Z-machine Preservation Project For Linux

The Z-machine Preservation Project is a Java implementation of the Z-machine.

Z-machine Preservation Project is to provide a Z-code interpreter in Java that conforms to the standard and is easy to comprehend, maintain, and extend.

Architecturally, it consists of a Z-machine core system that is independent of a particular user interface technology. The core system's behaviour is documented and verified through its test cases.

Here are some key features of "Z machine Preservation Project":

� written from scratch using Java 5 � supports all story file versions (V6 deactivated in 1.5) � can be run as a Java applet within the web browser � saves and reads games in Quetzal 1.4 format � reads media in Blorb format � reads Z code embedded in Blorb files � shows Inform 7 meta data in application mode � input stream 0 and 1 (keyboard, mouse and file) � output streams 1, 2 and 3 (screen, transcript, memory with nesting) � split subwindows (paging, buffering, scrolling) � multiple font styles and colors (console Frotz color scheme) � sound effects (AIFF) � accented characters and unicode � timed input, preinitialized input � game-defined dictionaries, alphabet tables and accent tables � user defined default colors and fonts � command history (deactivated in this preview) � multiple undo

Requirements:

� Java Runtime Environment 5 or later

What's New in 1.02 Stable Release:

� This release adds a French translation, WebStart support, URL load improvement, a reworked home page, as well as minor bugfixes and changes.

What's New in 1.5 Preview 1 Development Release:

� core execution is now a pause-resume � timed input is now controlled by user interface � New screen model based on standard Swing components � Spanish user interface translation by Pichuneke � All tests are using JUnit 4 and JMock 2.5 � Memory, stack and variables are now all unsigned 16 or 8 bit values � better NetBeans integration � replaced ZsciiString and ZsciiStringBuilder and ZsciiStringTokenizer with the J2SE versions � changed decoding scheme to resemble the one from the Erlang implementation � Open function added � Standard and fixed fonts can be specified � postponed V6 support to the 1.6 release