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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2012-12-16 17:42:38 -0500
committerdsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>2012-12-23 09:16:19 -0500
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games/zoom: Added (play interactive fiction games)
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+.TH ZOOM "1" "November 2012" "SlackBuilds.org" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+zoom \- interpreter for interactive fiction games
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B zoom
+[\fIOPTION\fR...] [\fIstory-file\fR] [\fIsave-file\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+Interactive Fiction is a fancy name for 'text adventures', thought up by
+a company called called 'Infocom' circa 1979.
+.PP
+Zoom is an advanced player for interactive fiction stories written in four major formats:
+.SS Z\-Code
+The format used by Infocom in the 1980s for games including Zork and Trinity, as well as new games written using the Inform language.
+.SS Glulx
+A modern language intended to be the successor to Z\-Code.
+.SS TADS
+A modern language developed by Mike Roberts.
+.SS HUGO
+A modern language developed by The General Coffee Compnay.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-debugmode\fR
+Enable source\-level debugger (requires gameinfo.dbg)
+.TP
+\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR
+Display interpreter warnings
+.TP
+\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-fatal\fR
+Warnings are fatal
+.TP
+\fB\-?\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
+Give this help list
+.TP
+\fB\-\-usage\fR
+Give a short usage message
+.TP
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+Print program version
+.SH FILES
+.TP
+\fB/usr/share/zoom/games/\fR
+When zoom is called without a story-file argument, it presents a menu of
+the games found here, if any.
+.TP
+\fB/usr/share/zoom/zoomrc\fR
+System\-wide config file, mostly for setting fonts and colors.
+.TP
+\fB$HOME/.zoomrc\fR
+Per\-user config file.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+Full documentation is installed in
+.nh
+\fB/usr/doc/zoom-@VERSION@/manual/index.html\fR
+.hy
+.SH BUGS
+Report bugs to bugs@logicalshift.co.uk.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Zoom was written by Andrew Hunter