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Update information about ttyrec terminal size.
| author | John "Elwin" Edwards |
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| date | Wed, 07 Feb 2018 20:54:48 -0500 |
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| 18 <p><a href="http://angband.pl/termrec.html">Termrec</a> includes termplay, which is easy to use and works on Windows.</p> | 18 <p><a href="http://angband.pl/termrec.html">Termrec</a> includes termplay, which is easy to use and works on Windows.</p> |
| 19 <p><a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt/">IPBT</a> is a newer player that allows you to rewind while playing.</p> | 19 <p><a href="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/ipbt/">IPBT</a> is a newer player that allows you to rewind while playing.</p> |
| 20 <p>A ttyrec produced on one kind of terminal will not play properly on a different kind of terminal. Most modern terminals are similar and should produce | 20 <p>A ttyrec produced on one kind of terminal will not play properly on a different kind of terminal. Most modern terminals are similar and should produce |
| 21 compatible ttyrecs, but you might come across a file that won't work.</p> | 21 compatible ttyrecs, but you might come across a file that won't work.</p> |
| 22 <p>Replaying also might not work properly if your terminal is a different size from the one that produced the ttyrec. If things are getting drawn in the | 22 <p>Replaying also might not work properly if your terminal is a different size from the one that produced the ttyrec. If things are getting drawn in the |
| 23 wrong places, try making your terminal bigger. Unfortunately, ttyrecs don't tell you what the proper size is.</p> | 23 wrong places, try making your terminal bigger.</p> |
| 24 <p>(But it can sometimes be deduced, if you don't mind poking around with a hex editor. Check near the beginning for the sequence | 24 <p>Unfortunately, ttyrecs don't contain any metadata which could tell you what the proper size is. But most recent files from the Gallery and similar sites |
| 25 <span class="metavar"><escape></span>[1;<span class="metavar"><number of rows></span>r )</p> | 25 work around this limitation by putting some invisible text at the beginning. You can read it by opening the ttyrec with a hex editor or text editor. There |
| 26 will be a line starting with "Size:" followed by the terminal width and height.</p> | |
| 26 <p>Note: if you are using ipbt, you must also tell ipbt what size terminal to use. Check ipbt's documentation.</p> | 27 <p>Note: if you are using ipbt, you must also tell ipbt what size terminal to use. Check ipbt's documentation.</p> |
| 27 </div> | 28 </div> |
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| 29 </body> | 30 </body> |
| 30 </html> | 31 </html> |