GLULXE-GLKTERMW(1)

NAME

glulxe-glktermw - execute Glulx interactive fiction

SYNOPSIS

glulxe-glktermw filename [ options ]

OVERVIEW

glulxe-glktermw executes Glulx-format interactive fiction games, which typically end with .ulx, .gblorb, .glb, .blorb, or .blb. glulxe-glktermw can work with only a terminal.

The only required parameter is the filename of the game to play. The remaining parameters are all optional, and come from the glktermw library.

If you have glulxe-remglk and/or glulxe-cheapglk executables, these support extra options. Currently these don’t have man pages, but you can run them with -help to see the options.

Further information can be found in /usr/doc/glulxe-0.6.1/README.md. Note that the -singleturn example requires glulxe-remglk.

OPTIONS

Game options (note: double dash, --). NUM options can be any number.

--undo NUM
    Number of undo states to store.

--rngseed NUM
    Fix initial RNG if nonzero.

--profile filename
    Generate profiling information to a file.

--profcalls
    Include what-called-what details in profiling. (Slow!)

Library options (note: single dash, -). BOOL options can be yes or no, or no value to toggle.

-width NUM, -height NUM
    Sets the screen width or height. Normally automatically determined.

-ml BOOL
    Enables or disables the message line (default “yes”). This is the bottom line of the screen.

-revgrid BOOL
    Reverse text in grid (status) windows (default “no”).

-historylen NUM
    Sets the number of commands to keep in the history for each window (default 20).

-border BOOL :: Whether or not to force one-character borders between windows. The default turns on borders unless the game switches them off. Setting to “yes” forces them on at all times, or “no” forces them off at all times, ignoring the game’s request.

-defprompt BOOL
    Provide defaults for file prompts (default “yes”).

-precise BOOL
    Whether to use more precise timing for timed input (default “no”).

-version
    Display Glk library version.

-help
    Display command-line help.

ABOUT

glulxe was written by Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@eblong.com> and can be found at <https://www.eblong.com/zarf/glulx/>. glktermw was written by Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@eblong.com> and Alexander Beels <arb28@columbia.edu> and can be found at <https://www.eblong.com/zarf/glk/index.html>.

This manpage was written for Debian by John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> based on information in the above locations. It was updated for glulxe-0.6.1 by B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>.

AUTHORS
Andrew Plotkin, John Goerzen.