Update the README

- adds a few more items.
- remove the line "primarily a bug fix release" since it it were,
  it would be 3.3.2
- remove "to tell more would be cheating" reference, since we're
  considering including fixes34.0 in the distribution
- expands on the Gnomehack stale situation
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@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ NetHack 3.4.0 is an enhancement to the dungeon exploration game NetHack.
It is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendent of
NetHack 3.3.
This version is primarily a bug fix release, but there are many
changes and surprises beyond what you see listed here.
Here is a brief overview of new additions and changes in the game.
To give more would be cheating, wouldn't it?
There are a great number of bug fixes in this release, as well as
many changes and surprises beyond what you see listed below.
Here is a brief overview of some new additions and changes in the game.
o Many, many bug fixes and tweaks
o Many, many bug fixes and tweaks to the core code and to several ports
o Enhanced config file processing and player selection prompts for some ports
o Stamina affects ability to throw heavy things
o Objects merge in containers
@@ -18,12 +17,14 @@ o Several small refinements to race/role separation
o Config file BOULDER option to specify the symbol for displaying boulders
o New travel command which is particularly helpful for mouse navigation on
handheld computers
o more feedback about skill advancement from #enhance command
o End-of-game disclose options can be individually tuned to your liking
o Mac: command-key shortcuts in the player selection dialog
o Amiga: screenmode requester
o Win32: new graphical port contributed by Alex Kompel
We've also included variations of the following patches
contributed by members of the NetHack community at large:
We've also included variations of enhancements contributed by members
of the NetHack community at large. Among them:
o Scott Bigham's new T-shirt messages and his option to turn off
resistance display effects
@@ -33,9 +34,12 @@ o Dylan O'Donnell's patch for optionally starting with no pet
o Tom Friedetzky's blessed/uncursed/cursed selection patch for menustyle:full
o Jason Short's additonal lens uses
o Kelly Bailey's Gnomish Mines changes
o Ken Arnold's patch to display prices in your inventory
Carried forward
o The Gnome toolkit interface is still considered an experimental option
o The Gnome toolkit interface is still considered an experimental option.
We have not enhanced the port ourselves, and so far we have not received
any contributions doing so from the NetHack community.
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