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The games are distributed as Z-Code story files, installed in
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/usr/share/zcode. Currently, they can be run with either frotz, zoom,
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or fizmo.
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frotz requires the full path to the game:
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frotz /usr/share/zcode/zork1.z3
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zoom can be run with the full path, like frotz. However, if zoom is
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run with no arguments, it will display a menu of the games available
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in /usr/share/zcode/.
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fizmo must be run with the full path, or it can create a menu:
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fizmo-ncursesw # to create an empty ~/.config/fizmo if it doesn't exist
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fizmo-ncursesw -s /usr/share/zcode
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...after which, running fizmo-ncursesw with no arguments will present
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a menu.
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The shell script wrapper searches for interpreters and uses the first
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one it finds. The search order is: fizmo frotz zoom. If you have other
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Z-Code games to play, you can use them with the wrapper like so:
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1. Copy the Z-Code file to /usr/share/zcode/. The filename should end
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in .zX where X is the Z-Code version number (usually 3 or 5). Also the
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filename shouldn't include any spaces or shell metacharacters.
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2. Create a symlink in /usr/bin, with the same name as the
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Z-Code file, minus the .zX extension. The link should point to
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/usr/share/zork/zorkwrapper.sh. Now you can run the game from the
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shell by typing its name.
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3. Optional: create a .desktop file for the new game. This can be
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done by copying /usr/share/applications/zork1.desktop and editing it
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appropriately. This step is only needed if you want to be able to run
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the game from the KDE or XFCE desktop menu.
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