From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jul 7 09:12:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA20579 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:12:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA20563 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:12:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA02155; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:11:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:11:20 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199807071611.JAA02155@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: ppawel@axess.com, sue@welearn.com.au Subject: Re: Nethack Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980707141648.22213@welearn.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 14:16:49 +1000 >From: Sue Blake >I just installed the _correct_ package, and yes it went flawlessly. >Dunno about any hacking and slashing though. It complains about >permissions somewhere but I can run it as root OK until I sort that out. Not too good. "make install" (done as root) ought ot set the proper permissions. >Ooh, this is exciting.... well here I am, past the preamble, and suddenly >there's this big blank screen with a few funny marks on it, and down the >bottom there's the single instruction: Root the Troglodite > I guess I'd better read the manual to work out how to do it. Ah -- a Cave[wo]man...! :-) The "?" command is useful. BTW, one of the nice things about NetHack is the ability to specify preferences (in the file ~/.nethackrc, as I recall -- I don't have it installed here at work). Among those is which gender you prefer to be addressed as, whether you prefer your pet to be a cat or a dog, and a myriad (well, nearly) of other things. Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message