> > ... that isn't the point. > > > > My point is, why does disabling the shift display inside mame not disable it in > > screenshots without having to use this command line option? > > Because tying the snapshots view to the currently selected view for the window would > be an absolute nightmare during development/debugging, and it would collapse in a > heap the moment you run with multiple windows/screens as render targets so there > isn't a single selected view, there's one per render target. It would be > theoretically possible to allow the user to select the snapshot view with a menu, but > there are complications like what happens if you try to change it while AVI/MNG > recording is in progress.
That's a very good explanation. Since I'm just a typical user, I had no idea it was this complicated. Thank you.
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