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From: meta@pobox.com (mathew)
Subject: Re: Setting options on Nitfol for Mac?
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Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@eblong.com> wrote:
> mathew <meta@pobox.com> wrote:
> > How do I set options on Nitfol for the Mac?
>
> You can't.

That makes it somewhat useless, given the number of games out there
which cause multiple ugly Z-code errors every time they output anything:

  At End Of Road
  You are standing at the end of a road before a small brick building.
  Around you is a forest. A small stream flows out of the building and
  down a gully.

  [ERROR: object]: vile object 0 error from hell (0) PC=42345

  [ERROR: object]: vile object 0 error from hell (0) PC=42366

  >
  [WARN: output]: input buffer overlaps parse (1) PC=23211

That's the Graham Nelson port of Adventure, of course.

I appreciate the reason for reporting the errors, but how about making
the default be to report them to the user only once?


mathew
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