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| -rw-r--r-- | AUTHORS | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 54 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 51 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/main.c | 7 |
7 files changed, 42 insertions, 98 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - Authors of GNU Robots ===================== @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ +2008-05-14 Bradley Smith <brad@brad-smith.co.uk> + + * configure.ac: + Increment version to 1.1.0 in preperation for release. + * NEWS: + Add NEWS section for 1.1.0 release. + * README: + Update inline with 1.1.0 version. + * src/main.c: + Improve usage. + 2008-05-05 Bradley Smith <brad@brad-smith.co.uk> * lib/* include/userinterface.h src/userinterface src/main.c @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ RELEASE HISTORY FOR GNU ROBOTS: _____________________________________________________________________ +1.1.0 Bug fix release. + + Imporve GUI, including proper handling of X events. + Scrap plugable UI's in preperation for GTK GUI. + General clean up. + 1.0D Added some extra documentation (but not much) and the early beginning of code clean-up. @@ -24,12 +24,7 @@ Installing GNU Robots To specify an unusual location for GNU Guile, you can use the `--with-guile=' option, like this: - ./configure --with-guile=/home/jhall - - To specify an unusual location for curses, you can use the - `--with-curses=' option, like this: - - ./configure --with-curses=/hub/local + ./configure --with-guile=/home/user (2) Look at the generated `Makefile', and check that everything is okay. Then type: @@ -51,56 +46,31 @@ Notes * generator; it would write a Scheme program that you could then load * into GNU Robots. Writing this in GTK+ would seem like a good idea. * -* If anyone would like to help write this programming interface for -* GNU Robots, please contact me! You may reach me at <jhall1@isd.net> - - -There are three ways to run GNU Robots: +* This will hopefully be in the next release! -1. X Windows ("xrobots") -2. text mode, using curses ("robots") -3. text mode, log file output ("robots_logfile") -I use the robots_logfile when I am hosting a GNU Robots competition, -because it is not really interesting for me to see how the many robots -are individually interacting with their environments. I am only -interested in the outcome. - -I use the xrobots program when I am running my own GNU Robot game, -because there I *am* interested in what my robot is doing. +To run GNU Robots, run "gnurobots" -- -The "robots" program is a curses-based version of the game, using an -ASCII approximation of the game elements. Your robot will appear as a -"v" when it points South, "^" when it points North, and "<" and ">" -for West and East. Empty spaces are shown as " ", walls as "#", -baddies as "@", and food and prizes as "+" and "$". - -You'll note that this is the same notation used in the GNU Robots map -files. The initial location of the robot is not shown in the map -file, but is always at 1,1 facing East (the upper-left corner is -always 0,0). - The sample map that is provided as "maps/small.map" is just a single room, with prizes all along the four walls. The sample robot program "scheme/simple.scm" knows how to pick up all these prizes and then quit. Other map files can be found in the maps/ directory, and other robot programs are in the scheme/ directory. -The usage for robots, xrobots, robots_logfile is as follows: +The usage for gnurobots is as follows: - robots [OPTION]... [FILE] + gnurobots [OPTION]... [FILE] Options are: - -f, --map-file=FILE Load map file - -s, --shields=N Set initial shields to N - -e, --energy=N Set initial energy to N - -V, --version Output version information and exit - -h, --help Display this help and exit + -f, --map-file=FILE Load map file + -s, --shields=N Set initial shields to N + -e, --energy=N Set initial energy to N + -V, --version Output version information and exit + -h, --help Display this help and exit -Even though it's not shown, the `-f' option to load a map file is -required by GNU Robots. Otherwise, the game will not be able to open -a map for your robot to explore! + Note: FILE refers to a scheme file and ./bin/gnurobots enters into + interactive mode if it is not specified. @@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ _____________________________________________________________________ THINGS TO DO: _____________________________________________________________________ -* src/sign.c needs to go. +* Add GTK GUI. -* Improve the graphics, to make everything look better. I think I - need a graphic designer to help me do this. GTK+ would be nice. +* Add graphical map designer. -* In version 2.0, more creatures will get added. The things called +* Better graphics? + +* In version 2.0, more creatures will get added. The things called "baddie" and "food" and "prize" will be generic descriptors. For example, "food" will be a generic name for "cookie" or "donut", so that (robot-feel 'cookie) will fail if the thing is a donut, but (robot-feel 'food) will still work. - diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 0cc4ab0..732d8dd 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ## Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script. -AC_INIT([GNU Robots], [1.0.90], [brad@brad-smith.co.uk], [gnurobots]) +AC_INIT([GNU Robots], [1.1.0], [brad@brad-smith.co.uk], [gnurobots]) AC_PREREQ([2.59]) AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h]) AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build]) @@ -65,39 +65,6 @@ fi AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_X11, test "$use_x11" = "yes") -dnl Check for curses, add to CURSES_LIBS, and CURSES_CFLAGS. -dnl At this time, only ncurses is supported. -dnl We should check for SYSV curses too. -AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ncurses.h, - use_curses="yes", - AC_MSG_WARN("Can't find ncurses. Curses plugin shall not be compiled.") - use_curses="no") - -dnl we dont need other checks if the headers are not found -if test "$use_curses" = "yes" -then - -dnl allow user to specify directory where to find ncurses -if test -n "$with_ncurses" -then - ncurses_cflags="-I$with_ncurses/include" - ncurses_libs="-L$with_ncurses/lib" -fi - -AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, initscr, - CURSES_LIBS="$ncurses_libs -lncurses" - CURSES_CFLAGS="$ncurses_cflags" - use_curses="yes", - AC_MSG_WARN("Can't find ncurses. Curses plugin shall not be compiled.") - use_curses="no") - -AC_SUBST(CURSES_LIBS) -AC_SUBST(CURSES_CFLAGS) - -fi - -AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_CURSES, test "$use_curses" = "yes") - dnl Check for math library AC_CHECK_LIB(m, pow) @@ -122,18 +89,10 @@ if test "x$HAVE_GLIB2" = "xno"; then AC_MSG_ERROR([GNU Robots requires GLib2 to compile.]) fi -AC_CHECK_FUNC(tgetent, - [READLINE_EXTRA=], - [AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent, - [READLINE_EXTRA=-lcurses], - [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent, - [READLINE_EXTRA=-lncurses], - [AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, tgetent, - [READLINE_EXTRA=-ltermcap], - [AC_MSG_WARN(No Termcap or Curses library found)]) - ]) - ]) - ]) +for termlib in ncurses curses termcap terminfo termlib ; do + AC_CHECK_LIB(${termlib}, tgoto, + [READLINE_EXTRA="-l${termlib}"; break]) +done AC_CHECK_LIB(readline,readline,[READLINE_LIBS=-lreadline], AC_MSG_ERROR([ @@ -450,8 +450,7 @@ exit_nicely () * void usage(const gchar *argv0) * * * * A function that prints the usage of GNU Robots to the user. Assume * - * text mode for this function. We have not initialized X Windows or * - * curses yet. * + * text mode for this function. We have not initialized X Windows yet. * ************************************************************************/ void usage (const gchar *argv0) @@ -465,14 +464,14 @@ usage (const gchar *argv0) g_printf ("Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]\n\n", argv0); g_printf - (" -f, --map-file=FILE Load map file (this option is required)\n"); + (" -f, --map-file=FILE Load map file\n"); g_printf (" -s, --shields=N Set initial shields to N\n"); g_printf (" -e, --energy=N Set initial energy to N\n"); g_printf (" -V, --version Output version information and exit\n"); g_printf (" -h, --help Display this help and exit\n"); g_printf ("\nNote: FILE refers to a scheme file and %s enters into \n", argv0); - g_printf (" an interactive mode if it is not specified.\n"); + g_printf (" interactive mode if it is not specified.\n"); g_printf ("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n", PACKAGE_BUGREPORT); } |