Re: Inform: screen dimensions
Thu, 12 Oct 1995 18:28:41 -0500
"Andrew C. Plotkin" <erkyrath+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>jools@arnod.demon.co.uk (Julian Arnold) writes:
>> What would be the minimum height and width of screen I could reasonably
>> demand? I'm using a lap-top, and the biggest window in which I can run ZIP
>> is 26 characters deep and 74 characters wide. Would it be reasonable to
>> demand everyone else have a display of at least these dimensions? (Obviously
>> bigger doesn't matter).
>
>The earliest Infocom games I played were on a 40x24 Apple II screen.
>40 across, that is. If you're going for super-portability, that'd be a
>good minimum to aim for.
Actually, it matters not. It's the job of the interpreter to figure out
the screen's maximum size. Code however you like.. let the interpreter
take care of the dimensions and such.
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