From: Eric S. Raymond Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 16:00:44 +0000 (-0400) Subject: The ADVENTURE variable is no more. X-Git-Tag: seed~16 X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=878aa0e455e75df8b4b81b3f55778a27b49a5cc2;p=open-adventure.git The ADVENTURE variable is no more. --- diff --git a/advent.txt b/advent.txt index 7376fc0..f5234d0 100644 --- a/advent.txt +++ b/advent.txt @@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ This is the last version released by Crowther & Woods, its original authors, in 1995. It has been known as "adventure 2.5" and "430-point adventure". -This game is released as open source with the permission and encouragement of -the authors. +There is an 'adventure' in the BSD games package that is a C port by +Jim Gillogly of the 1976 ancestor of this game. To avoid a name +collision, this game builds as 'advent', reflecting the fact that the +PDP-10 on which it originally ran limited filenames to 6 characters. -There is an 'adventure' in the BSD games package that is a C -port of the 1976 ancestor of this game. To avoid a name collision, -this game builds as 'advent', reflecting the fact that the PDP-10 -on which it originally ran limited filenames to 6 characters. +This version is released as open source with the permission and +encouragement of the original authors. == OPTIONS == @@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ on which it originally ran limited filenames to 6 characters. -o:: Old-style. Restores original interface, no prompt. -== ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES == -ADVENTURE:: - Path to the text database file describing Colossal Cave. - == REPORTING BUGS == Report bugs to Eric S. Raymond . The project page is at http://catb.org/~esr/advent