From b1d51276a264849ded93ce943eb0283c1f4f1aba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Howard Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 23:32:29 +0000 Subject: Split manpage.template into separate files for different games. Subversion-branch: /branches/v2-branch Subversion-revision: 2614 --- man/strife.template | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 83 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/strife.template (limited to 'man/strife.template') diff --git a/man/strife.template b/man/strife.template new file mode 100644 index 00000000..043a2474 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/strife.template @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.TH chocolate\-strife 6 +.SH NAME +chocolate\-strife \- historically compatible strife engine +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B chocolate\-strife +[\fIOPTIONS\fR] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +Chocolate Strife is an accurate and complete recreation of Rogue +Entertainment's "Strife: Quest for the Sigil". It was created through +more than two years of reverse engineering effort with the blessings +of the original programmers of the game (see the section HISTORY below). + +@content + +.SH ENVIRONMENT +This section describes environment variables that control Chocolate Strife's +behavior. +@include environ.man + +.SH FILES +.TP +\fB$HOME/.chocolate-doom/strife.cfg\fR +The main configuration file for Chocolate Strife. See \fBstrife.cfg\fR(5). +.TP +\fB$HOME/.chocolate-doom/chocolate-strife.cfg\fR +Extra configuration values that are specific to Chocolate Strife and not +present in Vanilla Strife. See \fBchocolate-strife.cfg\fR(5). +.SH SEE ALSO +\fBchocolate-strife\fR(6), +\fBchocolate-server\fR(6), +\fBchocolate-setup\fR(6) + +.SH HISTORY +The source code for Strife was lost, which means, unlike the code for all the +other commercial DOOM-engine games, it cannot be released. The only access we +have to the code is the binary executable file. Reverse engineering tools +were employed to disassemble and decompile the executables, which were cross- +referenced against the Linux DOOM and DOS Heretic sources and painstakingly +combed over multiple times, instruction-by-instruction, to ensure that the +resulting Chocolate-Doom-based executable is as close as possible to the +original. + +.SH LEGALITY +Reverse engineering is a protected activity so long as the original code is +not used directly in the product. Due to the vast amount of information lost +through the process of compilation, and the need to refactor large portions +of code in order to eliminate non-portable idioms or to adapt them properly to +Chocolate Doom's framework, the resulting code behaves the same, but is not +the *same* code. + +In addition, James Monroe and John Carmack have both stated that they have no +objections to the project. Because they are the original authors of the code, +and neither Rogue nor their publisher, Velocity, Inc., exist any longer as +legal entities, this is effectively legal permission. + +.SH BUGS +Chocolate Strife is almost, but not entirely perfect, in recreating the +behavior of Vanilla Strife. Help us by reporting any discrepancies you +might notice between this executable and the vanilla DOS program. + +However, do *not* report any glitch that you can replicate in the vanilla EXE +as a bug. The point of Chocolate Strife, like Chocolate Doom before it, is to +be as bug-compatible with the original game as possible. Also be aware that +some glitches are impossible to compatibly recreate, and wherever this is the +case, Chocolate Strife has erred on the side of not crashing the program, +for example by initializing pointers to NULL rather than using them without +setting a value first. + +.SH AUTHORS +Chocolate Strife is part of the Chocolate Doom project. It was reverse +engineered from the DOS versions of Strife by James Haley and Samuel +Villarreal. +Chocolate Doom was written and maintained by Simon Howard, and is based +on the LinuxDoom source code released by Id Software. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co id Software Inc. +Copyright \(co 2005-2013 Simon Howard, James Haley, Samuel Villarreal. +.br +This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of +the GNU General Public License . +There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. + -- cgit v1.2.3