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

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

SYNOPSIS
     jzip [ options ] z-file-name

DESCRIPTION
     jzip invokes the Z-code Interpreter.

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

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

INSTALLATION
     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/lo-
     cal/bin, and the man page in /usr/local/man/man1.

EDITING
     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

OPTIONS
     -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

ENVIRONMENT
     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.

CREDITS
     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.

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

TODO
     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

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

FILES
     /usr/games/jzip
	    The Z-Code Interpreter Program

     /usr/games/zfiles
	    Recommended location for Zcode files

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

2.0.1g BETA			  Nov 13, 1995				 JZIP(1)
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