Can you route the cursor to the @ character the first time it appears in the game? So far as I know, no cursor exists in nethack. The first @ sign that appears is the player themselves. After that, werejackals and werewolves also get the @ character as do other humans in the game like shopkeepers.
Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, Zachary Kline wrote: > The biggest problem with NetHack, on Windows at least, is that most Windows > screen readers no longer keep track of the cursor position in a way which > makes it easy to review the map. It's maddening but I don't really have a > solution. > > For instance, if you had something like this: > > ---- > |$.| > |.>| > ---- > If your cursor was on the >, and you moved up one row, Windows screen readers > will bring you all the way back to the vertical bar on the left side. > > Jaws has some support for tracking the cursor properly in the old Windows > command prompt, but not the newer Windows terminal, which is frustrating. > NVDA doesn't anywhere, as far as I know. > > Sorry to go on a bit of a rant, this is one of the things which drives me > nuts. > Best, > Zack. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jude > DaShiell > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 3:28 PM > To: [email protected]; Travis Siegel <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] nethack (was Am I missing something, guys?) > > I wonder, two things might work together. > First, make sure graphics is disabled so the whole game plays in ascii. > Second, run nethack from the dos command in windows. > > > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense > of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > . > > On Tue, 10 Jan 2023, Heather Seaman wrote: > > > Could an emulator like DosBox work? You'd have to check whether the > > emulator is accessible, but if so maybe you could play that blast from the > > past. On Jan 10, 2023 5:45 PM, Travis Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I never solved it, but I too spent entirely too much time playing > > > that one. Haven't managed to get it working sufficiently under > > > windows, in dos it worked just fine though. > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > On 1/10/2023 5:03 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > Have you ever played nethack? I've never won that game myself. > > > > Many years spent playing it though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#125674): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/125674 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/96188899/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/21656/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
