Does anyone use console mode (on Linux)?

Magnate · September 18, 2023, 16:43

Hi all

does anyone play in a console (using -mgcu)?

I'm finding that auto-run is stuck on, and I can't see an option to turn it off. Is this some local corruption, or does anyone else experience this?

x11 and SDL2 both work fine - @ does not run unless I press . before the direction.

Weird.

backwardsEric · September 18, 2023, 18:25

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Originally Posted by Magnate

Hi all
I'm finding that auto-run is stuck on, and I can't see an option to turn it off. Is this some local corruption, or does anyone else experience this?

That behavior is set by lib/customize/keys-gcu.prf and was probably done for the convenience of angband.live. See also https://github.com/angband/angband/issues/5264 . If you used an empty version of keys-gcu.prf (or drop the four lines at the end of lib/customize/pref.prf that include keys-gcu.prf and remove keys-gcu.prf entirely) for the Debian package, I suspect no one would complain.

Magnate · September 18, 2023, 18:50

Excellent, thank you - I shall indeed patch that for Debian users so that the default is to walk.

Gwarl · September 18, 2023, 20:49

fwiw I am happy for that change to be reverted and change things on my end to compensate

d_m · September 25, 2023, 18:12

Just ducking in to say that I too had noticed that console run was broken and had fixed it locally by disabling that file. I do agree that this should probably be the default, thanks for fixing it!

backwardsEric · September 25, 2023, 19:56

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Originally Posted by Gwarl

fwiw I am happy for that change to be reverted and change things on my end to compensate

So a pull request to revert that change is up at https://github.com/angband/angband/pull/5764 . If it's accepted and that post-release version is propagated to angband.live, there would need to be adjustments on angband.live to get the expected running behavior.

Nick · September 25, 2023, 22:03

OK, I've just pulled that in, over to you Gwarl

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September 18, 2023, 18:50	#3
Magnate Angband Devteam member Join Date: May 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 5,079	Excellent, thank you - I shall indeed patch that for Debian users so that the default is to walk. __________________ "3.4 is much better than 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3. It still is easier than 3.0.9, but it is more convenient to play without being ridiculously easy, so it is my new favorite of the versions." - Timo Pietila

September 25, 2023, 18:12	#5
d_m Angband Devteam member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Age: 43 Posts: 1,517	Just ducking in to say that I too had noticed that console run was broken and had fixed it locally by disabling that file. I do agree that this should probably be the default, thanks for fixing it! __________________ linux->xterm->screen->pmacs

September 25, 2023, 22:03	#7
Nick Vanilla maintainer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 58 Posts: 9,528 Donated: $60	OK, I've just pulled that in, over to you Gwarl __________________ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

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Gwarl Knight Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 955	fwiw I am happy for that change to be reverted and change things on my end to compensate

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