[settings] changed debug knobs category to allow per-game usage (#3564)
as the name says, plus changed android type for shortsetting, and added communication good pratices to handbook (.md) file.
Reviewed-on: https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden/pulls/3564
Reviewed-by: DraVee <dravee@eden-emu.dev>
Reviewed-by: MaranBr <maranbr@eden-emu.dev>
Co-authored-by: xbzk <xbzk@eden-emu.dev>
Co-committed-by: xbzk <xbzk@eden-emu.dev>
@ -77,6 +78,44 @@ To enable specific features, calculate the decimal value by setting the appropri
* **Enable bits 0 and 1**: Value = 3 (2^0 + 2^1)
* **Enable bit 15**: Value = 32768 (2^15)
## Terminology and user communication
There are two main confusions when talking about knobs:
### Whether it's zero-based or one-based
Sometimes when an user reports: knobs 1 and 2 gets better performance, dev may get confuse whether he means the knobs 1 and 2 literally, or the 1st and 2nd knobs (knobs 0 and 1).
Debug knobs are **zero-based**, which means:
* The first knob is the knob(0) (or knob0 henceforth), and the last one is the 15 (knob15, likewise)
* You can talk: "knob0 is enabled/disabled", "In this video i was using only knobs 0 and 2", etc.
### Whether one is talking about the knob itself or about the entire parameter value (which represents all knobs)
Sometimes when an user reports: knob 3 results, it's unclear whether he's referring to knob setting with value 3 (which means both knob 0 and 1 are enabled), or to knob(3) specifically.
Whenever you're instructing tests or reporting results, be precise about whether one you're talking to avoid confusion:
### Setting based terminology
ALWAYS use the word in PLURAL (knobs), without mentioning which one, to refer to the setting, aka multiple knobs at once:
Examples:
- **knobs=0**: no knobs enabled
- **knobs=1**: knob0 enabled, others disabled
- **knobs=2**: knob1 enabled, others disabled
- **knobs=3**: knobs 0 and 1 enabled, others disabled
...
### Knob based terminology
Use the word in SINGULAR (knob), or in plural but referring which ones, when meaning multiple knobs at once:
Examples:
- **knob0**: knob 0 enabled, others disabled
- **knob1**: knob 1 enabled, others disabled
- **knobs 0 and 1**: knobs 0 and 1 enabled, others disabled