.. image:: /images/picT.png
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-.. raw:: latex
-
- \dropcap{t}
-
-ext adventures, otherwise known collectively as interactive fiction (IF),
-were highly popular computer games during the 1980s. As technology evolved
-they faded from the market, unable to compete with increasingly
-sophisticated graphical games; however, IF was far from dead. The Internet
-grew, and Usenet discussion forums offered a focal point for fans of the
-genre. By developing IF programming tools and systems, organising contests
-and writing tutorials and reviews, these enthusiasts have led a revival
-responsible for many notable works, including some whose quality arguably
-surpasses that of the best commercial titles of the 1980s.
+|T|\ext adventures, otherwise known collectively as interactive fiction
+(IF), were highly popular computer games during the 1980s. As
+technology evolved they faded from the market, unable to compete with
+increasingly sophisticated graphical games; however, IF was far from
+dead. The Internet grew, and Usenet discussion forums offered a focal
+point for fans of the genre. By developing IF programming tools and
+systems, organising contests and writing tutorials and reviews, these
+enthusiasts have led a revival responsible for many notable works,
+including some whose quality arguably surpasses that of the best
+commercial titles of the 1980s.
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as meaning "display on the player's screen the arbitrary character or
characters which are represented here by the placeholder *string*".
-Examples might include::
+Examples might include:
+
+.. include:: /config/typethis.rst
+
+::
print "Hello world!";
print "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on
the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish
from the earth.";
-We place the "TYPE" symbol alongside game fragments which you can type in
-as a part of our working examples. This differentiates them from other
-code snippets whose only purpose is to illustrate some particular feature.
-
-.. todo::
-
- The "TYPE" symbol doesn't really work here. Think of a better way to
- indicate typed-in fragments.
+.. include:: /config/typeinfo.rst
Useful Internet resources
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