Re: [orca-list] issues with orca and interactive fiction interpreters

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

Yes, frotz is an ncurses app, I know I built it on archlinux and ncurses 
was one of its dependencies.

On Sun, 8 Apr 2018, kendell clark wrote:

> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 00:48:52
> From: kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>
> To: Orca List <orca-list gnome org>
> Subject: [orca-list] issues with orca and interactive fiction interpreters
>
> hi all
>
> I'm not sure if this has been brought up hear before or not, but orca
> doesn't seem to like apps for playing interactive fiction (IF) games.
> These are text programs usually in the zMachine format but they can be
> other formats as well. There are two apps in ubuntu mate for playing
> these, one console and one graphical. Orca kind of works with the
> console one, called frotz, although it can't seem to keep up with the
> text very well. It doesn't work at all with the graphical one, called
> gargoyl, which supports not only text only games but games with sound
> and graphics as well.? Could it be possible to add a plugin for these
> apps, if it's a simple fix that is? I'd be happy to provide a debug log
> if needed. This affects both orca master and stable. The console app
> might be ncurses or something, which may be why orca doesn't care for it
> much. I'm not sure what gargoyl uses, but orca can read the file open
> dialog, but can't navigate the app using flat review, and won't read any
> of the game text.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kendell Clark
>
>
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