From 4cf1762bdb8a0e7511486e0657fae3a9222579b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eetu Rantanen <eetu@erantanen.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:07:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update copyright to use dynamic year

- Extract current year from buildNum instead of hardcoding
- Fix start year from 2020 to 2009 to match original Corona SDK release year (same as in the Console copyright message)
---
 main.lua | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 5a8f41d..a4cd4c1 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -824,8 +824,10 @@ addProjectButtons()
 -- Copyright Notice
 -------------------
 
+-- For debug builds, currentYear will show up as 2100
+local currentYear = buildNum:sub(1,4)
 
-local copyright1 = newRetinaText("© 2020-2021 Solar2D ", 34, 675, fontSizeCopyright)
+local copyright1 = newRetinaText("© 2009-" .. currentYear .. " Solar2D ", 34, 675, fontSizeCopyright)
 copyright1:translate( copyright1.contentWidth*0.5, 0 )
 copyright1:setFillColor( unpack(textColorCopyright) )
 

From 00cb96e1a36346ca95d767abedc890515fd7f3ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eetu Rantanen <eetu@erantanen.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:16:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] simulator: add optional listName to config.lua

Simulator only:

Users can now define listName property inside config.lua's application table.

Handles missing and malformed config.lua gracefully. If listName property is not defined, then Simulator falls back to default behaviour.
---
 main.lua | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index a4cd4c1..5953fa3 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -105,6 +105,43 @@ local function limitDisplayLength(len, str, font, fontSize, isPath)
 	return str .. (str ~= origStr and "…" or "")
 end
 
+-- Load and parse config.lua for optional listName property
+local function getProjectNameFromConfig(projectDir)
+	-- Strip and replace "main.lua" from the end of projectDir
+	local configPath = projectDir:sub(1,-9) .. "config.lua"
+
+	-- Handle missing or malformed config.lua gracefully
+
+	if lfs.attributes(configPath) == nil then
+		return nil
+	end
+
+	local success, listName = pcall(function()
+		-- Isolated write scope so config.lua's globals don't leak into ours
+		local configEnv = {}
+		setmetatable(configEnv, {__index = _G})
+
+		local configChunk = loadfile(configPath)
+		if not configChunk then
+			return nil
+		end
+
+		setfenv(configChunk, configEnv)
+		configChunk()
+
+		if type(configEnv.application) == "table" and type(configEnv.application.listName) == "string" then
+			return configEnv.application.listName
+		end
+
+		return nil
+	end)
+
+	if success then
+		return listName
+	else
+		return nil
+	end
+end
 
 -- Functions to enable and remove pointers
 
@@ -1109,12 +1146,18 @@ function showRecents()
 			if projects[i] then
 				local projectgroup = display.newGroup()
 
-				local projectName = projects[i].formattedString
 				local projectDir = projects[i].fullURLString
+				local projectName = getProjectNameFromConfig(projectDir)
 
 				if platform == "Win" then
 					projectDir = projectDir .. "\\..\\."
 				end
+				
+				-- Fall back to default projectName if config.lua doesn't have application.listName
+				if not projectName then
+					projectName = projects[i].formattedString
+				end
+
 				local icon = nil
 
 				if projectName == nil or projectName == "" then