Added multi-monitor support.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Many bugs have been fixed, and numerous features that were only partially implem
 * Added support for Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD
 * New default theme rbsimple-DE bundled with the software (this theme is largely based on recalbox-multi by the Recalbox community)
 * Added extensive es_systems.cfg templates for Unix, macOS and Windows that are automatically installed on first application startup
-* Full navigation sound support, configurable per theme with a fallback to the built-in sounds if there is no theme support
+* Added full navigation sound support, configurable per theme with a fallback to the built-in sounds if there is no theme support
+* Added multi-monitor support by giving the option to define on which display to run ES-DE
 * Improved input device configuration and default keyboard mappings are now applied if the keyboard has not been configured by the user
 * Reorganization and general overhaul of the menu system, hopefully making it more intuitive to navigate and easier to understand the menu entries
 * New game media file logic using a media directory with files matching the ROM names instead of explicitly pointing to the media files from the gamelist.xml files

INSTALL.md

@@ -1098,16 +1098,17 @@ Here is such an example:
 
 You normally don't need to modify this file manually as it's created by the built-in input configuration step. This procedure is detailed in the [User guide](USERGUIDE.md#input-device-configuration).
 
-If your controller and keyboard stop working, you can delete the `~/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg` file to make the input configuration screen re-appear on the next startup, or you can start ES-DE with the `--force-input-config` command line argument.
+If your controller and keyboard stop working, you can delete the `~/.emulationstation/es_input.cfg` file to make the input configuration screen re-appear on the next startup, or you can start ES-DE with the `--force-input-config` command line option.
 
 
-## Command line arguments
+## Command line options
 
 You can use **--help** or **-h** to view the list of command line options, as shown here.
 
 ### Unix
 
 ```
+--display [index]               Display/monitor to use (1, 2, 3 or 4)
 --resolution [width] [height]   Application resolution
 --windowed                      Windowed mode, should be combined with --resolution
 --fullscreen-normal             Normal fullscreen mode
@@ -1133,6 +1134,7 @@ You can use **--help** or **-h** to view the list of command line options, as sh
 ### macOS and Windows
 
 ```
+--display [index]               Display/monitor to use (1, 2, 3 or 4)
 --resolution [width] [height]   Application resolution
 --vsync [1/on or 0/off]         Turn VSync on or off (default is on)
 --max-vram [size]               Max VRAM to use (in mebibytes) before swapping

USERGUIDE.md

@@ -948,6 +948,10 @@ These are mostly technical settings.
 
 The amount of video RAM to use for the application. Defaults to 256 MiB which seems to work fine most of the time. The allowed range is 80 to 1024 MiB. If you try to set it lower or higher than this by passing such values as command line parameters or edit the es_settings.cfg file manually, ES-DE will log a warning and automatically adjust the value within the allowable range.
 
+**Display/monitor (requires restart)**
+
+This option sets the display to use for ES-DE for multi-monitor setups. The possible values are the monitor index numbers 1, 2, 3 or 4. If a value is set here for a display that does not actually exist, then ES-DE will set it to 1 upon startup. Index 1 is the primary display of the computer. It's also possible to override the setting by passing the --display command line argument. Doing so will also overwrite the display setting in es_settings.cfg. Be aware that the Display/monitor option only changes the display used by ES-DE; the emulators need to be configured separately (which can easily be done globally if using RetroArch).
+
 **Fullscreen mode (requires restart)** _(Unix only)_
 
 This gives you a choice between _Normal_ and _Borderless_ modes. With the borderless being more seamless as the ES-DE window will always stay on top of other windows so the taskbar will not be visible when launching and returning from games. It will however break the alt-tab application switching of your window manager. For normal fullscreen mode, if a lower resolution than the screen resolution has been set via the --resolution command line argument, ES-DE will render in full screen at the lower resolution. If a higher resolution than the screen resolution has been set, ES-DE will run in a window. For the borderless mode, any changes to the resolution will make ES-DE run in a window.

es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp

@@ -662,6 +662,27 @@ void GuiMenu::openOtherSettings()
         }
     });
 
+    // Display/monitor.
+    auto display_index = std::make_shared<OptionListComponent<std::string>>
+            (mWindow, getHelpStyle(), "DISPLAY/MONITOR", false);
+    std::vector<std::string> displayIndex;
+    displayIndex.push_back("1");
+    displayIndex.push_back("2");
+    displayIndex.push_back("3");
+    displayIndex.push_back("4");
+    for (auto it = displayIndex.cbegin(); it != displayIndex.cend(); it++)
+        display_index->add(*it, *it,
+                Settings::getInstance()->getInt("DisplayIndex") == atoi((*it).c_str()));
+    s->addWithLabel("DISPLAY/MONITOR (REQUIRES RESTART)", display_index);
+    s->addSaveFunc([display_index, s] {
+        if (atoi(display_index->getSelected().c_str()) !=
+                Settings::getInstance()->getInt("DisplayIndex")) {
+            Settings::getInstance()->setInt("DisplayIndex",
+                    atoi(display_index->getSelected().c_str()));
+            s->setNeedsSaving();
+        }
+    });
+
     #if defined(__unix__)
     // Fullscreen mode.
     auto fullscreen_mode = std::make_shared<OptionListComponent<std::string>>

es-app/src/main.cpp

@@ -165,7 +165,17 @@ bool parseArgs(int argc, char* argv[])
             i++; // Skip the argument value.
             continue;
         }
-        if (strcmp(argv[i], "--resolution") == 0) {
+        if (strcmp(argv[i], "--display") == 0) {
+            if (i >= argc - 1 || atoi(argv[i + 1]) < 1 || atoi(argv[i + 1]) > 4) {
+                std::cerr << "Error: Invalid display index supplied.\n";
+                return false;
+            }
+            int DisplayIndex = atoi(argv[i + 1]);
+            i++;
+            Settings::getInstance()->setInt("DisplayIndex", DisplayIndex);
+            Settings::getInstance()->saveFile();
+        }
+        else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--resolution") == 0) {
             if (i >= argc - 2) {
                 std::cerr << "Error: Invalid resolution values supplied.\n";
                 return false;
@@ -280,6 +290,7 @@ bool parseArgs(int argc, char* argv[])
 "Usage: emulationstation [options]\n"
 "EmulationStation Desktop Edition, Emulator Front-end\n\n"
 "Options:\n"
+"  --display [index]               Display/monitor to use (1, 2, 3 or 4)\n"
 "  --resolution [width] [height]   Application resolution\n"
 #if defined(__unix__)
 "  --windowed                      Windowed mode, should be combined with --resolution\n"

es-core/src/Settings.cpp

@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ void Settings::setDefaults()
     #else
     mIntMap["MaxVRAM"] = { 256, 256 };
     #endif
+    mIntMap["DisplayIndex"] = { 1, 1 };
     #if defined (__unix__)
     mStringMap["FullscreenMode"] = { "normal", "normal" };
     #endif

es-core/src/renderers/Renderer.cpp

@@ -87,16 +87,24 @@ namespace Renderer
 
         initialCursorState = (SDL_ShowCursor(0) != 0);
 
-        int displayIndex = 0;
-        int availableDisplays = SDL_GetNumVideoDisplays();
-
-        if (displayIndex > availableDisplays - 1) {
-            LOG(LogWarning) << "Requested display index " << std::to_string(displayIndex + 1) <<
-                    " does not exist, changing to index 1";
+        int displayIndex = Settings::getInstance()->getInt("DisplayIndex");
+        // Check that an invalid value has not been manually entered in the es_settings.cfg file.
+        if (displayIndex != 1 && displayIndex != 2 && displayIndex != 3 && displayIndex != 4) {
+            Settings::getInstance()->setInt("DisplayIndex", 1);
             displayIndex = 0;
         }
         else {
-            LOG(LogInfo) << "Using display index: " << std::to_string(displayIndex + 1);
+            displayIndex--;
+        }
+
+        int availableDisplays = SDL_GetNumVideoDisplays();
+        if (displayIndex > availableDisplays - 1) {
+            LOG(LogWarning) << "Requested display " << std::to_string(displayIndex + 1) <<
+                    " does not exist, changing to display 1";
+            displayIndex = 0;
+        }
+        else {
+            LOG(LogInfo) << "Using display: " << std::to_string(displayIndex + 1);
         }
 
         SDL_DisplayMode displayMode;
@@ -154,8 +162,8 @@ namespace Renderer
         // For Windows, always set the mode to windowed, as full screen mode seems to
         // behave quite erratic. There may be a proper fix for this, but for now windowed
         // mode seems to behave well and it's almost completely seamless, especially with
-        // a hidden taskbar. As well, setting SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS introduces issues as
-        // well so unfortunately this needs to be avoided.
+        // a hidden taskbar. As well, setting SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS introduces issues too
+        // so unfortunately this needs to be avoided.
         windowFlags = getWindowFlags();
         #elif defined(__APPLE__)
         // This seems to be the only full window mode that somehow works on macOS as a real