# Netris
# Frequently asked questions
#
-# $Id: FAQ,v 1.3 1996/02/09 08:47:23 mhw Exp $
-#
Questions
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[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?
+[8] Occasionally when clearing a line, the display jerks, scrolling
+ very awkwardly. How can I fix it?
Answers
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example, I use 6x10 font for xterms, and here are the relevant lines
from my xterm.
- txterm*font: 6x10
- txterm*boldFont: 6x10
+ txterm*font: 6x10
+ txterm*boldFont: 6x10
Make sure you capitalize the F in "boldFont"
[3] If I drop a piece and then slide it off a cliff, shouldn't
it automatically drop again?
- Try the -D option.
+ Try the -d option.
[4] When I try to play a networked game, it just hangs.
before running Netris. If that doesn't work, your terminal
probably doesn't support cursor invisibility.
-# vi: tw=70 ai
+[8] Occasionally when clearing a line, the display jerks, scrolling
+ very awkwardly. How can I fix it?
+
+ You can try running ./configure with the "--curses-hack" option
+ and recompile. This utilizes a non-portable hack which will only
+ work with certain curses libraries, so it's disabled by default.
+
+ All screen updating is done by your curses library, which means
+ it's not something that Netris can control. Netris never tells
+ curses to scroll, but curses does so automatically in order to
+ optimize screen updates. This hack modifies curses's internal
+ variables, making it think that your terminal doesn't know how to
+ region-scroll.
+
+
+# vi: tw=70