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JZIP
Section: John\'s Z-code Interpreter Program (1)
Updated: Nov 13, 1995
Index NAME
jzip - execute Infocom v1-5 and Inform v1-8 game files
SYNOPSIS
jzip[
options]
z-file-name DESCRIPTION
jzipinvokes the Z-code Interpreter.
See the Makefilecontained in the source distribution to compilejzip.Machine specific options are listed at the beginning.
REQUIREMENTS
jzipwill run under most (if not all) flavors of Unix, including AIX, Solaris, SunOS, HP/UX, Linux, Free/NetBSD, IRIX, NeXT Mach, DEC OSF/1, and others.
INSTALLATION
To install
jzip,edit the
Makefilewith the options appropriate for your system, then issue the command
make.It is probably a good idea to install the jzipexecutable in /usr/local/bin, and the man page in /usr/local/man/man1.
EDITING
John Menichelli(menichelAATTpixi.com) has graced us with editing code.JZip now supports arrowkey editing in UNIX.
- Up/Down
- selects the previous / next command in history
- Left/Right
- moves the cursor over the line.
- Backspace
- deletes
- Typing
- inserts under the cursor
OPTIONS
- -l n
- lines in display
- -c n
- columns in display
- -r n
- text right margin (default = 0)
- -t n
- text top margin (default = 0)
- -v
- display version information
ENVIRONMENT
jziplooks for the environment variable
INFOCOM_PATHand will use the path found there to look for the story file specified onthe command line if the story file cannot be found in the current directory.Set
INFOCOM_PATHwith
setenv. CREDITS
jzipis written and maintained by John Holder (jholderAATTnmsu.edu), based on theZIP v2.0 sources by Mark Howell and Olaf 'Olsen' Barthel.
Mark Phillips and Andrew S. Benham contributed portability and bug fixes ofvarious sorts. This manpage was originally written by Michael S. Phillips.
BUGS
Control characters are still passed to the interpreter (for now).
TODO
Keystrokes to handle editing/reptition of previous commands
DJGPP compiles for DOS. (Note: There is a DOS version, just not a DJGPPDOS version.)
Handling of CTRL characters under Unix
AVAILABILITY
The most recent version of
jzipcan be ftp'ed from
ftp.gmd.de, in the /if-archive/infocom/interpreters/zip/directory.
FILES
- /usr/games/jzip
- The Z-Code Interpreter Program
- /usr/games/zfiles
- Recommended location for Zcode files
RELATED USENET NEWSGROUPS
Interactive Fiction (IF) authors should check out
rec.arts.int-fiction,and IF players should check out
rec.games.int-fiction.
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- REQUIREMENTS
- INSTALLATION
- EDITING
- OPTIONS
- ENVIRONMENT
- CREDITS
- BUGS
- TODO
- AVAILABILITY
- FILES
- RELATED USENET NEWSGROUPS
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