DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/01/07) aims to modernize the DOSBox project through updated development practices and support for contemporary systems. The recent changelog highlights numerous code improvements, including the removal of redundant parentheses and lambda return types in various source files, as well as the simplification of implementations using the ‘auto’ keyword. Key changes also involve replacing ‘push_back’ with ’emplace_back’ across multiple files and updating documentation and the website for version 0.82.2. These enhancements aim to streamline the codebase and improve usability. Download links are provided for the updated version.
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The latest compilation of DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/01/07) is now available. This repository aims to update the DOSBox project by employing modern development methods and tools, resolving bugs, introducing new features that cater to contemporary systems, and contributing changes upstream.
Changelog for DOSBox-Staging Git:
* ci: Reduce maximum warnings in PVS-Studio
* Eliminate unnecessary parentheses in hardware code
* Remove extra parentheses in ‘serialport.cpp’
* Clean up redundant parentheses in ‘shell_cmds.cpp’
* Optimize BIOS code by removing unnecessary parentheses
* Streamline DOS code by eliminating redundant parentheses
* Simplify ‘debugger.cpp’ by removing excess parentheses
* Tidy up ‘setup.cpp’ by cleaning up parentheses
* Refine ‘ipx.cpp’ by removing superfluous parentheses
* Streamline audio code by eliminating unnecessary parentheses
* Optimize VGA/video code by removing redundant parentheses
* Clean up CPU code by eliminating extra parentheses
* Streamline DOS and shell code by removing unnecessary lambda return types
* Optimize ‘fs_utils.h’ by removing redundant lambda return type
* Clean up MIDI code by removing unnecessary lambda return types
* Tidy up ‘mapper.cpp’ by removing redundant lambda return type
* Simplify input code by removing redundant lambda return types
* Refine VGA code by eliminating unnecessary lambda return types
* Optimize ‘cpu.cpp’ by cleaning up lambda return types
* Simplify ‘ide.cpp’ implementation by using ‘auto’ keyword
* Remove redundant comparison operators
* Replace redundant types with ‘auto’ in CPU code
* Eliminate redundant types with ‘auto’ in ‘dos_mscdex.cpp’
* Streamline ‘mapper.cpp’ by using ‘auto’
* Replace ‘push_back’ with ’emplace_back’ in ‘drive_overlay.cpp’
* Replace ‘push_back’ with ’emplace_back’ in ‘programs.cpp’
* Streamline debugger code by replacing ‘push_back’ with ’emplace_back’
* Optimize ‘sdl_gui.cpp’ by replacing ‘push_back’ with ’emplace_back’
* Clean up ‘command_line.cpp’ by replacing ‘push_back’ with ’emplace_back’
* Refine ‘config.h’ by replacing ‘insert’ with ’emplace’
* Optimize ReelMagic code by replacing ‘push’ with ’emplace’
* Use “=default” to replace default implementations in ‘messages_po_entry.h’
* Use “=default” in place of default implementations in ‘reelmagic.h’
* Simplify ‘ide.cpp’ using “=default” instead of default implementations
* Replace default implementations in serial port code with “=default”
* Apply “=default” instead of default implementations in audio code
* Use “=default” for default implementations in network code
* Replace default implementations in DOS code with “=default”
* Change ‘for’ loop to ‘while’ in CPU code
* Replace ‘for’ loop with ‘while’ in ‘dos_keyboard_layout.cpp’
* website: Update the website to reflect version 0.82.2
* website: Final updates for 0.82.2
* website: Revise and enhance the development builds download page
* website: Refresh release pages & front page for version 0.82.2
* website: Include release notes for version 0.82.2
* docs: Enhance instructions for installing mkdocs
* docs: Upgrade mkdocs-material to version 9.7.1
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