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.ds h0 "NetHack Guidebook
.ds h1
.ds h2 %
.ds vr "NetHack 3.6
.ds f0 "\*(vr
.ds f1
-.ds f2 "May 30, 2015
+.ds f2 "May 31, 2015
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A Guide to the Mazes of Menace
(Guidebook for NetHack)
.au
-Eric S. Raymond
-(Edited and expanded for 3.6)
+Original version - Eric S. Raymond
+(Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Michael Allison, Mike Stephenson)
+.hn 1
+Preface - Version 3.6
+\fBThis version of the game is special in a particular way. Near the end of
+the development of 3.6, one of the significant inspirations for many of the
+humorous and fun features found in the game, author \fBTerry Pratchett\fP,
+passed away. We have dedicated this version of the game in his memory.
+.pg
.hn 1
Introduction
.pg
In September 2014, an interim snapshot of the code under development was
released publicly by other parties. Since that code was a work-in-progress
-and had not gone through a period of debugging, it was decided that the
-version numbers present on that code snapshot would be retired and never
-used in an official NetHack release. An announcement was posted on the
-devteam's official nethack.org website to that effect, stating that there
-would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or 3.5.0 official release version.
-.pg
-In January 2015, preparation began for the release of NetHack 3.6. The 3.6
-version merges work done by the development team since the previous release with
-some of the beloved community patches. Many bugs were fixed and some code was
-restructured.
+and had not gone through the process of debugging it as a suitable release,
+it was decided that the version numbers present on that code snapshot would
+be retired and never used in an official NetHack release. An announcement
+was posted on the devteam's official nethack.org website to that effect,
+stating that there would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or 3.5.0 official release
+version.
+.pg
+In November 2014, preparation began for the release of NetHack 3.6. The 3.6
+version merges work done by the development team since the previous release
+with some of the beloved community patches. Many bugs were fixed and a
+large amount of code was restructured.
.pg
\fBThe development team, as well as \fBSteve VanDevender\fP and
\fBKevin Smolkowski\fP ensured that NetHack 3.6.0 continued to operate on
\fBAlex Kompel\fP, and \fBDion Nicolaas\fP maintained the port of
NetHack 3.6.0 for Microsoft Windows.
.pg
-\fBThis version of the game is special in a particular way. Near the end of
-the development of 3.6, one of the significant inspirations for many of the
-humorous and fun features found in the game, author \fBTerry Pratchett\fP,
-passed away. This version of the game is dedicated to him.
-.pg
The official NetHack web site is maintained by \fBKen Lorber\fP at http://www.nethack.org/.
.pg
SHOUT-OUTS
\Large Guidebook for {\it NetHack\/}}
%.au
-\author{Eric S. Raymond\\
-(Edited and expanded for 3.6)}
-\date{May 30, 2015}
+\author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\
+(Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Michael Allison, Mike Stephenson)}
+\date{May 31, 2015}
\maketitle
+%.hn 1
+\section{Preface - Version 3.6}
+%.pg
+This version of the game is special in a particular way. Near the end of
+the development of 3.6, one of the significant inspirations for many of the
+humorous and fun features found in the game, author {\it Terry Pratchett},
+passed away. We have dedicated this version of the game in his memory.
+
+%.pg
%.hn 1
\section{Introduction}
\medskip
In September 2014, an interim snapshot of the code under development was
released publicly by other parties. Since that code was a work-in-progress
-and had not gone through a period of debugging, it was decided that the
-version numbers present on that code snapshot would be retired and never
-used in an official NetHack release. An announcement was posted on the
-devteam's official nethack.org website to that effect, stating that there
-would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or 3.5.0 official release version.
+and had not gone through the process of debugging it as a suitable release,
+it was decided that the version numbers present on that code snapshot would
+be retired and never used in an official NetHack release. An announcement
+was posted on the devteam's official nethack.org website to that effect,
+stating that there would never be a 3.4.4, 3.5, or 3.5.0 official release
+version.
%.pg
\medskip
-In January 2015, preparation began for the release of NetHack 3.6.
-The 3.6 version merges work done by the development team since the previous
-release with some of the beloved community patches. Many bugs were fixed
-and some code was restructured.
+In November 2014, preparation began for the release of NetHack 3.6. The 3.6
+version merges work done by the development team since the previous release
+with some of the beloved community patches. Many bugs were fixed and a
+large amount of code was restructured.
+
%.pg
\medskip
{\it Alex Kompel}, and {\it Dion Nicolaas} maintained the port of
NetHack 3.6.0 for Microsoft Windows.
-%.pg
-\medskip
-This version of the game is special in a particular way. Near the end of
-the development of 3.6, one of the significant inspirations for many of the
-humorous and fun features found in the game, author {\it Terry Pratchett},
-passed away. This version of the game is dedicated to him.
-
%.pg
\medskip
\nd The official NetHack web site is maintained by {\it Ken Lorber} at
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