[ANN] Zoom 1.0.3

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I've been sitting on this a while, and it's about time it was released.
This is revision 1788 of Zoom, otherwise known as version 1.0.3. Once again,
the release focus is on the Mac OS X version, this time to fix bugs in the
1.0.2 version.

Zoom is a Z-Machine for OS X and X-Windows. It supports versions 3-8 of
the Z-Machine, and implements the Z-Machine specification version 1.1
(draft 6). The OS X version has been much improved in recent releases
and has an iTunes-style story browser, can run multiple games simultaneously
and supports 'true' scrollback (complete with box quotes).

This release fixes a bug that would cause the display to 'jump' when running
certain games, and adds two minor features to the OS X version: the ability
to turn off the 'are you sure' dialog when closing a window, and the
ability to reload and restart a game from disk. These features are aimed
at game developers.

Source code for Zoom can be downloaded from:
<http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/unix/zoom/>
and the cocoa version for OS X is available from:
<http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/mac/zoom.html>

These should also be making their way to the if-archive in due time.

Andrew.

 

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Andrew Hunter wrote:
> I've been sitting on this a while, and it's about time it was released.
> This is revision 1788 of Zoom, otherwise known as version 1.0.3. Once again,
> the release focus is on the Mac OS X version, this time to fix bugs in the
> 1.0.2 version.
>
> Zoom is a Z-Machine for OS X and X-Windows. It supports versions 3-8 of
> the Z-Machine, and implements the Z-Machine specification version 1.1
> (draft 6). The OS X version has been much improved in recent releases
> and has an iTunes-style story browser, can run multiple games simultaneously
> and supports 'true' scrollback (complete with box quotes).
>
> This release fixes a bug that would cause the display to 'jump' when running
> certain games, and adds two minor features to the OS X version: the ability
> to turn off the 'are you sure' dialog when closing a window, and the
> ability to reload and restart a game from disk. These features are aimed
> at game developers.
>
> Source code for Zoom can be downloaded from:
> <http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/unix/zoom/>
> and the cocoa version for OS X is available from:
> <http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/mac/zoom.html>
>
> These should also be making their way to the if-archive in due time.
>
> Andrew.

When I try to compile it in FreeBSD Version 5.4, a pretty big UNIX OS.
The configure step works but when I try to make, I get this error stuff:

interp.c:1530:19: varop.h: No such file or directory
interp.c:1892:24: interp_gen.h: No such file or directory
interp.c:1899:23: interp_z3.h: No such file or directory
interp.c:1903:23: interp_z4.h: No such file or directory
interp.c:1909:23: interp_z5.h: No such file or directory
interp.c:1913:23: interp_z6.h: No such file or directory
interp.c: In function `zmachine_runsome':
interp.c:1694: warning: unused variable `st'
interp.c:1695: warning: unused variable `padding'
interp.c:1696: warning: unused variable `tmp'
interp.c:1697: warning: unused variable `negate'
interp.c:1698: warning: unused variable `result'
interp.c:1699: warning: unused variable `branch'
interp.c:1705: warning: unused variable `argblock'
interp.c:1707: warning: unused variable `string'
interp.c:1709: warning: unused variable `x'
interp.c:1890: warning: label `execute_instr' defined but not used
interp.c:1894: warning: label `version' defined but not used
interp.c:1918: warning: label `loop' defined but not used
interp.c: At top level:
interp.c:498: warning: 'draw_statusbar_123' defined but not used
interp.c:788: warning: 'save_1234' defined but not used
interp.c:816: warning: 'restore_1234' defined but not used
interp.c:840: warning: 'zcode_op_output_stream' defined but not used
interp.c:1222: warning: 'scan_table' defined but not used
interp.c:1582: warning: 'start_clock' defined but not used
interp.c:1582: warning: 'end_clock' defined but not used
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/home/vbnz/zoom-1.0.3/src.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/home/vbnz/zoom-1.0.3.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/home/vbnz/zoom-1.0.3.

I would really appreciate it if you could clear this up for me, as to
why this happened. Thank you.

-Zach

 

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The OSX GUI looks great! I am jealous, as I am a Linux-only guy. Any
chance you will eventually port those enhacements to the X11 Unix code
base? Maybe you could use Qt, as it is supposedly great for Cocoa
integration, yet it is cross-platform enough to fit in nicely on Linux
and Windows? I think it also has C bindings, and it is GPL.

I see that the OSX version also has a nice GUI for changing settings,
something the Unix port also lacks With regards to your iTunes-like
story browser, are you planning on adding support for an iTunes-like
online story library? That way, when new stories are released, they
can be marked up with meta-data and stored on a central server. This
would be "the" server to get your stories from - it would be
comprehensive. Then you could use the story browser to find new
stories to play, and Zoom would magically take care of the rest
(downloading, installing, etc).

Such a thing could really help popularize interactive fiction. That
reminds me of something, my mom has a Mac. Maybe I could install Zoom
on it for her along with a handful of good stories.

 

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In article <Oy5Ie.2503$HM1.2127@okepread03>, Zach Flynn wrote:
> Andrew Hunter wrote:
>> I've been sitting on this a while, and it's about time it was released.
>> This is revision 1788 of Zoom, otherwise known as version 1.0.3. Once again,
>> the release focus is on the Mac OS X version, this time to fix bugs in the
>> 1.0.2 version.
>>
>> Zoom is a Z-Machine for OS X and X-Windows. It supports versions 3-8 of
>> the Z-Machine, and implements the Z-Machine specification version 1.1
>> (draft 6). The OS X version has been much improved in recent releases
>> and has an iTunes-style story browser, can run multiple games simultaneously
>> and supports 'true' scrollback (complete with box quotes).
>>
>> This release fixes a bug that would cause the display to 'jump' when running
>> certain games, and adds two minor features to the OS X version: the ability
>> to turn off the 'are you sure' dialog when closing a window, and the
>> ability to reload and restart a game from disk. These features are aimed
>> at game developers.
>>
>> Source code for Zoom can be downloaded from:
>> <http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/unix/zoom/>
>> and the cocoa version for OS X is available from:
>> <http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/mac/zoom.html>
>>
>> These should also be making their way to the if-archive in due time.
>>
>> Andrew.
>
> When I try to compile it in FreeBSD Version 5.4, a pretty big UNIX OS.
> The configure step works but when I try to make, I get this error stuff:
>
> interp.c:1530:19: varop.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1892:24: interp_gen.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1899:23: interp_z3.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1903:23: interp_z4.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1909:23: interp_z5.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1913:23: interp_z6.h: No such file or directory

These files are (or should be) generated by a prior build step, the
interp_* files by the 'builder' program, and the varop.h file by the
varopdecode.pl script. They should show up in the 'src' directory
under whatever directory you're building in.

> interp.c: In function `zmachine_runsome':

[ Warnings snipped - most of these are owing to the interpreter code
being entirely missing owing to the missed build step ]

> I would really appreciate it if you could clear this up for me, as to
> why this happened. Thank you.

I'm not sure: it's possible an earlier error that explains what's happening
is being ignored for some reason. I usually test the X11 version of Zoom
on my Mac at the moment, and this build step was working there.

Earlier on in the build, are these stages being executed?

.../builder/builder interp_gen.h -1 ../src/zcode.ops
.../builder/builder interp_z3.h 3 ../src/zcode.ops
.../builder/builder interp_z4.h 4 ../src/zcode.ops
.../builder/builder interp_z5.h 5 ../src/zcode.ops
.../builder/builder interp_z6.h 6 ../src/zcode.ops
/usr/bin/perl ../builder/varopdecode.pl 4 varop >varop.h

These are what creates the files that are apparently missing. If not, is
the builder executable being built? If the builder executable is built, then
you can try running these stages manually. If it's not being built, then
what's the result of running make just in the builder directory?

Unfortunately, I don't have FreeBSD installed on my PC (and it refuses to
boot the installer under Virtual PC), so I'm not able to test this myself.

Andrew.

 

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I get no text anti-aliasing with 1.0.3 here. It didn't work in 1.0.2
either. 1.0.1 worked fine, though. Everything appears to link and compile
correctly, Xft, fontconfig, and all are found, but when run, I get chunky
non-aliased fonts anyway. This has appeared on Mandrake 10.0, 10.1, Ubuntu
5.04, and the new Debian stable. (Though I've only tried compiling 1.0.3
on Debian.)
Not a huge deal for me, 1.0.1 works just fine. The only other bug I can
report is that the checksum code doesn't work. If I have say, Winter
Wonderland listed in the rc file as 1.990928.63c6 (copied from the default
zoomrc) it isn't recognized, but using just 1.990928 works fine. (A
hexedit check of my z-code file confirms that 63c6 is correct) Enabling
debug in the relevant block of code gives the checksum correctly, though
it prints in decimal, not hex. This is a minor hassle, but when there's a
serial number collision I just move the colliding files out and make a
correctly-named symlink for each instead of using the serial numbers.

 

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I've just downloaded it, it works perfectly now. The 2 new features
you've added are also conveniant, especially the reload function. For
game development because of the lack of this I didn't use Zoom, but now
I'll use it with pleasure

Do you think it could be possible to have also a "slow motion" scrolling
when we validate a command ? Even if the jump bug is corrected and the
interpreter works perfectly, maybe some players would like to have this
feature so it's easier to follow the new text coming. It's no very
important but could be nice.
And what about profiles for text and colours settings, so we could
change them according to the kind of games or the mood of the player
(like in the interpreter for html tads for windows...)
Also, is it possible to change the fonts for the input commands ? I
can't find this even in the advanced configuration tab. For ex. I'd like
to have the command I enter in bold italic.

Greetings.
And long life Zoom, one of the best graphical interpreters for Unix

Eric F.


Andrew Hunter a écrit :
> I've been sitting on this a while, and it's about time it was released.
> This is revision 1788 of Zoom, otherwise known as version 1.0.3. Once again,
> the release focus is on the Mac OS X version, this time to fix bugs in the
> 1.0.2 version.
>

 

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I got Zoom to work on FreeBSD. Yeah, thanks for all the help Andrew and
Eric. It works beautifully. Just a small question: If I don't like
the default colors, can I change them? Cause it's kinda cool coloring
but a little modification by me would make it look better to me. This is
my favorite graphical Z-Interpreter though, it's amazing. Thank you.

-Zach

Andrew Hunter wrote:
> I've been sitting on this a while, and it's about time it was released.
> This is revision 1788 of Zoom, otherwise known as version 1.0.3. Once again,
> the release focus is on the Mac OS X version, this time to fix bugs in the
> 1.0.2 version.
>
> Zoom is a Z-Machine for OS X and X-Windows. It supports versions 3-8 of
> the Z-Machine, and implements the Z-Machine specification version 1.1
> (draft 6). The OS X version has been much improved in recent releases
> and has an iTunes-style story browser, can run multiple games simultaneously
> and supports 'true' scrollback (complete with box quotes).
>
> This release fixes a bug that would cause the display to 'jump' when running
> certain games, and adds two minor features to the OS X version: the ability
> to turn off the 'are you sure' dialog when closing a window, and the
> ability to reload and restart a game from disk. These features are aimed
> at game developers.
>
> Source code for Zoom can be downloaded from:
> <http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/unix/zoom/>
> and the cocoa version for OS X is available from:
> <http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/mac/zoom.html>
>
> These should also be making their way to the if-archive in due time.
>
> Andrew.

 

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I tried to compile zoom both on freebsd and on linux.

At the place where it says on linux :

.../builder/builder interp_gen.h -1 ../src/zcode.ops
.../builder/builder interp_z3.h 3 ../src/zcode.ops
.../builder/builder interp_z4.h 4 ../src/zcode.ops
.../builder/builder interp_z5.h 5 ../src/zcode.ops
.../builder/builder interp_z6.h 6 ../src/zcode.ops
/usr/bin/perl ../builder/varopdecode.pl 4 varop >varop.h

it didn't work on freebsd and complained about missing varop.h
interp_z3.h and such...

it's strange but this command seems to be passed from the ./zoom-1.0.3
on freebsd, and there is no interp_gen.h and such in this folder, it's
in src. Maybe on linux the system knows that if it has to go in the src
folder first ? I don't know much about programming (except a bit in
Inform )

A workaround is to go in the src folder, and run those 6 commandes from
there. It should compile fine (it's working on my freebsd system, same
version as your)

about antialiased fonts, on freebsd I got this from the configure :

checking for XftInit in -lXft... yes
checking that we can compile an Xft program... no

libpangoxft was installed and I installed later gdkxft but it was the
same. On linux it was ok for "checking that we can compile an Xft
program" but since I tested it from ssh, I can't tell if the display is
correct.

Just one last thing, when I look for zoom and ifiction I found from a
search engine this page :

http://www.logicalshift.co.uk/unix/zoom/

it seems outdated...

Eric


ps : sorry, I didn't noticed yet the answer Andrew made about this
issue. So, yes, running the commands from the src folder is the solution.


Zach Flynn a écrit :

>
> interp.c:1530:19: varop.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1892:24: interp_gen.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1899:23: interp_z3.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1903:23: interp_z4.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1909:23: interp_z5.h: No such file or directory
> interp.c:1913:23: interp_z6.h: No such file or directory

 

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I managed to change the scrollbar, because the blue was too flashy for
my tastes.
You can change this in the xdisplay.c file by modifing the values under
the /* Scrollbar colours */ comment. I don't have access right now to
the version I recompiled, I turned the bar to grey, but you should find
this easily yourself. You can remove only the xdisplay.o file and
recompile again.

Zach Flynn a écrit :
> I got Zoom to work on FreeBSD. Yeah, thanks for all the help Andrew and
> Eric. It works beautifully. Just a small question: If I don't like
> the default colors, can I change them? Cause it's kinda cool coloring
> but a little modification by me would make it look better to me. This is
> my favorite graphical Z-Interpreter though, it's amazing. Thank you.
>