SkoolKit 4 includes some changes that make it incompatible with SkoolKit 3. If you have developed a disassembly using SkoolKit 3 and find that skool2html.py no longer works with your skool files or ref files, or produces broken output, look through the following sections for tips on how to migrate your disassembly to SkoolKit 4.
The [Info] section, introduced in SkoolKit 2.0, is not supported in SkoolKit 4. If you have one in your ref file, copy its contents to the [Game] section.
The [Graphics] section, introduced in SkoolKit 2.0.5, is not supported in SkoolKit 4. If you have one in your ref file, you can migrate it thus:
Rename the [Graphics] section [PageContent:Graphics]
Create a [Paths] section if you don’t already have one, and add a line for the Graphics page:
[Paths]
Graphics=graphics/graphics.html
Create an [Index:Graphics:Graphics] section if you don’t already have one, and add the Graphics page ID (to make a link to it appear on the disassembly index page); for example:
[Index:Graphics:Graphics]
Graphics
GraphicGlitches
The following parameters are no longer supported:
The CSS class for the <body> element of a custom page is now set to the page ID. The path, title, header and link text for a custom page can be defined in the [Paths], [Titles], [PageHeaders] and [Links] sections.
The following parameters are no longer supported:
The paths, titles, headers and link text for the pages in a secondary disassembly can be defined in the [Paths], [Titles], [PageHeaders] and [Links] sections; see the documentation on [OtherCode:*] sections for more details.
The ‘z’ and ‘Z’ control directives (and the corresponding ‘z’ blocks in skool files) are not supported in SkoolKit 4; they should be replaced by ‘s’ and ‘S’ directives.
Input and output register table headers on disassembly pages are now displayed by default, with header text ‘Input’ and ‘Output’.
To hide the register table headers (as was the default behaviour in SkoolKit 3), use the following CSS rule:
tr.asm-input-header, tr.asm-output-header {display: none;}
The class attributes of many HTML elements have changed in SkoolKit 4.
The following table lists the selectors that appeared in the CSS files in SkoolKit 3, and their replacements (if any) in SkoolKit 4.
| SkoolKit 3 | SkoolKit 4 |
|---|---|
| a.link | |
| a.link:hover | |
| div.box | |
| div.box1 | div.box-1 |
| div.box2 | div.box-2 |
| div.boxTitle | div.box-title |
| div.changelog | |
| div.changelog1 | div.changelog-1 |
| div.changelog2 | div.changelog-2 |
| div.changelogDesc | div.changelog-desc |
| div.changelogTitle | div.changelog-title |
| div.comments | |
| div.description | |
| div.details | |
| div.footer | |
| div.gbufDesc | div.map-entry-title-11 |
| div.headerText | div.section-header |
| div.mapIntro | div.map-intro |
| div.paragraph | |
| span.register | |
| table.dataDisassembly | table.disassembly |
| table.default | |
| table.disassembly | |
| table.gbuffer | table.map |
| table.header | |
| table.input | table.input-1 |
| table.map | |
| table.output | table.output-1 |
| table.prevNext | table.asm-navigation |
| td.address | td.address-1 |
| td.asmLabel | td.asm-label-1 |
| td.centre | |
| td.comment | td.comment-11 |
| td.data | td.map-b, td.map-w |
| td.dataComment | td.comment-11 |
| td.dataDesc | td.map-b-desc, td.map-w-desc |
| td.gbufAddress | td.map-b, td.map-c, td.map-g, td.map-s, td.map-t, td.map-u, td.map-w |
| td.gbuffer | td.map-g |
| td.gbufferDesc | td.map-g-desc |
| td.gbufLength | td.map-length-1 |
| td.headerText | td.page-header |
| td.instruction | |
| td.label | td.address-2 |
| td.mapByte | td.map-byte-1 |
| td.mapPage | td.map-page-1 |
| td.message | td.map-t |
| td.messageDesc | td.map-t-desc |
| td.next | |
| td.prev | |
| td.register | |
| td.routine | td.map-c |
| td.routineComment | td.routine-comment |
| td.routineDesc | td.map-c-desc |
| td.transparent | |
| td.transparentComment | td.comment-10 |
| td.transparentDataComment | td.comment-10 |
| td.unused | td.map-s, td.map-u |
| td.unusedDesc | td.map-s-desc, td.map-u-desc |
| td.up | |
| ul.changelog | |
| ul.indexList | ul.index-list |
| ul.linkList | ul.contents |
The following table lists selectors for the classes that were unstyled (i.e. did not appear in any CSS files) in SkoolKit 3, and their replacements (if any) in SkoolKit 4.
| SkoolKit 3 | SkoolKit 4 |
|---|---|
| body.bugs | body.Bugs |
| body.changelog | body.Changelog |
| body.disassembly | body.Asm-b, body.Asm-c, body.Asm-g, body.Asm-s, body.Asm-t, body.Asm-u, body.Asm-w |
| body.facts | body.Facts |
| body.gbuffer | body.GameStatusBuffer |
| body.glossary | body.Glossary |
| body.main | body.GameIndex |
| body.map | body.DataMap, body.MemoryMap, body.MessagesMap, body.RoutinesMap, body.UnusedMap |
| body.pokes | body.Pokes |
| div.copyright | |
| div.created | |
| div.gbufDetails | div.map-entry-desc-1 |
| div.release | |
| td.gbufDesc | td.map-b-desc, td.map-c-desc, td.map-g-desc, td.map-s-desc, td.map-t-desc, td.map-u-desc, td.map-w-desc |
| td.headerLogo | td.logo |
| td.registerContents | td.register-desc |
The skoolkit3to4.py script may be used to convert a skool file, ref file, control file, skool file template or CSS file that is compatible with SkoolKit 3 into a file that will work with SkoolKit 4. For example, to convert game.ref:
$ skoolkit3to4.py game.ref > game4.ref
Note, however, that skoolkit3to4.py converts a CSS file by simply replacing each selector that is used in SkoolKit 3 with its SkoolKit 4 equivalent(s), which means that complex CSS rules may not be converted correctly.