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

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

http://www.ifarchive.org/ for games archives.  In the speakup list we 
used to have a get-games.sh file that used rsync to download games but 
that got broken and it's possible deliberately because shortly after 
that webmasters started posting warnings against webcrawling whatever 
that is, I searched for a definition at the time and never found one.

On Mon, 9 Apr 2018, Didier Spaier wrote:

> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 06:34:47
> From: Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] issues with orca and interactive fiction interpreters
>
> Confirmed on Slint:
> su
> spi -i frotz
> (now frotz is installed and can run)
> root[/home/didier]# depfinder /usr/src/slapt-src/games/frotz/frotz-2.44-x86_64-1_SBo.tgz
> aaa_elflibs|ncurses
> (for the records, in Slint the aaa_elflib packages just gathers links
> found in other packages)
>
> Now gargoyle:
> root[/home/didier]# LANG=en_US?utf8 spi -i -s gargoyle
> The following packages will be installed:
>   SDL_sound gargoyle libmodplug linux-libertine-fonts smpeg speex 
>
> I can start gargoyle and I see inetrpreters in /usr/libexec.gargoyle,
> but where do I find the games?
>
> Best regards,
> Didier
>
>
> Le 09/04/2018 ? 12:05, Jude DaShiell a ?crit?:
> > 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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> > > use, study, modify and share software and ideas. And breaking drm wherever we find it.
> > >
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