Any interest in NetHack?

[kdgarris]

I was curious if anyone else here plays NetHack, and likes the idea of playing it on the Kindle?

I was able to do an "apt-get install nethack-console" from a Debian chroot environment, and it sort of works. The main issue is the fact that the terminal width for kiterm on a non-DX Kindle is 75 characters, but NetHack seems to think that it is 80 columns wide, so it draws stuff off of the screen. I also compiled a version with a different text interface, and while that has some advantages (e.g. being able to use the direction pad for movement and menu navigation, and making use of the extra vertical space for messages), it still draws off of the screen. I am pretty sure this is a kiterm-specific bug.

So, has anyone else tried any version of NetHack on the Kindle, and if so, what were your results? Are there any other terminal apps I could try this with?

[PoP]

Originally Posted by PoP

[EDIT 2011-04-07] Following up on my previous version

- I have added escape sequences for the Home and End keys (which now work in htop, mc, vi, nano, ...)
- I have modified the keyboard help accordingly (it is now even more crowded, welcoming anyone's suggestion to make it more elegant).

Patch and binary:

Attachment 69662

Screen Picture:
Attachment 69633

I am still struggling with the box drawing caracters which are incorrectly rendered in mc. I don't quite understand special[] in terminal.c ...well, got to keep some fun for later!

You might want to try my update to Luigi's terminal, which extends the screen to 36x100 (and includes another fix from DSMID). Complete thread at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=109472,

[Xqtftqx]

Originally Posted by PoP

You might want to try my update to Luigi's terminal, which extends the screen to 36x100 (and includes another fix from DSMID). Complete thread at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=109472,

It works great on debian
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