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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Boot -> first title -> main menu -> OPTIONS, and capture the UI draw order
+# there. OPTIONS is the fourth menu item, so: three d-pad steps down, then (A).
+#
+# The recipe for the first two hops is measured, not guessed (see
+# docs/re/canary-scripted-input-traps.md): the title that ENDS THE BOOT accepts a
+# single (A); the one the attract loop returns to accepts nothing. So never tap
+# during the boot, and take the first title.
+set -u
+export HOME=/sylph-home/re SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dummy DISPLAY=:98
+SD="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+OUT="${1:-/sylph-home/re/optcap}"
+mkdir -p "$OUT"; rm -f "$OUT"/xenia_re_ui_draws_*.log
+shot(){ screenshot "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; }
+screen(){ shot /tmp/odc.png; python3 "$SD/screen_id.py" /tmp/odc.png | awk '{print $1}'; }
+alive(){ ps -o pid=,stat= -C xenia_canary 2>/dev/null | awk '$2 !~ /^Z/ {print $1}'; }
+
+# No capture flags at launch: F10 arms the capture unconditionally now, and
+# launching with --log_ui_draws correlated (0 of 7) with the title refusing (A).
+( cd "$OUT" && nohup run-canary --mem_watch=false \
+    --logged_profile_slot_0_xuid=B13EBABEBABEBABE \
+    >"$OUT/canary.stdout" 2>"$OUT/canary.stderr" & )
+sleep 8
+until xdotool search --name "Xenia-canary" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+  [ -n "$(alive)" ] || { echo "EMULATOR GONE"; exit 4; }; sleep 1
+done
+win="$(xdotool search --name "Xenia-canary" | tail -1)"
+
+deadline=$(( SECONDS + 420 ))
+while [ $SECONDS -lt $deadline ]; do
+  s="$(screen)"; echo "t=${SECONDS}s $s"
+  [ "$s" = "title" ] && break
+  sleep 1
+done
+[ "$s" = "title" ] || { echo "NO BOOT TITLE"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "-> A on the boot title"
+python3 "$SD/pad.py" tap A 0.3
+for _ in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8; do sleep 3; s="$(screen)"; echo "  $s"; [ "$s" = "menu" ] && break; done
+shot "$OUT/menu.png"
+[ "$s" = "menu" ] || { echo "NO MENU (screen=$s)"; exit 2; }
+
+echo "-> three d-pad steps down, then A (OPTIONS is the 4th item)"
+for i in 1 2 3; do python3 "$SD/pad.py" dpad down 0.08; sleep 1.2; done
+shot "$OUT/menu-on-options.png"
+python3 "$SD/pad.py" tap A 0.3
+sleep 8
+shot "$OUT/options.png"
+echo "screen after A: $(screen)"
+
+xdotool windowactivate --sync "$win"; sleep 1
+xdotool key F10; sleep 3
+xdotool mousemove 900 400 click 1; sleep 2
+shot "$OUT/options-armed.png"
+ls -l "$OUT"/xenia_re_ui_draws_*.log 2>/dev/null || echo "NO CAPTURE LOG"
+grep -i "UI-CAP" "$OUT/canary.stdout" | tail -3
+echo "OPTIONS CAPTURE DONE (emulator left running)"