From: Eric S. Raymond Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 23:26:15 +0000 (-0500) Subject: NEWS update and more asciidoc conversion. X-Git-Tag: 1.10~2 X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=197548c9d73cd36cdd1e3ecf6ffe0939bfd79bb7;p=wumpus.git NEWS update and more asciidoc conversion. --- diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 5c71e91..c1ceb6f 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ TAGS: .adoc.html: asciidoctor -D. -a nofooter -a webfonts! $< -SOURCES = README COPYING NEWS control Makefile wumpus.c superhack.c wumpus.adoc wumpus.png wumpus.desktop superhack.desktop +SOURCES = README.adoc COPYING NEWS.adoc control Makefile wumpus.c superhack.c wumpus.adoc wumpus.png wumpus.desktop superhack.desktop install: wumpus superhack wumpus.6 mkdir -p $(prefix)/bin diff --git a/NEWS.adoc b/NEWS.adoc index 24d8bbb..3457166 100644 --- a/NEWS.adoc +++ b/NEWS.adoc @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ = wumpus project news = +Repository head:: + Add a historical note. + 1.9: 2022-12-16:: Fix packaging error. diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 4ac5d23..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ - WUMPUS and SUPERHACK - -WUMPUS is a bit of retrocomputing nostalgia. It is an *exact* clone, even -down to the godawful user interface, of an ancient classic game. This version -fixes two minor bugs in my original USENET posting of the source. - -The original "Hunt the Wumpus" game was written by Gregory Yob in -1973. It was the first exploration game to use a non-grid worldmap, -distinguishing it from earlier grid-oriented games such as Trek and -predating even 1977's Colossal Cave Adventure. - -The origin date of the BASIC source from which this game was -translated (and which is included in comments) is not known, but is -pretty certainly before 1980 and probably close to the original 1975 -publication of the source in "Creative Computing". - -One historical liberty has been taken; the logo of this project is from a -later version on the TI-99/4A with a graphical interface. - -SUPERHACK is a satire, structurally quite similar to WUMPUS. - -For updates and related resources, see http://www.catb.org/~esr/wumpus/. diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e8f15a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ += WUMPUS and SUPERHACK + +WUMPUS is a bit of retrocomputing nostalgia. It is an *exact* clone, +even down to the godawful user interface, of an ancient classic game. +This version fixes two minor bugs in my original USENET posting of the +source. + +The original "Hunt the Wumpus" game was written by Gregory Yob in +1973. It was the first exploration game to use a non-grid worldmap, +distinguishing it from earlier grid-oriented games such as Trek and +predating even 1977's Colossal Cave Adventure. + +The origin date of the BASIC source from which this game was +translated (and which is included in comments) is not known, but is +pretty certainly before 1980 and probably close to the original 1975 +publication of the source in "Creative Computing". + +One historical liberty has been taken; the logo of this project is +from a later version on the TI-99/4A with a graphical interface. + +SUPERHACK is a satire, structurally quite similar to WUMPUS. + +For updates and related resources, see http://www.catb.org/~esr/wumpus/.