59 lines
1.6 KiB
Groff
59 lines
1.6 KiB
Groff
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.TH ZOOM "1" "November 2012" "SlackBuilds.org" "User Commands"
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.SH NAME
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zoom \- interpreter for interactive fiction games
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B zoom
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[\fIOPTION\fR...] [\fIstory-file\fR] [\fIsave-file\fR]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Interactive Fiction is a fancy name for 'text adventures', thought up by
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a company called called 'Infocom' circa 1979.
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.PP
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Zoom is an advanced player for interactive fiction stories written in four major formats:
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.SS Z\-Code
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The format used by Infocom in the 1980s for games including Zork and Trinity, as well as new games written using the Inform language.
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.SS Glulx
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A modern language intended to be the successor to Z\-Code.
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.SS TADS
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A modern language developed by Mike Roberts.
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.SS HUGO
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A modern language developed by The General Coffee Compnay.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-debugmode\fR
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Enable source\-level debugger (requires gameinfo.dbg)
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.TP
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\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR
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Display interpreter warnings
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.TP
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\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-fatal\fR
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Warnings are fatal
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.TP
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\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Give this help list
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.TP
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\fB\-\-usage\fR
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Give a short usage message
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.TP
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\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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Print program version
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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\fB/usr/share/zoom/games/\fR
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When zoom is called without a story-file argument, it presents a menu of
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the games found here, if any.
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.TP
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\fB/usr/share/zoom/zoomrc\fR
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System\-wide config file, mostly for setting fonts and colors.
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.TP
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\fB$HOME/.zoomrc\fR
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Per\-user config file.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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Full documentation is installed in
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.nh
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\fB/usr/doc/zoom-@VERSION@/manual/index.html\fR
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.hy
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.SH BUGS
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Report bugs to bugs@logicalshift.co.uk.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Zoom was written by Andrew Hunter
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