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