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.TH JZIP 1 "Nov 13, 1995" "2.0.1g BETA" "John\'s Z-code Interpreter Program"
.SH NAME
jzip \- execute Infocom v1-5 and Inform v1-8 game files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B jzip
[
.I options
]
.I z-file-name
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B jzip
invokes the Z-code Interpreter.
.PP
See the 
.B Makefile
contained in the source distribution to compile
.B jzip.
Machine specific options are listed at the beginning.
.SH REQUIREMENTS
.B 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.
.PP
.SH INSTALLATION
To install 
.B jzip,
edit the
.B Makefile
with the options appropriate for your system, then issue the command
.B make.
.PP
It is probably a good idea to install the 
.B jzip
executable in /usr/local/bin, and the man page in /usr/local/man/man1.
.SH EDITING
.PP 
John Menichelli(menichel@pixi.com) has graced us with editing code.
JZip now supports arrowkey editing in UNIX. 
.TP
.I Up/Down 
selects the previous / next command in history
.TP
.I Left/Right
moves the cursor over the line.
.TP
.I Backspace
deletes
.TP
.I Typing
inserts under the cursor
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I -l n
lines in display
.TP
.I -c n
columns in display
.TP
.I -r n
text right margin (default = 0)
.TP
.I -t n
text top margin (default = 0)
.TP
.I -v
display version information
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.B jzip
looks for the environment variable
.B 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 
.B INFOCOM_PATH
with 
.B setenv.
.SH CREDITS
.B 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.
.PP
Mark Phillips and Andrew S. Benham contributed portability and bug fixes of
various sorts.  This manpage was originally written by Michael S. Phillips.
.SH BUGS
Control characters are still passed to the interpreter (for now).
.SH TODO
Keystrokes to handle editing/reptition of previous commands
.PP
DJGPP compiles for DOS.  (Note: There is a DOS version, just not a DJGPP
DOS version.)
.PP
Handling of CTRL characters under Unix
.SH AVAILABILITY
The most recent version of 
.B jzip
can be ftp'ed from ftp.gmd.de, in the /if-archive/infocom/interpreters/zip/
directory.  
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /usr/games/jzip
The Z-Code Interpreter Program
.TP
.I /usr/games/zfiles
Recommended location for Zcode files
.SH RELATED USENET NEWSGROUPS
.PD 0
Interactive Fiction (IF) authors should check out 
.I rec.arts.int-fiction,
and IF players should check out 
.I rec.games.int-fiction.