My Suggestions #001: "Debug Mode"

[Geronimo]

As i'm working through setting up all of my emulators and games in GameEx i'm noticing more and more things. I'd like to share some ideas and thoughts that could make GameEx just that little bit better than it already is. I'd love to read some feedback on the idea(s). I'm numbering the post for easy reference as i'm expecting more things to pop up while i learn my way around GameEx.

Observation:

While configuring GameEx the windowed mode is a great help, as it allows me to have GameEx open and still work on editing textfiles, moving files around, etc. . There is a quirk however: GameEx will sometimes register keystrokes even though it's not the active window. This leads to situations where the navigation in GameEx jumps wildly around, or games are suddenly started.

I also have all the "hide OS" features disabled while setting up GameEx. This is helpful while working on the config. It doesn't however make a "real" preview (=how would GameEx and the OS look like when launching stuff?) easy to do, as i have to start the config app, re-enable the "hide os" features, start GameEx, check how it's looking and then possible disable the "hide os" features again. I guess i also have to check the "hide desktop" settings for each emulator at some point, but i've left those disabled for now. This means i'll have to go over each emulator again to check how it's best started.

Suggestion:

I'd like to have some kind of "debug" command line parameter for starting GameEx. That parameter would temporarily disable the "keyboard hooking" functions and make GameEx accept input only when it's the active window. It would also temporarily disable all "hide OS" (and maybe "hide desktop" too, for the emulators) features. For "normal" users setting up this stuff would stay like it is now (=setting up the features via the config app), but for "power users" working on setting up GameEx would be much easier and more efficient.