only work when you're
802 root.
803 </para>
804 </sect3>
806 <sect3>
807 <title>The [spy], [Registry], [tweak.layout], and [programs] Sections</title>
808 <para>
809 [spy] is used to include or exclude debug messages, and to
810 output them to a file. The latter is rarely used. THESE
811 ARE ALL OPTIONAL AND YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO ADD OR
812 REMOVE ANYTHING IN THIS SECTION TO YOUR CONFIG.
813 </para>
814 <para>
815 <programlisting>"File" = "/blanco"</programlisting>
816 Sets the logfile for wine. Set to CON to log to standard out.
817 THIS IS RARELY USED.
818 </para>
819 <para>
820 <programlisting>"Exclude" = "WM_SIZE;WM_TIMER;"</programlisting>
821 Excludes debug messages about <constant>WM_SIZE</constant>
822 and <constant>WM_TIMER</constant> in the logfile.
823 </para>
824 <para>
825 <programlisting>"Include" = "WM_SIZE;WM_TIMER;"</programlisting>
826 Includes debug messages about <constant>WM_SIZE</constant>
827 and <constant>WM_TIMER</constant> in the logfile.
828 </para>
829 <para>
830 [Registry] can be used to tell wine where your old windows
831 registry files exist. This section is completely optional
832 and useless to people using wine without an existing
833 windows installation.
834 </para>
835 <para>
836 <programlisting>"UserFileName" = "/dirs/to/user.reg"</programlisting>
837 The location of your old <filename>user.reg</filename> file.
838 </para>
839 <para>
840 [tweak.layout] is devoted to wine's look. There is only
841 one setting for it.
842 </para>
843 <para>
844 <programlisting>"WineLook" = "win31|win95|win98"</programlisting>
845 Will change the look of wine from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95.
846 The <literal>win98</literal> setting behaves
847 just like <literal>win95</literal> most of the time.
848 </para>
849 <para>
850 [programs] can be used to say what programs run under
851 special conditions.
852 </para>
853 <para>
854 <programlisting>"Default" = "/program/to/execute.exe"</programlisting>
855 Sets the program to be run if wine is started without specifying a program.
856 </para>
857 <para>
858 <programlisting>"Startup" = "/program/to/execute.exe"</programlisting>
859 Sets the program to automatically be run at startup every time.
860 </para>
861 </sect3>
863 <sect3>
864 <title>The [WinMM] Section</title>
865 <para>
866 [WinMM] is used to define which multimedia drivers have to be loaded. Since
867 those drivers may depend on the multimedia interfaces available on your sustem
868 (OSS, Alsa... to name a few), it's needed to be able to configure which driver
869 has to be loaded.
870 </para>
872 <para>
873 The content of the section looks like:
874 <programlisting>
875 [WinMM]
876 "Drivers" = "wineoss.drv"
877 "WaveMapper" = "msacm.drv"
878 "MidiMapper" = "midimap.drv"
879 </programlisting>
880 All the keys must be defined:
881 <itemizedlist>
882 <listitem>
883 <para>
884 The "Drivers" key is a ';' separated list of modules name, each of
885 them containing a low level driver. All those drivers will be loaded
886 when MMSYSTEM/WINMM is started and will provide their inner features.
887 </para>
888 </listitem>
889 <listitem>
890 <para>
891 The "WaveMapper" represents the name of the module containing the Wave
892 Mapper driver. Only one wave mapper can be defined in the system.
893 </para>
894 </listitem>
895 <listitem>
896 <para>
897 The "MidiMapper" represents the name of the module containing the Midi
898 Mapper driver. Only one Midi mapper can be defined in the system.
899 </para>
900 </listitem>
901 </itemizedlist>
902 </para>
903 </sect3>
905 <sect3>
906 <title>The [AppDefaults] Section</title>
907 <para>
908 The section is used to overwrite the setting of this file for a
909 special program with different settings.
910 [AppDefaults] is not the real name of the section. The real name
911 consists of the leading word AppDefaults followed by the name
912 of the executable the section is valid for. The end of the section
913 name is the name of the section of the configuration file its
914 values should be overwritten with different settings. The three
915 parts of the section name are separated by two backslashes.
916 </para>
917 <para>
918 Currently wine supports only overwriting the sections
919 [DllOverrides] and [x11drv].
920 </para>
921 <para>
922 Here is an example that overwrites the normal settings for a
923 program:
924 <programlisting>
925 ;; default settings
926 [x11drv]
927 "Managed" = "Y"
928 "Desktop" = "N"
930 ;; run install in desktop mode
931 [AppDefaults\\install.exe\\x11drv]
932 "Managed" = "N"
933 "Desktop" = "800x600"
934 </programlisting>
935 </para>
936 </sect3>
937 </sect2>
939 <sect2>
940 <title>Where Do I Put It?</title>
941 <para>
942 The wine config file can go in two places.
943 </para>
944 <variablelist>
945 <varlistentry>
946 <term><filename>/usr/local/etc/wine.conf</filename></term>
947 <listitem><para>
948 A systemwide config file, used for anyone who doesn't
949 have their own. NOTE: this file is currently unused as a
950 new global configuration mechanism is not in place at this
951 time
952 </para></listitem>
953 </varlistentry>
954 <varlistentry>
955 <term><filename>$HOME/.wine/config</filename></term>
956 <listitem><para>
957 Your own config file, that only is used for your user.
958 </para></listitem>
959 </varlistentry>
960 </variablelist>
961 <para>
962 So copy your version of the <filename>wine.conf</filename> file to
963 <filename>/usr/local/etc/wine.conf</filename> or
964 <filename>$HOME/.wine/config</filename> for wine to recognize
965 it.
966 </para>
967 </sect2>
969 <sect2>
970 <title>What If It Doesn't Work?</title>
971 <para>
972 There is always a chance that things will go wrong. If the
973 unthinkable happens report the problem to
974 <ulink url="http://bugs.winehq.com/">Wine Bugzilla</ulink>,
975 try the newsgroup
976 <systemitem>comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine</systemitem>,
977 or the IRCnet channel <systemitem>#WineHQ</systemitem> found on
978 irc.stealth.net:6668, or connected servers.
979 Make sure that you have looked over this document thoroughly,
980 and have also read:
981 </para>
982 <itemizedlist>
983 <listitem>
984 <para><filename>README</filename></para>
985 </listitem>
986 <listitem>
987 <para>
988 <filename>http://www.la-sorciere.de/wine/index.html</filename>
989 (optional but recommended)
990 </para>
991 </listitem>
992 </itemizedlist>
993 <para>
994 If indeed it looks like you've done your research, be
995 prepared for helpful suggestions. If you haven't, brace
996 yourself for heaving flaming.
997 </para>
998 </sect2>
999 </sect1>
1001 <sect1 id="x11drv">
1002 <title>Configuring the x11drv Driver</title>
1004 <para>
1005 Written by &name-ove-kaaven; <email>&email-ove-kaaven;</email>
1006 </para>
1007 <para>
1008 (Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/x11drv</filename>)
1009 </para>
1011 <para>
1012 Most Wine users run Wine under the windowing system known as
1013 X11. During most of Wine's history, this was the only display
1014 driver available, but in recent years, parts of Wine has been
1015 reorganized to allow for other display drivers (although the
1016 only alternative currently available is Patrik Stridvall's
1017 ncurses-based ttydrv, which he claims works for displaying
1018 calc.exe). The display driver is chosen with the
1019 <literal>GraphicsDriver</literal> option in the [wine] section
1020 of <filename>~/.wine/config</filename>, but I will only cover the
1021 x11drv driver in this article.
1022 </para>
1024 <sect2>
1025 <title>x11drv modes of operation</title>
1027 <para>
1028 <!-- FIXME: This is outdated -->
1029 Note: This is now all done in the config file. Needs an update...
1030 </para>
1032 <para>
1033 The x11drv driver consists of two conceptually distinct
1034 pieces, the graphics driver (GDI part), and the windowing
1035 driver (USER part). Both of these are linked into the
1036 <filename>libx11drv.so</filename> module, though (which you
1037 load with the <literal>GraphicsDriver</literal> option). In
1038 Wine, running on X11, the graphics driver must draw on
1039 drawables (window interiors) provided by the windowing
1040 driver. This differs a bit from the Windows model, where the
1041 windowing system creates and configures device contexts
1042 controlled by the graphics driver, and applications are
1043 allowed to hook into this relationship anywhere they like.
1044 Thus, to provide any reasonable tradeoff between
1045 compatibility and usability, the x11drv has three different
1046 modes of operation.
1047 </para>
1049 <variablelist>
1050 <varlistentry>
1051 <term>Unmanaged/Normal</term>
1052 <listitem>
1053 <para>
1054 The default. Window-manager-independent (any running
1055 window manager is ignored completely). Window
1056 decorations (title bars, borders, etc) are drawn by
1057 Wine to look and feel like the real Windows. This is
1058 compatible with applications that depend on being able
1059 to compute the exact sizes of any such decorations, or
1060 that want to draw their own.
1061 </para>
1062 </listitem>
1063 </varlistentry>
1064 <varlistentry>
1065 <term>Managed</term>
1066 <listitem>
1067 <para>
1068 Specified by using the
1069 <parameter>--managed</parameter> command-line option
1070 or the <literal>Managed</literal>
1071 <filename>wine.conf</filename> option (see below).
1072 Ordinary top-level frame windows with thick borders,
1073 title bars, and system menus will be managed by your
1074 window manager. This lets these applications integrate
1075 better with the rest of your desktop, but may not
1076 always work perfectly. (A rewrite of this mode of
1077 operation, to make it more robust and less patchy, is
1078 highly desirable, though, and is planned to be done
1079 before the Wine 1.0 release.)
1080 </para>
1081 </listitem>
1082 </varlistentry>
1083 <varlistentry>
1084 <term>Desktop-in-a-Box</term>
1085 <listitem>
1086 <para>
1087 Specified by using the
1088 <parameter>--desktop</parameter> command-line option
1089 (with a geometry, e.g. <parameter>--desktop
1090 800x600</parameter> for a such-sized desktop, or
1091 even <parameter>--desktop 800x600+0+0</parameter> to
1092 automatically position the desktop at the upper-left
1093 corner of the display). This is the mode most
1094 compatible with the Windows model. All application
1095 windows will just be Wine-drawn windows inside the
1096 Wine-provided desktop window (which will itself be
1097 managed by your window manager), and Windows
1098 applications can roam freely within this virtual
1099 workspace and think they own it all, without
1100 disturbing your other X apps.
1101 </para>
1102 </listitem>
1103 </varlistentry>
1104 </variablelist>
1105 </sect2>
1107 <sect2>
1108 <title>The [x11drv] section</title>
1110 <variablelist>
1111 <varlistentry>
1112 <term>AllocSystemColors</term>
1113 <listitem>
1114 <para>
1115 Applies only if you have a palette-based display, i.e.
1116 if your X server is set to a depth of 8bpp, and if you
1117 haven't requested a private color map. It specifies
1118 the maximum number of shared colormap cells (palette
1119 entries) Wine should occupy. The higher this value,
1120 the less colors will be available to other
1121 applications.
1122 </para>
1123 </listitem>
1124 </varlistentry>
1125 <varlistentry>
1126 <term>PrivateColorMap</term>
1127 <listitem>
1128 <para>
1129 Applies only if you have a palette-based display, i.e.
1130 if your X server is set to a depth of 8bpp. It
1131 specifies that you don't want to use the shared color
1132 map, but a private color map, where all 256 colors are
1133 available. The disadvantage is that Wine's private
1134 color map is only seen while the mouse pointer is
1135 inside a Wine window, so psychedelic flashing and
1136 funky colors will become routine if you use the mouse
1137 a lot.
1138 </para>
1139 </listitem>
1140 </varlistentry>
1141 <varlistentry>
1142 <term>PerfectGraphics</term>
1143 <listitem>
1144 <para>
1145 This option only determines whether fast X11 routines
1146 or exact Wine routines will be used for certain ROP
1147 codes in blit operations. Most users won't notice any
1148 difference.
1149 </para>
1150 </listitem>
1151 </varlistentry>
1152 <varlistentry>
1153 <term>ScreenDepth</term>
1154 <listitem>
1155 <para>
1156 Applies only to multi-depth displays. It specifies
1157 which of the available depths Wine should use (and
1158 tell Windows apps about).
1159 </para>
1160 </listitem>
1161 </varlistentry>
1162 <varlistentry>
1163 <term>Display</term>
1164 <listitem>
1165 <para>
1166 This specifies which X11 display to use, and if
1167 specified, will override both the
1168 <envar>DISPLAY</envar> environment variable and the
1169 <parameter>--display</parameter> command-line option.
1170 </para>
1171 </listitem>
1172 </varlistentry>
1173 <varlistentry>
1174 <term>Managed</term>
1175 <listitem>
1176 <para>
1177 Wine can let frame windows be managed by your window
1178 manager. This option specifies whether you want that
1179 by default.
1180 </para>
1181 </listitem>
1182 </varlistentry>
1183 <varlistentry>
1184 <term>UseDGA</term>
1185 <listitem>
1186 <para>
1187 This specifies whether you want DirectDraw to use
1188 XFree86's <firstterm>Direct Graphics
1189 Architecture</firstterm> (DGA), which is able to
1190 take over the entire display and run the game
1191 full-screen at maximum speed. (With DGA1 (XFree86
1192 3.x), you still have to configure the X server to the
1193 game's requested bpp first, but with DGA2 (XFree86
1194 4.x), runtime depth-switching may be possible,
1195 depending on your driver's capabilities.) But be aware
1196 that if Wine crashes while in DGA mode, it may not be
1197 possible to regain control over your computer without
1198 rebooting. DGA normally requires either root
1199 privileges or read/write access to
1200 <filename>/dev/mem</filename>.
1201 </para>
1202 </listitem>
1203 </varlistentry>
1204 <varlistentry>
1205 <term>UseXShm</term>
1206 <listitem>
1207 <para>
1208 If you don't want DirectX to use DGA, you can at least
1209 use X Shared Memory extensions (XShm). It is much
1210 slower than DGA, since the app doesn't have direct
1211 access to the physical frame buffer, but using shared
1212 memory to draw the frame is at least faster than
1213 sending the data through the standard X11 socket, even
1214 though Wine's XShm support is still known to crash
1215 sometimes.
1216 </para>
1217 </listitem>
1218 </varlistentry>
1219 <varlistentry>
1220 <term>DXGrab</term>
1221 <listitem>
1222 <para>
1223 If you don't use DGA, you may want an alternative
1224 means to convince the mouse cursor to stay within the
1225 game window. This option does that. Of course, as with
1226 DGA, if Wine crashes, you're in trouble (although not
1227 as badly as in the DGA case, since you can still use
1228 the keyboard to get out of X).
1229 </para>
1230 </listitem>
1231 </varlistentry>
1232 <varlistentry>
1233 <term>DesktopDoubleBuffered</term>
1234 <listitem>
1235 <para>
1236 Applies only if you use the
1237 <parameter>--desktop</parameter> command-line option
1238 to run in a desktop window. Specifies whether to
1239 create the desktop window with a double-buffered
1240 visual, something most OpenGL games need to run
1241 correctly.
1242 </para>
1243 </listitem>
1244 </varlistentry>
1245 <varlistentry>
1246 <term>TextCP</term>
1247 <listitem>
1248 <para>
1249 <!-- FIXME: To be documented -->
1250 To be documented...
1251 </para>
1252 </listitem>
1253 </varlistentry>
1254 <varlistentry>
1255 <term>XVideoPort</term>
1256 <listitem>
1257 <para>
1258 <!-- FIXME: To be documented -->
1259 To be documented...
1260 </para>
1261 </listitem>
1262 </varlistentry>
1263 <varlistentry>
1264 <term>Synchronous</term>
1265 <listitem>
1266 <para>
1267 <!-- FIXME: To be documented -->
1268 To be documented...
1269 </para>
1270 </listitem>
1271 </varlistentry>
1272 </variablelist>
1273 </sect2>
1274 </sect1>
1276 &registry;
1278 <sect1 id="cdrom-labels">
1279 <sect1info>
1280 <authorgroup>
1281 <author>
1282 <firstname>Petr</firstname>
1283 <surname>Tomasek</surname>
1284 <affiliation>
1285 <address><email>&email-petr-tomasek;</email></address>
1286 </affiliation>
1287 <contrib>Nov 14 1999</contrib>
1288 </author>
1289 <author>
1290 <firstname>Andreas</firstname>
1291 <surname>Mohr</surname>
1292 <affiliation>
1293 <address><email>&email-andreas-mohr;</email></address>
1294 </affiliation>
1295 <contrib>Jan 25 2000</contrib>
1296 </author>
1297 </authorgroup>
1298 </sect1info>
1300 <title>Drive labels and serial numbers with wine</title>
1301 <para>
1302 Written by &name-petr-tomasek; <email>&email-petr-tomasek;</email>
1303 Nov 14 1999
1304 </para>
1305 <para>
1306 Changes by &name-andreas-mohr; <email>&email-andreas-mohr;</email>
1307 Jan 25 2000
1308 </para>
1309 <para>
1310 (Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/cdrom-labels</filename>)
1311 </para>
1312 <para>
1313 Until now, your only possibility of specifying drive volume
1314 labels and serial numbers was to set them manually in the wine
1315 config file. By now, wine can read them directly from the
1316 device as well. This may be useful for many Win 9x games or
1317 for setup programs distributed on CD-ROMs that check for
1318 volume label.
1319 </para>
1321 <sect2>
1322 <title>What's Supported?</title>
1324 <informaltable frame="all">
1325 <tgroup cols="3">
1326 <thead>
1327 <row>
1328 <entry>File System</entry>
1329 <entry>Types</entry>
1330 <entry>Comment</entry>
1331 </row>
1332 </thead>
1333 <tbody>
1334 <row>
1335 <entry>FAT systems</entry>
1336 <entry>hd, floppy</entry>
1337 <entry>reads labels and serial numbers</entry>
1338 </row>
1339 <row>
1340 <entry>ISO9660</entry>
1341 <entry>cdrom</entry>
1342 <entry>reads labels and serial numbers (not mixed-mode CDs yet !)</entry>
1343 </row>
1344 </tbody>
1345 </tgroup>
1346 </informaltable>
1348 </sect2>
1350 <sect2>
1351 <title>How To Set Up?</title>
1352 <para>
1353 Reading labels and serial numbers just works automagically
1354 if you specify a <literal>Device=</literal> line in the
1355 [Drive X] section in your <filename>~/.wine/config</filename>.
1356 Note that the device has to exist and must be accessible if
1357 you do this, though.
1358 </para>
1359 <para>
1360 If you don't do that, then you should give fixed
1361 <literal>"Label" =</literal> or <literal>"Serial" =</literal>
1362 entries in <filename>~./wine/config</filename>, as Wine returns
1363 these entries instead if no device is given. If they don't
1364 exist, then Wine will return default values (label
1365 <literal>Drive X</literal> and serial
1366 <literal>12345678</literal>).
1367 </para>
1368 <para>
1369 If you want to give a <literal>"Device" =</literal> entry
1370 <emphasis>only</emphasis> for drive raw sector accesses,
1371 but not for reading the volume info from the device (i.e. you want
1372 a <emphasis>fixed</emphasis>, preconfigured label), you need
1373 to specify <literal>"ReadVolInfo" = "0"</literal> to tell Wine
1374 to skip the volume reading.
1375 </para>
1376 </sect2>
1378 <sect2>
1379 <title>EXAMPLES</title>
1380 <para>
1381 Here's a simple example of cdrom and floppy; labels will be
1382 read from the device on both cdrom and floppy; serial
1383 numbers on floppy only:
1384 </para>
1385 <screen>
1386 [Drive A]
1387 "Path" = "/mnt/floppy"
1388 "Type" = "floppy"
1389 "Device" = "/dev/fd0"
1390 "Filesystem" = "msdos"
1392 [Drive R]
1393 "Path" = "/mnt/cdrom"
1394 "Type" = "cdrom"
1395 "Device" = "/dev/hda1"
1396 "Filesystem" = "win95"
1397 </screen>
1398 <para>
1399 Here's an example of overriding the CD-ROM label:
1400 </para>
1401 <screen>
1402 [Drive J]
1403 "Path" = "/mnt/cdrom"
1404 "Type" = "cdrom"
1405 "Label" = "X234GCDSE"
1406 ; note that the device isn't really needed here as we have a fixed label
1407 "Device" = "/dev/cdrom"
1408 "Filesystem" = "msdos"
1409 </screen>
1410 </sect2>
1412 <sect2>
1413 <title>Todo / Open Issues</title>
1414 <itemizedlist>
1415 <listitem> <para>
1416 The cdrom label can be read only if the data track of
1417 the disk resides in the first track and the cdrom is
1418 iso9660.
1419 </para> </listitem>
1420 <listitem> <para>
1421 Better checking for FAT superblock (it now checks only
1422 one byte). </para>
1423 </listitem>
1424 <listitem> <para>
1425 Support for labels/serial nums WRITING.
1426 </para> </listitem>
1427 <listitem> <para>
1428 Can the label be longer than 11 chars? (iso9660 has 32
1429 chars).
1430 </para> </listitem>
1431 <listitem> <para>
1432 What about reading ext2 volume label? ....
1433 </para> </listitem>
1434 </itemizedlist>
1435 </sect2>
1436 </sect1>
1438 <sect1 id="dll-config">
1439 <title>DLL configuration</title>
1440 <sect2 id="dll-overrides">
1441 <title>DLL Overrides</title>
1443 <para>
1444 Written by &name-ove-kaaven; <email>&email-ove-kaaven;</email>
1445 </para>
1446 <para>
1447 (Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/dll-overrides</filename>)
1448 </para>
1450 <para>
1451 The <filename>wine.conf</filename> directives [DllDefaults]
1452 and [DllOverrides] are the subject of some confusion. The
1453 overall purpose of most of these directives are clear enough,
1454 though - given a choice, should Wine use its own built-in
1455 DLLs, or should it use <filename>.DLL</filename> files found
1456 in an existing Windows installation? This document explains
1457 how this feature works.
1458 </para>
1460 <sect3>
1461 <title>DLL types</title>
1462 <variablelist>
1463 <varlistentry>
1464 <term>native</term>
1465 <listitem> <para>
1466 A "native" DLL is a <filename>.DLL</filename> file
1467 written for the real Microsoft Windows.
1468 </para> </listitem>
1469 </varlistentry>
1470 <varlistentry>
1471 <term>builtin</term>
1472 <listitem> <para>
1473 A "builtin" DLL is a Wine DLL. These can either be a
1474 part of <filename>libwine.so</filename>, or more
1475 recently, in a special <filename>.so</filename> file
1476 that Wine is able to load on demand.
1477 </para> </listitem>
1478 </varlistentry>
1479 <varlistentry>
1480 <term>elfdll</term>
1481 <listitem> <para>
1482 An "elfdll" is a Wine <filename>.so</filename> file
1483 with a special Windows-like file structure that is as
1484 close to Windows as possible, and that can also
1485 seamlessly link dynamically with "native" DLLs, by
1486 using special ELF loader and linker tricks. Bertho
1487 Stultiens did some work on this, but this feature has
1488 not yet been merged back into Wine (because of
1489 political reasons and lack of time), so this DLL type
1490 does not exist in the official Wine at this time. In
1491 the meantime, the "builtin" DLL type gained some of
1492 the features of elfdlls (such as dynamic loading), so
1493 it's possible that "elfdll" functionality will be
1494 folded into "builtin" at some point.
1495 </para> </listitem>
1496 </varlistentry>
1497 <varlistentry>
1498 <term>so</term>
1499 <listitem> <para>
1500 A native Unix <filename>.so</filename> file, with
1501 calling convention conversion thunks generated on the
1502 fly as the library is loaded. This is mostly useful
1503 for libraries such as "glide" that have exactly the
1504 same API on both Windows and Unix.
1505 </para> </listitem>
1506 </varlistentry>
1507 </variablelist>
1508 </sect3>
1510 <sect3>
1511 <title>The [DllDefaults] section</title>
1512 <variablelist>
1513 <varlistentry>
1514 <term>DefaultLoadOrder</term>
1515 <listitem> <para>
1516 This specifies in what order Wine should search for
1517 available DLL types, if the DLL in question was not
1518 found in the [DllOverrides] section.
1519 </para> </listitem>
1520 </varlistentry>
1521 </variablelist>
1522 </sect3>
1524 <sect3>
1525 <title>The [DllPairs] section</title>
1526 <para>
1527 At one time, there was a section called [DllPairs] in the
1528 default configuration file, but this has been obsoleted
1529 because the pairing information has now been embedded into
1530 Wine itself. (The purpose of this section was merely to be
1531 able to issue warnings if the user attempted to pair
1532 codependent 16-bit/32-bit DLLs of different types.) If you
1533 still have this in your <filename>wine.conf</filename> or
1534 <filename>~/.wine/config</filename>, you may safely delete it.
1535 </para>
1536 </sect3>
1538 <sect3>
1539 <title>The [DllOverrides] section</title>
1540 <para>
1541 This section specifies how you want specific DLLs to be
1542 handled, in particular whether you want to use "native" DLLs
1543 or not, if you have some from a real Windows configuration.
1544 Because builtins do not mix seamlessly with native DLLs yet,
1545 certain DLL dependencies may be problematic, but workarounds
1546 exist in Wine for many popular DLL configurations. Also see
1547 WWN's [16]Status Page to figure out how well your favorite
1548 DLL is implemented in Wine.
1549 </para>
1550 <para>
1551 It is of course also possible to override these settings by
1552 explictly using Wine's <parameter>--dll</parameter>
1553 command-line option (see the man page for details). Some
1554 hints for choosing your optimal configuration (listed by
1555 16/32-bit DLL pair):
1556 </para>
1557 <variablelist>
1558 <varlistentry>
1559 <term>krnl386, kernel32</term>
1560 <listitem> <para>
1561 Native versions of these will never work, so don't try. Leave
1562 at <literal>builtin</literal>.
1563 </para> </listitem>
1564 </varlistentry>
1565 <varlistentry>
1566 <term>gdi, gdi32</term>
1567 <listitem> <para>
1568 Graphics Device Interface. No effort has been made at trying to
1569 run native GDI. Leave at <literal>builtin</literal>.
1570 </para> </listitem>
1571 </varlistentry>
1572 <varlistentry>
1573 <term>user, user32</term>
1574 <listitem> <para>
1575 Window management and standard controls. It was
1576 possible to use Win95's <literal>native</literal>
1577 versions at some point (if all other DLLs that depend
1578 on it, such as comctl32 and comdlg32, were also run
1579 <literal>native</literal>). However, this is no longer
1580 possible after the Address Space Separation, so leave
1581 at <literal>builtin</literal>.
1582 </para> </listitem>
1583 </varlistentry>
1584 <varlistentry>
1585 <term>ntdll</term>
1586 <listitem> <para>
1587 NT kernel API. Although badly documented, the
1588 <literal>native</literal> version of this will never
1589 work. Leave at <literal>builtin</literal>.
1590 </para> </listitem>
1591 </varlistentry>
1592 <varlistentry>
1593 <term>w32skrnl</term>
1594 <listitem> <para>
1595 Win32s (for Win3.x). The <literal>native</literal>
1596 version will probably never work. Leave at
1597 <literal>builtin</literal>.
1598 </para> </listitem>
1599 </varlistentry>
1600 <varlistentry>
1601 <term>wow32</term>
1602 <listitem> <para>
1603 Win16 support library for NT. The
1604 <literal>native</literal> version will probably never
1605 work. Leave at <literal>builtin</literal>.
1606 </para> </listitem>
1607 </varlistentry>
1608 <varlistentry>
1609 <term>system</term>
1610 <listitem> <para>
1611 Win16 kernel stuff. Will never work
1612 <literal>native</literal>. Leave at
1613 <literal>builtin</literal>.
1614 </para> </listitem>
1615 </varlistentry>
1616 <varlistentry>
1617 <term>display</term>
1618 <listitem> <para>
1619 Display driver. Definitely leave at <literal>builtin</literal>.
1620 </para> </listitem>
1621 </varlistentry>
1622 <varlistentry>
1623 <term>toolhelp</term>
1624 <listitem> <para>
1625 Tool helper routines. This is rarely a source of problems.
1626 Leave at <literal>builtin</literal>.
1627 </para> </listitem>
1628 </varlistentry>
1629 <varlistentry>
1630 <term>ver, version</term>
1631 <listitem> <para>
1632 Versioning. Seldom useful to mess with.
1633 </para> </listitem>
1634 </varlistentry>
1635 <varlistentry>
1636 <term>advapi32</term>
1637 <listitem> <para>
1638 Registry and security features. Trying the
1639 <literal>native</literal> version of this may or may
1640 not work.
1641 </para> </listitem>
1642 </varlistentry>
1643 <varlistentry>
1644 <term>commdlg, comdlg32</term>
1645 <listitem> <para>
1646 Common Dialogs, such as color picker, font dialog,
1647 print dialog, open/save dialog, etc. It is safe to try
1648 <literal>native</literal>.
1649 </para> </listitem>
1650 </varlistentry>
1651 <varlistentry>
1652 <term>commctrl, comctl32</term>
1653 <listitem> <para>
1654 Common Controls. This is toolbars, status bars, list controls,
1655 the works. It is safe to try <literal>native</literal>.
1656 </para> </listitem>
1657 </varlistentry>
1658 <varlistentry>
1659 <term>shell, shell32</term>
1660 <listitem> <para>
1661 Shell interface (desktop, filesystem, etc). Being one of the
1662 most undocumented pieces of Windows, you may have luck with the
1663 <literal>native</literal> version, should you need it.
1664 </para> </listitem>
1665 </varlistentry>
1666 <varlistentry>
1667 <term>winsock, wsock32</term>
1668 <listitem> <para>
1669 Windows Sockets. The <literal>native</literal> version
1670 will not work under Wine, so leave at
1671 <literal>builtin</literal>.
1672 </para> </listitem>
1673 </varlistentry>
1674 <varlistentry>
1675 <term>icmp</term>
1676 <listitem> <para>
1677 ICMP routines for wsock32. As with wsock32, leave at
1678 <literal>builtin</literal>.
1679 </para> </listitem>
1680 </varlistentry>
1681 <varlistentry>
1682 <term>mpr</term>
1683 <listitem> <para>
1684 The <literal>native</literal> version may not work due
1685 to thunking issues. Leave at
1686 <literal>builtin</literal>.
1687 </para> </listitem>
1688 </varlistentry>
1689 <varlistentry>
1690 <term>lzexpand, lz32</term>
1691 <listitem> <para>
1692 Lempel-Ziv decompression. Wine's
1693 <literal>builtin</literal> version ought to work fine.
1694 </para> </listitem>
1695 </varlistentry>
1696 <varlistentry>
1697 <term>winaspi, wnaspi32</term>
1698 <listitem> <para>
1699 Advanced SCSI Peripheral Interface. The
1700 <literal>native</literal> version will probably never
1701 work. Leave at <literal>builtin</literal>.
1702 </para> </listitem>
1703 </varlistentry>
1704 <varlistentry>
1705 <term>crtdll</term>
1706 <listitem> <para>
1707 C Runtime library. The <literal>native</literal>
1708 version will easily work better than Wine's on this
1709 one.
1710 </para> </listitem>
1711 </varlistentry>
1712 <varlistentry>
1713 <term>winspool.drv</term>
1714 <listitem> <para>
1715 Printer spooler. You are not likely to have more luck
1716 with the <literal>native</literal> version.
1717 </para> </listitem>
1718 </varlistentry>
1719 <varlistentry>
1720 <term>ddraw</term>
1721 <listitem> <para>
1722 DirectDraw/Direct3D. Since Wine does not implement the
1723 DirectX HAL, the <literal>native</literal> version
1724 will not work at this time.
1725 </para> </listitem>
1726 </varlistentry>
1727 <varlistentry>
1728 <term>dinput</term>
1729 <listitem> <para>
1730 DirectInput. Running this <literal>native</literal>
1731 may or may not work.
1732 </para> </listitem>
1733 </varlistentry>
1734 <varlistentry>
1735 <term>dsound</term>
1736 <listitem> <para>
1737 DirectSound. It may be possible to run this
1738 <literal>native</literal>, but don't count on it.
1739 </para> </listitem>
1740 </varlistentry>
1741 <varlistentry>
1742 <term>dplay/dplayx</term>
1743 <listitem> <para>
1744 DirectPlay. The <literal>native</literal> version
1745 ought to work best on this, if at all.
1746 </para> </listitem>
1747 </varlistentry>
1748 <varlistentry>
1749 <term>mmsystem, winmm</term>
1750 <listitem> <para>
1751 Multimedia system. The <literal>native</literal>
1752 version is not likely to work. Leave at
1753 <literal>builtin</literal>.
1754 </para> </listitem>
1755 </varlistentry>
1756 <varlistentry>
1757 <term>msacm, msacm32</term>
1758 <listitem> <para>
1759 Audio Compression Manager. The
1760 <literal>builtin</literal> version works best, if you
1761 set msacm.drv to the same.
1762 </para> </listitem>
1763 </varlistentry>
1764 <varlistentry>
1765 <term>msvideo, msvfw32</term>
1766 <listitem> <para>
1767 Video for Windows. It is safe (and recommended) to try
1768 <literal>native</literal>.
1769 </para> </listitem>
1770 </varlistentry>
1771 <varlistentry>
1772 <term>mcicda.drv</term>
1773 <listitem> <para>
1774 CD Audio MCI driver.
1775 </para> </listitem>
1776 </varlistentry>
1777 <varlistentry>
1778 <term>mciseq.drv</term>
1779 <listitem> <para>
1780 MIDI Sequencer MCI driver (<filename>.MID</filename>
1781 playback).
1782 </para> </listitem>
1783 </varlistentry>
1784 <varlistentry>
1785 <term>mciwave.drv</term>
1786 <listitem> <para>
1787 Wave audio MCI driver (<filename>.WAV</filename> playback).
1788 </para> </listitem>
1789 </varlistentry>
1790 <varlistentry>
1791 <term>mciavi.drv</term>
1792 <listitem> <para>
1793 AVI MCI driver (<filename>.AVI</filename> video
1794 playback). Best to use <literal>native</literal>.
1795 </para> </listitem>
1796 </varlistentry>
1797 <varlistentry>
1798 <term>mcianim.drv</term>
1799 <listitem> <para>
1800 Animation MCI driver.
1801 </para> </listitem>
1802 </varlistentry>
1803 <varlistentry>
1804 <term>msacm.drv</term>
1805 <listitem> <para>
1806 Audio Compression Manager. Set to same as msacm32.
1807 </para> </listitem>
1808 </varlistentry>
1809 <varlistentry>
1810 <term>midimap.drv</term>
1811 <listitem> <para>
1812 MIDI Mapper.
1813 </para> </listitem>
1814 </varlistentry>
1815 <varlistentry>
1816 <term>wprocs</term>
1817 <listitem> <para>
1818 This is a pseudo-DLL used by Wine for thunking
1819 purposes. A <literal>native</literal> version of this
1820 doesn't exist.
1821 </para> </listitem>
1822 </varlistentry>
1823 </variablelist>
1824 </sect3>
1825 </sect2>
1826 <sect2 id="dll-missing">
1827 <title>Missing DLLs</title>
1829 <para>
1830 Written by &name-andreas-mohr; <email>&email-andreas-mohr;</email>
1831 </para>
1833 <para>
1834 In case Wine complains about a missing DLL, you should check whether
1835 this file is a publicly available DLL or a custom DLL belonging
1836 to your program (by searching for its name on the internet).
1837 If you managed to get hold of the DLL, then you should make sure
1838 that Wine is able to find and load it.
1839 DLLs usually get loaded according to the mechanism of the
1840 SearchPath() function.
1841 This function searches directories in the following order:
1843 a) The directory the program was started from.
1844 b) The current directory.
1845 c) The Windows system directory.
1846 d) The Windows directory.
1847 e) The PATH variable directories.
1849 In short: either put the required DLL into your application
1850 directory (might be ugly), or usually put it into the Windows system
1851 directory. Just find out its directory by having a look at the Wine
1852 config File variable "System" (which indicates the location of the
1853 Windows system directory) and the associated drive entry.
1854 </para>
1855 </sect2>
1856 </sect1>
1858 &fonts;
1859 &printing;
1861 <sect1 id="win95look">
1862 <title>Win95/98 Look</title>
1863 <para>
1864 Written by &name-david-cuthbert; <email>&email-david-cuthbert;</email>
1865 </para>
1866 <para>
1867 (Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/win95look</filename>)
1868 </para>
1869 <para>
1870 Win95/Win98 interface code is being introduced.
1871 </para>
1872 <para>
1873 Instead of compiling Wine for Win3.1 vs. Win95 using
1874 <constant>#define</constant> switches, the code now looks in a
1875 special [Tweak.Layout] section of
1876 <filename>~/.wine/config</filename> for a
1877 <literal>"WineLook" = "Win95"</literal> or
1878 <literal>"WineLook" = "Win98"</literal> entry.
1879 </para>
1880 <para>
1881 A few new sections and a number of entries have been added to
1882 the <filename>~/.wine/config</filename> file -- these are for
1883 debugging the Win95 tweaks only and may be removed in a future
1884 release! These entries/sections are:
1885 </para>
1886 <programlisting>
1887 [Tweak.Fonts]
1888 "System.Height" = "&lt;point size>" # Sets the height of the system typeface
1889 "System.Bold" = "[true|false]" # Whether the system font should be boldfaced
1890 "System.Italic" = "[true|false]" # Whether the system font should be italicized
1891 "System.Underline" = "[true|false]" # Whether the system font should be underlined
1892 "System.StrikeOut" = "[true|false]" # Whether the system font should be struck out
1893 "OEMFixed.xxx" # Same parameters for the OEM fixed typeface
1894 "AnsiFixed.xxx" # Same parameters for the Ansi fixed typeface
1895 "AnsiVar.xxx" # Same parameters for the Ansi variable typeface
1896 "SystemFixed.xxx" # Same parameters for the System fixed typeface
1898 [Tweak.Layout]
1899 "WineLook" = "[Win31|Win95|Win98]" # Changes Wine's look and feel
1900 </programlisting>
1901 </sect1>
1903 <sect1 id="keyboard">
1904 <title>Keyboard</title>
1906 <para>
1907 Written by &name-ove-kaaven; <email>&email-ove-kaaven;</email>
1908 </para>
1909 <para>
1910 (Extracted from <filename>wine/documentation/keyboard</filename>)
1911 </para>
1913 <para>
1914 Wine now needs to know about your keyboard layout. This
1915 requirement comes from a need from many apps to have the
1916 correct scancodes available, since they read these directly,
1917 instead of just taking the characters returned by the X
1918 server. This means that Wine now needs to have a mapping from
1919 X keys to the scancodes these applications expect.
1920 </para>
1921 <para>
1922 On startup, Wine will try to recognize the active X layout by
1923 seeing if it matches any of the defined tables. If it does,
1924 everything is alright. If not, you need to define it.
1925 </para>
1926 <para>
1927 To do this, open the file
1928 <filename>dlls/x11drv/keyboard.c</filename> and take a look
1929 at the existing tables. Make a backup copy of it, especially
1930 if you don't use CVS.
1931 </para>
1932 <para>
1933 What you really would need to do, is find out which scancode
1934 each key needs to generate. Find it in the
1935 <function>main_key_scan</function> table, which looks like
1936 this:
1937 </para>
1938 <programlisting>
1939 static const int main_key_scan[MAIN_LEN] =
1941 /* this is my (102-key) keyboard layout, sorry if it doesn't quite match yours */
1942 0x29,0x02,0x03,0x04,0x05,0x06,0x07,0x08,0x09,0x0A,0x0B,0x0C,0x0D,
1943 0x10,0x11,0x12,0x13,0x14,0x15,0x16,0x17,0x18,0x19,0x1A,0x1B,
1944 0x1E,0x1F,0x20,0x21,0x22,0x23,0x24,0x25,0x26,0x27,0x28,0x2B,
1945 0x2C,0x2D,0x2E,0x2F,0x30,0x31,0x32,0x33,0x34,0x35,
1946 0x56 /* the 102nd key (actually to the right of l-shift) */
1948 </programlisting>
1949 <para>
1950 Next, assign each scancode the characters imprinted on the
1951 keycaps. This was done (sort of) for the US 101-key keyboard,
1952 which you can find near the top in
1953 <filename>keyboard.c</filename>. It also shows that if there
1954 is no 102nd key, you can skip that.
1955 </para>
1956 <para>
1957 However, for most international 102-key keyboards, we have
1958 done it easy for you. The scancode layout for these already
1959 pretty much matches the physical layout in the
1960 <function>main_key_scan</function>, so all you need to do is
1961 to go through all the keys that generate characters on your
1962 main keyboard (except spacebar), and stuff those into an
1963 appropriate table. The only exception is that the 102nd key,
1964 which is usually to the left of the first key of the last line
1965 (usually <keycap>Z</keycap>), must be placed on a separate
1966 line after the last line.
1967 </para>
1968 <para>
1969 For example, my Norwegian keyboard looks like this
1970 </para>
1971 <screen>
1972 § ! " # ¤ % & / ( ) = ? ` Back-
1973 | 1 2@ 3£ 4$ 5 6 7{ 8[ 9] 0} + \´ space
1975 Tab Q W E R T Y U I O P Å ^
1977 Enter
1978 Caps A S D F G H J K L Ø Æ *
1979 Lock '
1981 Sh- > Z X C V B N M ; : _ Shift
1982 ift &lt; , . -
1984 Ctrl Alt Spacebar AltGr Ctrl
1985 </screen>
1986 <para>
1987 Note the 102nd key, which is the <keycap>&lt;></keycap> key, to
1988 the left of <keycap>Z</keycap>. The character to the right of
1989 the main character is the character generated by
1990 <keycap>AltGr</keycap>.
1991 </para>
1992 <para>
1993 This keyboard is defined as follows:
1994 </para>
1995 <programlisting>
1996 static const char main_key_NO[MAIN_LEN][4] =
1998 "","1!","2\"@","3#£","4¤$","5%","6&","7/{","8([","9)]","0=}","+?","\\´",
1999 "qQ","wW","eE","rR","tT","yY","uU","iI","oO","pP","åÅ","¨^~",
2000 "aA","sS","dD","fF","gG","hH","jJ","kK","lL","øØ","æÆ","'*",
2001 "zZ","xX","cC","vV","bB","nN","mM",",;",".:","-_",
2002 "&lt;>"
2004 </programlisting>
2005 <para>
2006 Except that " and \ needs to be quoted with a backslash, and
2007 that the 102nd key is on a separate line, it's pretty
2008 straightforward.
2009 </para>
2010 <para>
2011 After you have written such a table, you need to add it to the
2012 <function>main_key_tab[]</function> layout index table. This
2013 will look like this:
2014 </para>
2015 <programlisting>
2016 static struct {
2017 WORD lang, ansi_codepage, oem_codepage;
2018 const char (*key)[MAIN_LEN][4];
2019 } main_key_tab[]={
2022 {MAKELANGID(LANG_NORWEGIAN,SUBLANG_DEFAULT), 1252, 865, &amp;main_key_NO},
2024 </programlisting>
2025 <para>
2026 After you have added your table, recompile Wine and test that
2027 it works. If it fails to detect your table, try running
2028 </para>
2029 <screen>
2030 wine --debugmsg +key,+keyboard >& key.log
2031 </screen>
2032 <para>
2033 and look in the resulting <filename>key.log</filename> file to
2034 find the error messages it gives for your layout.
2035 </para>
2036 <para>
2037 Note that the <constant>LANG_*</constant> and
2038 <constant>SUBLANG_*</constant> definitions are in
2039 <filename>include/winnls.h</filename>, which you might need to
2040 know to find out which numbers your language is assigned, and
2041 find it in the debugmsg output. The numbers will be
2042 <literal>(SUBLANG * 0x400 + LANG)</literal>, so, for example
2043 the combination <literal>LANG_NORWEGIAN (0x14)</literal> and
2044 <literal>SUBLANG_DEFAULT (0x1)</literal> will be (in hex)
2045 <literal>14 + 1*400 = 414</literal>, so since I'm Norwegian, I
2046 could look for <literal>0414</literal> in the debugmsg output
2047 to find out why my keyboard won't detect.
2048 </para>
2049 <para>
2050 Once it works, submit it to the Wine project. If you use CVS,
2051 you will just have to do
2052 </para>
2053 <screen>
2054 cvs -z3 diff -u dlls/x11drv/keyboard.c > layout.diff
2055 </screen>
2056 <para>
2057 from your main Wine directory, then submit
2058 <filename>layout.diff</filename> to
2059 <email>wine-patches@winehq.com</email> along with a brief note
2060 of what it is.
2061 </para>
2062 <para>
2063 If you don't use CVS, you need to do
2064 </para>
2065 <screen>
2066 diff -u the_backup_file_you_made dlls/x11drv/keyboard.c > layout.diff
2067 </screen>
2068 <para>
2069 and submit it as explained above.
2070 </para>
2071 <para>
2072 If you did it right, it will be included in the next Wine
2073 release, and all the troublesome applications (especially
2074 remote-control applications) and games that use scancodes will
2075 be happily using your keyboard layout, and you won't get those
2076 annoying fixme messages either.
2077 </para>
2078 <para>
2079 Good luck.
2080 </para>
2081 </sect1>
2083 </chapter>
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