From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc1-s11.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.83]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HPhS0-0006ps-00 for ; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:56:12 -0500 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.152.11]) by bay0-omc1-s11.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:55:41 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:55:41 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 71.111.71.248 by BAY141-DAV1.phx.gbl with DAV; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:55:39 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [71.111.71.248] X-Originating-Email: [z_kline@hotmail.com] X-Sender: z_kline@hotmail.com From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070309133401.GA20384@gmx.net> Subject: Re: Games and Amusements Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:55:36 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Mar 2007 15:55:41.0424 (UTC) FILETIME=[63842F00:01C76263] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:56:12 -0000 Hiya, Yes, I've got that package--which was where I got my hands on the original Rogue, incidentally. Some of those programs are very amusing indeed--I'm thinking of fortune, and all that. Hehe. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 5:34 AM Subject: Re: Games and Amusements > Have you looked at the bsd-games package? that comes with quite a few > text-based games and other amusing little programs. > On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 > at 10:33:31PM -0800, Zachary Kline wrote: >> Howdy, >> I was wondering if anybody might be able to give me an idea of what games >> and amusements they might be able to successfully access under Linux? I >> myself am a big fan of the 'roguelike games', and have found that for the >> most part Speakup works tolerably well with most of them. (The only real >> annoyance I can see is that the keys to move by lines are defaulting to >> reading the new line--and in the case of a game like Nethack or Rogue >> that doesn't always make much sense. I was wondering about a possible >> feature to toggle the up-down behavior--possibly to read characters, >> words, or lines as appropriate? >> Also, I was wondering what anybody else on here thinks? How do you amuse >> yourselves with Linux? >> Thanks much, >> Zack. >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Windows without the X is like making love without a partner. > Sex, Drugs & Linux Rules > win-nt from the people who invented edlin. > Apples have meant trouble since eden. > Linux, the way to get rid of boot viruses > -- MaDsen Wikholm, mwikholm@at8.abo.fi > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >