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diff --git a/games/zoom/zoom.1 b/games/zoom/zoom.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5a6a787924 --- /dev/null +++ b/games/zoom/zoom.1 @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.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 |