Hi Tobias, $ NETHACKOPTIONS=windowtype:curses nethack
this worked here for me with only nethack-console being installed.
Then I installed also nethack-x11 and got the same error as you.
Though when directly invoking nethack-console, it still works:
$ NETHACKOPTIONS=windowtype:curses nethack-console
(When starting it via .desktop it should also work, as this
executes nethack-console)
I think the problem is that nethack-x11 has a higher alternative
priority for "nethack", and the wrapper script
(/usr/lib/games/nethack/nethack-x11.sh or
/usr/lib/games/nethack/nethack-x11-tty.sh)
calls the nethack-x11 binary which does not have ncurses support
enabled. (And I'm not sure if nethack-x11/-qt should support it.)
Other frontends have a similar problem.
E.g. when nethack-qt and nethack-x11 are installed and you try to start
the Qt version:
$ NETHACKOPTIONS=windowtype:qt nethack
* Window type qt not recognized. Choices are: tty, X11.
I'm not sure if you are supposed so set this option.
Is this documented somewhere?
When you want to choose a different frontend you could
just run the wrapper scripts (nethack-{console,x11,qt}).
Kind regards,
Reiner
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