X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=open-adventure.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=advent.adoc;h=01dded4f6b5ef184391e94f35a57dab547ba863a;hp=2ce8962dfaacaa5a21e57b1a4bc5fbf56301eea9;hb=a8ac2f477a2564bcf5b40508aea2c192d237c88a;hpb=a37e578f6381e4271459d3acd07b3c5870142d74 diff --git a/advent.adoc b/advent.adoc index 2ce8962..01dded4 100644 --- a/advent.adoc +++ b/advent.adoc @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ original, type 'news' at the command prompt. 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. +PDP-10 on which the game originally ran limited filenames to 6 characters. This version is released as open source with the permission and encouragement of the original authors. @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Unlike the original, this version supports use of your arrow keys to edit your command line in place. Basic Emacs keystrokes are supported, and your up/down arrows access a command history. +Otherwise, the "version" command is about the only way to tell you're not +running Don's original. + To exit the game, type Ctrl-D (EOF). There have been no gameplay changes. @@ -37,16 +40,16 @@ There have been no gameplay changes. -l:: Log commands to specified file. --s:: Suppress Emacs-like line editing and command history. - -r:: Restore game from specified file -o:: Old-style. Restores original interface, no prompt or line editing. + Also ignores new-school one-letter commands l, x, g, z, i. == BUGS == The binary save file format is fragile, dependent on your machine word -size and endianness, and unlikely to survive through version bumps. +size and endianness, and unlikely to survive through version bumps. There +is a version check. == REPORTING BUGS == Report bugs to Eric S. Raymond . The project page is