Subject: Re: Nethack - x11tiles
To: Julian Coleman <jdc@coris.demon.co.uk>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 11/26/2000 11:25:37
Julian Coleman wrote:
> Rediscovered nethack (after playing the Atari version in the dim and distant
> past). Installed the X11 version. No pretty graphics ;-(
>
> So, nethack-lib is built without xpm and builds and installs x11tiles in
> 'nethack' format. Then, nethack-x11 is built with xpm and can't parse the
> tiles file.
>
> I thought about moving the x11tiles file out of nethack-lib and into
> nethack-x11. But then what about the qt (and gnome) frontends? The other
> alternative was to make nethack-lib depend on xpm, which I didn't think was
> very good for nethack-tty.
>
> Thoughts?
What about a separate nethack-x11tiles that the -x11 and -qt packages
depend on, but -tty doesn't? But then, I prefer tty mode :-)
Simon.
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