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diff --git a/development/inform/README b/development/inform/README index e6135cde8c..8eaa8177c2 100644 --- a/development/inform/README +++ b/development/inform/README @@ -1,24 +1,25 @@ inform (interactive fiction compiler) Inform 6 is version 6 of Inform, an interactive fiction programming -language created by Graham Nelson. Inform 6 made its debut on April 30th, -1996, and it continues to be one of the most popular IF development -systems even after the introduction of Inform 7 in 2006. Inform 6, -like all other versions of Inform, compiles to code not only for the -Z-machine, the same virtual machine used by Infocom, but also for the -more powerful and flexible virtual machine called Glulx. +language created by Graham Nelson. Inform 6 made its debut on +April 30th, 1996, and it continues to be one of the most popular +IF development systems even after the introduction of Inform 7 in +2006. Inform 6, like all other versions of Inform, compiles to code +not only for the Z-machine, the same virtual machine used by Infocom, +but also for the more powerful and flexible virtual machine called +Glulx. -This is a command-line compiler for the Inform 6 language. For a graphical -Inform 7 compiler, see gnome-inform7. Inform 6 and 7 are completely -different languages, so it's not redundant to install both. +This is a command-line compiler for the Inform 6 language. For a +graphical Inform 7 compiler, see gnome-inform7. Inform 6 and 7 are +completely different languages, so it's not redundant to install both. -To get started writing interactive fiction with Inform, everything you -need is installed in /usr/doc/inform-$VERSION: +To get started writing interactive fiction with Inform, all the +documentation you need is installed in /usr/doc/inform-$VERSION: -inform_beginners_guide.pdf - Read this first. -manual/index.html - The Designer's Manual. Everything you need to know. -tutorials/*.inf - Tutorials in Inform source code format. +inform_beginners_guide.pdf - aka IBG. Read this first. +manual/index.html - Inform Designer's Manual, aka DM4. +tutor/*.inf - Tutorials in Inform source code format. demos/*.inf - Source to sample games. -Related packages: you'll want a Z-Code interpreter to try out your creations. -Install one of: fizmo, frotz, zoom. +Related packages: you'll want a Z-Code interpreter to try out your +creations. Install one of: fizmo, frotz, zoom. |