The text being input to the game can be edited using backspace, delete, and
the left and right cursor keys. The shifted cursor keys move the cursor to
the beginning and end of the current line, respectively. A history buffer
stores the last twenty input lines; use cursor up and down to scroll through
the history, and shift cursor up and down go to the top and bottom of the
history, respectively. Pressing the tab key while at the end of a line
causes Frotz to attempt to complete the current word.
The interpreter correctly passes function keys, numeric keypad keys, mouse
clicks and the escape key to the game. The functions keys are used in
Beyond Zork to select pre-defined commands; in the same game the keypad and
the mouse are used to enter directions. The escape key is used by Inform
compiled games to step back through the help menus.
The following keys have a specific function:
Help Brings up this document, provided that the
amigaguide.library is available.
Alt d Toggle debugging options (-a, -A, -o, -O).
Alt h Show help on hot keys.
Alt n New game, i.e. restart the game currently
playing.
Alt p Play back the input recorded with Alt r.
Alt r Toggle recording of the input to a file.
Alt s Seed the random number generator. Useful for
debugging.
Alt u Undo the last turn (even for old V1 to V4 games).
The number of times that undo can be consecutively
performed can be set with the -u option (see
starting Frotz).
Alt x Exit game.
The following menus are also available:
Project Menu
Prefs Opens the preferences window.
Help Brings up this document, provided that the
amigaguide.library is available.
About Opens the help requester, with information about
both the interpreter and the game (if Frotz has
recognised the game). Frotz knows of all the
released Infocom games, and others can be added.
Quit Immediately exits Frotz.
Game Menu Provides shortcuts for typing in often used file
commands in the game, e.g. "Save". This menu also
includes an option to change the state of the
Tandy flag.
Commands Menu Provides shortcuts for typing in often used game
commands, e.g. "Look".
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