CURSES Bug reports?


28 Jun 1995 09:58:42 GMT

Exactly where would I go to report bugs in Curses release 14? I know they
have probably already been reported and are insignificant enough to be
ignored, but just in case no one else caught them...

First with the wrench, there is a routine to print "It's a wrench, but you
take it" every time you pick it up. This routine obviously doesn't return
correctly: Let's say you have the wrench in the rucksack and type GIVE WRENCH
TO DEMON. Curses responds with:
(First taking the steel wrench)
It's a wrench, but you take it.
But it never follows through with the action of giving the wrench to the
demon.

Second, the garden roller. When it is switched on and you are standing
outside it, the description reads:
A big motorised garden roller is parked here.
If you EXAMINE it, it says:
...The garden roller is currently switched on.
When it is switched off and you are outside it, it reads:
The garden roller sits here, its engine still running.
If you EXAMINE it, it says:
...The garden roller is currently switched off.

Like I said, these are insignificant enough to be ignored, and someone else
must have already alerted Mr. Nelson, but I thought I'd say something anyway!

Now that I have criticized one of the best games I've played, I'll praise it a
little! I am sure glad someone is still taking the time to write QUALITY
Interactive Fiction that meets, if not exceeds the quality of Infocom (God
rest it's soul.) My hat goes off to Graham Nelson, for writing Inform and
Curses. Thank you sir!

Richard Scipione
rscipion@ix.netcom.com