jzip - execute Infocom v1-5 and Inform v1-5 & v8 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/games, and the man page in /usr/local/man/man6.

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

-m

monochrome mode

-s n

zmachine strict level, from 0 (none), 1 (report once, recommended) to 3.

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.

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

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/lib/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.