DOSBox-Staging Repository – Git Update (January 2, 2026)

The DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/01/02) update aims to modernize the DOSBox project by implementing contemporary development practices and tools, addressing issues, and enhancing compatibility with today’s systems. Key changes include extensive usage of the ‘auto’ keyword across various source files, enabling improved coding efficiency. This update affects files related to shell commands, Unicode encoding, serial ports, VGA, audio, and several others, along with the introduction of range-based loops in multiple files. Additionally, the MPEG decoder has been relocated to the ‘libs’ directory, and some documentation updates have been made. Download options are available.

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DOSBox-Staging Git (2026/01/02) has been compiled. This repository aims to refresh the DOSBox project by utilizing contemporary development practices and tools, resolving issues, integrating features to better accommodate modern systems, and submitting patches upstream.

DOSBox-Staging Git Changelog:
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘shell_cmds.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘unicode_encodings.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘serialport.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘pic.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘pci_bus.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dosbox.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘serial.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘more_output.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘boot.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘programs.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘drive_fat.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘drive_cache.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos_mscdex.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos_misc.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos_memory.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos_keyboard_layout.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos_ioctl.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos_files.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos_execute.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos_devices.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos_classes.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘dos.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘cdrom_image.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in image mounting commands
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in VGA code
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in mouse code
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in keyboard code
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘ide.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘mapper.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘fpu_instructions.h’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in BIOS code
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in memory code
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in network code
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in audio code
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in unit tests
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in debugger code
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in CPU emulation code
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘config.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘png_writer.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘mixer.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ keyword in ‘disk_noise.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ and range-based loops in ‘drive_overlay.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ and range-based loops in ‘dos_misc.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ and range-based loops in ‘dos_classes.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ and range-based loops in ‘mapper.cpp’
* Implement ‘auto’ and range-based loops in ‘setup.cpp’
* docs: Remove ‘iir1’ from the list of bundled source code libraries
* Relocate the MPEG decoder to ‘libs’ directory
* Correct copyright header in ‘ide.cpp’