jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (08/19/89)
/* Written 10:27 am Aug 17, 1989 by sdh@wind.bellcore.com in uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.mac.programmer */ /* ---------- "Re: Any word on NetHack 3.0 for Mac" ---------- */ In article <9225@cadnetix.COM> pem@cadnetix.COM (Paul Meyer) writes: > [stuff about porting NetHack 3.0] > Good luck, I hope you do well. > I would like to offer a few suggestions (I too have considered doing the port) I'd like to add some more suggestions 1> try to figure out how Think named their libraries. There is appearently a cross between BSD and SYS 5 conventios used. 2> Contact the nethack-bugs. The people there are very very helpful. They helped me port it to the NeXT. It only involved me changing one flag and removing some code I had tried inserting. 3> Start with version 3.0. They include a tutorial for how to get started at porting code. There is really only four files you need to modify in almost all cases. These four make the makedef routine, which makes a whole bunch of neato-nifty stuff. Michael Rutman Softmed