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JZIP(1) John´s Z-code Interpreter Program JZIP(1)

jzip - execute Infocom v1-5 and Inform v1-8 game files

jzip [ options ] z-file-name

jzip invokes the Z-code Interpreter.

See the Makefile contained in the source distribution to compile jzip. Machine specific options are listed at the beginning.

jzip will run under most (if not all) flavors of Unix, including AIX, Solaris, SunOS, HP/UX, Linux, Free/NetBSD, IRIX, NeXT Mach, DEC OSF/1, and others.

To install jzip, edit the Makefile with the options appropriate for your system, then issue the command make.

It is probably a good idea to install the jzip executable in /usr/local/bin, and the man page in /usr/local/man/man1.

John Menichelli(menichel@pixi.com) has graced us with editing code. JZip now supports arrowkey editing in UNIX.
Up/Down
selects the previous / next command in history
Left/Right
moves the cursor over the line.
Backspace
deletes
Typing
inserts under the cursor

-l n
lines in display
-c n
columns in display
-r n
text right margin (default = 0)
-t n
text top margin (default = 0)
-v
display version information

jzip looks for the environment variable INFOCOM_PATH and will use the path found there to look for the story file specified on the command line if the story file cannot be found in the current directory. Set INFOCOM_PATH with setenv.

jzip is written and maintained by John Holder (jholder@nmsu.edu), based on the ZIP v2.0 sources by Mark Howell and Olaf 'Olsen' Barthel.

Mark Phillips and Andrew S. Benham contributed portability and bug fixes of various sorts. This manpage was originally written by Michael S. Phillips.

Control characters are still passed to the interpreter (for now).

Keystrokes to handle editing/reptition of previous commands

DJGPP compiles for DOS. (Note: There is a DOS version, just not a DJGPP DOS version.)

Handling of CTRL characters under Unix

The most recent version of jzip can be ftp'ed from ftp.gmd.de, in the /if-archive/infocom/interpreters/zip/ directory.

/usr/games/jzip
The Z-Code Interpreter Program
/usr/games/zfiles
Recommended location for Zcode files

Interactive Fiction (IF) authors should check out rec.arts.int-fiction, and IF players should check out rec.games.int-fiction.

November 13, 1995 2.0.1g BETA

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