From c879adc43b91a53eb7e76f232a39abb56d8144c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gbc dev <gbc@localhost>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:26:49 +0200
Subject: control: socket-based debug channel + gbctl CLI driver

Replace the input-only FIFO's limitations with a Unix-domain socket control
channel (--sock) that is a superset of the button vocabulary plus emulator
introspection: read/write bus memory, get/set CPU context, single-step, PC
breakpoints, value-change watchpoints, run/pause. Being a socket it replies to
each command and broadcasts async 'event stop ...' lines; a stored last-stop
record (stopinfo) lets per-request clients recover a missed event.

Add gbctl: a stdlib-python CLI that spawns a tmux pane running the emulator on
a ROM, auto-resolves the socket, and drives it with terse verbs (cpu/read/write/
reg/step/break/watch/continue/pause/press/hold/screen/stop). The FIFO stays as
legacy input-only.
---
 src/main.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/main.c')

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 5ce4fb5..541ce44 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "gb.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "render.h"
+#include "control.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ static void run_frame(GB *gb) {
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (argc < 2) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <rom> [--test seconds]\n", argv[0]);
+        fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <rom> [--test seconds] [--sixel [scale]] "
+                "[--frameskip n] [--fps n] [--uncapped] [--fifo [path]] "
+                "[--sock [path]]\n",
+                argv[0]);
         return 1;
     }
     const char *rom = argv[1];
@@ -35,8 +39,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     int shot_frames = -1;
     const char *shot_path = "shot.ppm";
     const char *fifo_path = NULL;
+    const char *sock_path = NULL;
     double target_fps = 59.73;   // emulation speed cap; 0 = uncapped
     int    frameskip = 0;        // draw 1 of every (frameskip+1) frames
+    bool   sixel = false;        // use sixel graphics output
+    int    sixel_scale = 2;      // integer pixel zoom for sixel
     for (int i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
         if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--test")) {
             test = true;
@@ -47,10 +54,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--fifo")) {
             fifo_path = (i + 1 < argc && argv[i+1][0] != '-')
                         ? argv[++i] : "/tmp/gbc.fifo";
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--sock") || !strcmp(argv[i], "--socket")) {
+            sock_path = (i + 1 < argc && argv[i+1][0] != '-')
+                        ? argv[++i] : "/tmp/gbc.sock";
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--fps")) {
             if (i + 1 < argc) target_fps = atof(argv[++i]);
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--frameskip")) {
             if (i + 1 < argc) frameskip = atoi(argv[++i]);
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--sixel")) {
+            sixel = true;
+            if (i + 1 < argc && argv[i+1][0] != '-') sixel_scale = atoi(argv[++i]);
         } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--uncapped") || !strcmp(argv[i], "--turbo")) {
             target_fps = 0;
         }
@@ -90,6 +103,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         fprintf(stderr, "control fifo: echo 'a' > %s   (a b start select "
                 "up down left right; +x/-x hold/release; release)\n", fifo_path);
     }
+    if (sock_path) {
+        control_open(sock_path);
+        if (control_active())
+            fprintf(stderr, "control socket: %s   (buttons + debug: cpu read "
+                    "write step break watch continue pause; 'help')\n",
+                    sock_path);
+    }
+    if (sixel) render_set_sixel(true, sixel_scale);
     term_init();
 
     // The emulator always advances every GB frame at the paced native rate so
@@ -107,13 +128,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     while (running) {
         frames++;
         if (!input_poll(gb)) break;
+        if (!control_poll(gb)) break;   // socket may inject input / debug cmds
         if (input_take_turbo()) turbo = !turbo;
         frameskip += input_take_frameskip_delta();
         if (frameskip < 0) frameskip = 0;
         if (frameskip > 30) frameskip = 30;
         render_set_hud(frameskip, turbo);
 
-        run_frame(gb);   // always emulate a full frame
+        // Emulate a full frame, honoring debugger pause/step/breakpoints when
+        // the control socket is active (otherwise a plain full frame).
+        control_run_frame(gb);
 
         // decide whether to draw this frame
         bool do_render = (since_render >= frameskip);
@@ -148,6 +172,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     term_restore();
     input_close_fifo();
+    control_close();
     double elapsed = now_sec() - start_time;
     if (elapsed > 0)
         fprintf(stderr, "emulated %llu frames (%.1f fps), drew %llu (%.1f fps) "
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