X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=open-adventure.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=advent.adoc;h=cd4a8c2852d24b482b5282bf2c9953ea95981bca;hp=c1075e61fd7ba08eba8e8701bc5a7fa8c5e3e1a6;hb=5fcebc66aeca21c67a8187c462d9091a18121363;hpb=66c22301edf3126e7525e1c52efdde8fb69e0257 diff --git a/advent.adoc b/advent.adoc index c1075e6..cd4a8c2 100644 --- a/advent.adoc +++ b/advent.adoc @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ advent - Colossal Cave Adventure == SYNOPSIS == -*advent* [-l logfile] [-o] +*advent* [-l logfile] [-o] [-r savefile] [-s] == DESCRIPTION == The original Colossal Cave Adventure from 1976-77 was the origin of all @@ -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. @@ -39,12 +42,15 @@ There have been no gameplay changes. -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. == 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