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

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Below, read:"says the window's *title* and spells ..."
Diider

Le 09/04/2018 à 14:27, Didier Spaier a écrit :
> As an aside, here (Slint, orca-3.27.3), for gargoyle orca says the
> window's and spells what I type at the prompt in the interpreter but
> don't say the displayed text.
>
> I tried with two games, busted.dat and 3monkeys.taf
>
> Best regards,
>
> Didier
>
> I tried with two games, 
>
> Le 09/04/2018 à 06:48, kendell clark a écrit :
> > 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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