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diff --git a/games/zoom/zoom.1 b/games/zoom/zoom.1 index 5a6a787924..941f7a78bb 100644 --- a/games/zoom/zoom.1 +++ b/games/zoom/zoom.1 @@ -1,58 +1,80 @@ -.TH ZOOM "1" "November 2012" "SlackBuilds.org" "User Commands" +.TH ZOOM "1" "October 2021" "SlackBuilds.org" "User Commands" .SH NAME -zoom \- interpreter for interactive fiction games +zoom \- interpreter for Z\-Code interactive fiction games .SH SYNOPSIS .B zoom -[\fIOPTION\fR...] [\fIstory-file\fR] [\fIsave-file\fR] +[\fIOPTION\fR ...] [\fIstory-file\fR] [\fIsave-file\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION Interactive Fiction is a fancy name for 'text adventures', thought up by a company called called 'Infocom' circa 1979. .PP -Zoom is an advanced player for interactive fiction stories written in four major formats: -.SS Z\-Code -The format used by Infocom in the 1980s for games including Zork and Trinity, as well as new games written using the Inform language. -.SS Glulx -A modern language intended to be the successor to Z\-Code. -.SS TADS -A modern language developed by Mike Roberts. -.SS HUGO -A modern language developed by The General Coffee Compnay. +Zoom is an advanced player for interactive fiction stories written Z\-Code format. +This is the format used by Infocom in the 1980s for games including Zork and Trinity, as well as new games written using the Inform language. +.B zoom +supports all versions of the Z-Machine, including version 6 with graphical resources (converted to Blorb format). .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-debugmode\fR -Enable source\-level debugger (requires gameinfo.dbg) +Enable source\-level debugger (requires gameinfo.dbg). .TP \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR Display interpreter warnings .TP \fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-fatal\fR -Warnings are fatal +Make warnings fatal. .TP \fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR -Give this help list +Give a list of command\-line options. .TP \fB\-\-usage\fR -Give a short usage message +Give a short usage message. .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR -Print program version +Print program version. .SH FILES .TP \fB/usr/share/zoom/games/\fR -When zoom is called without a story-file argument, it presents a menu of +When \fBzoom\fR is called without a story-file argument, it presents a menu of the games found here, if any. .TP -\fB/usr/share/zoom/zoomrc\fR -System\-wide config file, mostly for setting fonts and colors. +\fB/etc/zoom/zoomrc\fR +System\-wide config file, mostly for setting fonts and colors. Only +used if \fB$HOME/.zoomrc\fR doesn't exist. .TP \fB$HOME/.zoomrc\fR -Per\-user config file. +Per\-user config file. If this file exists, it is used instead of +the system config file, above. So for personalizing your settings, you +will want to start out by copying \fB/etc/zoom/zoomrc\fR to \fB~/.zoomrc\fI. +.PP +Note that it's a \fIfatal error\fR if \fBzoom\fR can't read either of these +config files! +.SH NOTE +If you were expecting to be able to play TADS, HUGO, or Glulx games with +\fBzoom\fR, I hate to disappoint you... but the Linux build of \fBzoom\fR +only supports Z\-Code. The \fIMacintosh\fR (OSX/Cocoa) build does support +the other formats, but the support code would be difficult to port to +Linux \fBzoom\fR. I incorrectly stated that the other formats were +available in a previous version of this man page. Sorry about that. +.SH BUGS +Report bugs to bugs@logicalshift.co.uk. +.PP +There's one "bug" with this man page: it's installed in manual section 1. +It should be section 6 (games), but there's a \fBzoom\fR(6) man page in the +xscreensaver package, and we don't want to conflict with it. +.SH AUTHOR +Zoom was written by Andrew Hunter. See +.nh +\fB/usr/doc/zoom-@VERSION@/COPYING\fR +.hy +for license information. +.PP +This man page was written by B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk> for +the SlackBuilds.org project. It's licensed under the WTFPL, so +do WTF you want with it. .SH "SEE ALSO" +\fBzork\fR(6), \fBfrotz\fR(6), \fBfizmo\fR(6), \fBinform\fR(6). +.PP Full documentation is installed in .nh \fB/usr/doc/zoom-@VERSION@/manual/index.html\fR .hy -.SH BUGS -Report bugs to bugs@logicalshift.co.uk. -.SH AUTHOR -Zoom was written by Andrew Hunter |