====== MAME & MESS Source Layout ======

This document describes the organization of the various source files MAME and MESS use.
===== Overview =====

  * **makefile** – Makefile for MAME
  * **makefile.mes** – Makefile for MESS
  * **makefile.sdl** – Makefile for SDLMAME/SDLMESS
  * **docs/** – Documentation
  * **src/** – Source code
    * **emu/** – generic emulation files
      * **cpu/** – CPU cores
      *             **sound/** – sound cores
      *             **debug/** – debugger code
      *             **audio/** – generic audio files
      *             **layout/** – generic layout files
      *             **machine/** – generic machine files
      *             **video/** – generic video files
    *         **mame/** – MAME-specific files
      *             **drivers/** – drivers
      *             **includes/** – includes
      *             **layout/** – layouts
      *             **machine/** – generic hardware
      *             **audio/** – sound hardware
      *             **video/** – video hardware
      *             **etc/** – misc files
    *         **mess/** – MESS-specific files
      *             **audio/** – audio hardware
      *             **devices/** – devices descriptions
      *             **drivers/** – drivers
      *             **formats/** – cassette and disk formats
      *             **includes/** – include files
      *             **layout/** – layouts
      *             **machine/** – generic emulations
      *             **osd/** – OS-dependent code
        *                 **sdl/** – for the SDL port
        *                 **windows/** – for the Windows versions
      *             **tests/** – XML test descriptions for MESSTest
      *             **tools/** – MESS-specific tools
        *                 **dat2html/** – Converts sysinfo.dat to HTML files
        *                 **imgtool/** – Can read and write files from various image formats
        *                 **messdocs/** – Used to create mess.chm
        *                 **messtest/** – Regression test tool
      *             **video/** – video hardware
    *         **lib/** – libraries
      *             **util/** – various files
      *             **zlib/** – zlib library
      *             **expat/** – expat library
    *         **osd/** – OS-dependent code
      *             **osdmini/** – mini OS-dependent code
      *             **sdl/** – SDL OS-dependent code
      *             **windows/** – Windows OS-dependent code
    *         **tools/** – misc tools