My wish list for a Linux ZIP


22 Nov 1995 06:59:54 GMT

I am looking for a Z-Machine interpreter that supports the following
on plain Linux (without X windows):

* Colors

* Correct codes for the function keys (they now return a key sequence
starting with Esc)

* The graphic font

* Sound

* Standard 1.0

* Version 6 [just a wish for Christmas :-)]

Looking at the IF-archive, there are a lot of versions of Zip and
Zip-derived interpreters, but is not really clear what they support.
Is there any FAQ on the Z-Machine interpreters or is someone planning
to compile one?

Is anyone working on the features in the list above? If not, I will
try to do at least some of them myself. (I think all should be possible to
do, but so far I haven't researched how to do it or how much time it would
take.) But I don't want to make a YAZIP (Yet Another Zip) or BZIP
(Bjorn's Zip); I would prefer to have my changes included in an existing
interpreter. Does anyone know which source code would be the best to use
as a base for my modifications (Zip x.xx or Jzip x.xx or some other)?

Bjorn Gustavsson