From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jul 6 16:43:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA12283 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:43:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA12274 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:43:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA28428; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:42:45 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980707094242.15217@welearn.com.au> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:42:42 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Nik Clayton Cc: "Peter D. Pawelek" , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nethack References: <19980706062142.09447@welearn.com.au> <19980705193555.A2497@axess.com> <19980706100424.64956@welearn.com.au> <19980705210908.A2609@axess.com> <19980707000842.25413@nothing-going-on.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19980707000842.25413@nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Tue, Jul 07, 1998 at 12:08:42AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jul 07, 1998 at 12:08:42AM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Sun, Jul 05, 1998 at 09:09:08PM -0400, Peter D. Pawelek wrote: > > Well, let's just say that after spending a few hours each night > > learning how to use various shells, set environment variables, set > > file permissions, etc (not to mention all the X-windows esoterica) > > she likes to unwind by cruising around an ASCII rendered dungeon > > skewering orcs and kobolds... at this rate she'll be a UNIX wizard > > in no time... :)) > > Just as an aside: if you're using the nethack I know and love, you're > probably using the the 'h', 'j', 'k', and 'l' keys to move around the > dungeon, right? Clearly I'm not :-( I tried installing it last night and... well... when I cheer up I might tell the tale of woe. I've got nethack-3.2.2.tgz and nethack-qt-3.2.2.tgz here, and this qt business means nothing at all to me. Is one the X version or what?? > If so, keep in mind that this is an excellent way to learn the cursor > movement keys for 'vi' as well. Eh, you're not going to put me off nethack before I've tried it! :-) -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message