Full screen Windows Inform interpreter

[Aaron A. Reed]

So, if I want my IF in full-screen mode, I can always use a DOS
interpreter. I'll get the nice old-school effect with blocky ASCII and
monochrome. But what I want is a modern solution: a full-screen
interpreter that makes the text look beautiful (anti-aliased edges,
ability to have pictures as backgrounds, smooth scrollback, etc...
everything you'd expect from a web browser or word processor) and will
run full screen, turning a Windows PC into a pretty IF kiosk. Does such
a thing exist?

Failing that... there was a Windows Inform interpreter I played around
with some time ago that did this, albeit only in a window if I recall,
but I can't even find that now on Google. Anyone come across that
program and remember the name?

[Paolo Lucchesi]

So, if I want my IF in full-screen mode [...]
But what I want is a modern solution: a full-screen
interpreter that makes the text look beautiful [...] and will
run full screen, turning a Windows PC into a pretty IF kiosk. Does such
a thing exist?

WindowsFrotz2002, although not beautiful as Gargoyle Frotz, goes in full
screen mode (ALT-ENTER to switch).

bye

[Aaron A. Reed]

Thanks, Gargoyle was the program I was trying to remember. It still
doesn't allow for full-screen though. Hmmm..

Anyone who hasn't played around with Gargoyle, by the way, give it a
shot. It produces truly beautiful output.

Post by Paolo Lucchesi

So, if I want my IF in full-screen mode [...]
But what I want is a modern solution: a full-screen
interpreter that makes the text look beautiful [...] and will
run full screen, turning a Windows PC into a pretty IF kiosk. Does such
a thing exist?

WindowsFrotz2002, although not beautiful as Gargoyle Frotz, goes in full
screen mode (ALT-ENTER to switch).
bye
--
Paolo Lucchesi
email: plucchesi(at)tin(dot)it


[Tor]

Post by Aaron A. Reed
Thanks, Gargoyle was the program I was trying to remember. It still
doesn't allow for full-screen though. Hmmm..

I don't like full-screen myself but I can see the value in a kiosk-like
situation. Are you planning on having the monitor in portrait-mode?
I can probably get around to adding a fullscreen mode once for the
next release, maybe sometime in late november. If you're impatient,
don't forget that you can hack the source yourself.
Gargoyle is, after all, open source.

Tor

Post by Aaron A. Reed
Anyone who hasn't played around with Gargoyle, by the way, give it a
shot. It produces truly beautiful output.

Post by Paolo Lucchesi

So, if I want my IF in full-screen mode [...]
But what I want is a modern solution: a full-screen
interpreter that makes the text look beautiful [...] and will
run full screen, turning a Windows PC into a pretty IF kiosk. Does such
a thing exist?

WindowsFrotz2002, although not beautiful as Gargoyle Frotz, goes in full
screen mode (ALT-ENTER to switch).
bye
--
Paolo Lucchesi
email: plucchesi(at)tin(dot)it


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[Nikos Chantziaras]

Post by Tor

Post by Aaron A. Reed
Thanks, Gargoyle was the program I was trying to remember. It still
doesn't allow for full-screen though. Hmmm..

I don't like full-screen myself but I can see the value in a kiosk-like
situation. Are you planning on having the monitor in portrait-mode?
I can probably get around to adding a fullscreen mode once for the
next release, maybe sometime in late november.

Actually, all you need to do is to remove the window decorations, and
maybe the menu and toolbar.

[Aaron A. Reed]

Exactly. It seems like a very simple problem but there doesn't seem to
be a simple solution. I found a piece of commercial software that lets
one make any Windows app full-screen
(http://www.fanix.com/fullscreen.html) but it requires installing their
software into your system tray, not a good solution for distributing a
full-screen IF game on a CD.

It seems technologically regressive that I could make any DOS terp run
full screen with a couple clicks, but am SOL for a Windows one that's
ten years newer. On the one hand I guess there's security and UI
concerns, but on the other almost every game runs full screen with no
warnings and no one complains.

Tor was nice enough to point me to the relevant part of his source
code. I will poke around and see if my l33t sk1LLz are up to speed.

[Michael J. Ferrador]

Post by Aaron A. Reed
So, if I want my IF in full-screen mode, I can always use a DOS

Don't forget you can adjust the number of lines (25/43/50 in WinDOS
and collumns in NT+) in the properties of the "Command Prompt"

...in a window, full screen (NT+) probably reconfigures to
an actual text mode that your video card supports.

Post by Aaron A. Reed
interpreter that makes the text look beautiful (anti-aliased edges,
ability to have pictures as backgrounds, smooth scrollback, etc...

Of course you don't get this... (windowed you get to pick a TT font)
unless someone starts doing OpenGL console/term stuff like for linux, etc...