# Netris
# Frequently asked questions
#
-# $Id: FAQ,v 1.1 1995/07/11 07:50:43 mhw Exp $
+# $Id: FAQ,v 1.3 1996/02/09 08:47:23 mhw Exp $
#
-Contents
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+Questions
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[1] Where can I find the latest version?
[2] The pieces look bizarre in my xterm window, and don't erase
properly. What's up?
-c player?
[6] I'm using a slow terminal, and the game response is sluggish.
What can I do?
+[7] Why can't my terminal hide the cursor?
Answers
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[1] Where can I find the latest version?
- My machine doesn't currently have a constant hostname, but you can
- usually find the hostname from `finger mhw@cs.brown.edu`, at least
- until the Fall of 1995.
+ ftp://ftp.netris.org/pub/netris/
- If you find my machine, you can get the latest version via
- anonymous ftp from the /pub directory. If anonymous ftp isn't
- working, it's probably not my machine, so please don't badger it
- with lots of retry attempts.
-
- Unfortunately that is not a permanent site. If that machine
- doesn't exist, try mailing me.
+ The latest version is available via anonymous ftp from
+ ftp.netris.org in /pub/netris.
+
+ Unfortunately this machine is currently on the far end of a
+ 14.4kbps modem connection, and may go away at any time without
+ notice, but I'll do my best to keep it up. If you have trouble
+ contacting the ftp server, try mailing me at <mhw@netris.org>.
[2] The pieces look bizarre in my xterm window, and don't erase
properly. What's up?
Try the -S option. This disables use of standout mode (bold/inverse),
which require control sequences to be sent twice (or more) per line.
- This looks nice, but can make the game unplayable on a slow terminal.
+ Standout mode makes the pieces look much more like blocks, but can
+ make the game unplayable on a slow terminal.
Also, you can type 's' to toggle spying (updating your view of the
opponent's board).
+
+[7] Why can't my terminal hide the cursor?
+
+ Netris uses the termcap library to look up the "vi" and "ve"
+ capabilities, which make the cursor invisible/visible
+ respectively. These capabilities aren't very consistently
+ reported among un*xes, so I use compiled-in vt220 codes for
+ several vt100-like terminals. Most emulators probably won't
+ support the codes, but they'll probably ignore them quietly.
+
+ Try setting the TERM environment variable to "vt100" or "vt220"
+ before running Netris. If that doesn't work, your terminal
+ probably doesn't support cursor invisibility.
+
+# vi: tw=70 ai