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but you have to remember to save your game in Text File format;
* some Inform **library files** which you Include in your own game source
- file in order to provide the model world -- a basic game environment and
- lots of useful standard definitions;
+ file in order to provide the **model world** -- a basic game
+ environment and lots of useful standard definitions;
* the Inform **compiler** program, which reads your source file (and the
library files) and translates your descriptions and definitions into
Now, if you double-click the file, it should open in TextEdit so that
you can see how it's written, though it probably won't mean much -- yet.
- The above process may affect only this specific file. To change the
- program that opens by default all ``.inf`` files, try this:
+ .. note::
- * right-click on the file (or Ctrl-click)
+ The above process may affect only this specific file. To change
+ the program that opens by default *all* ``.inf`` files, try this:
- * select ``Get Info``
+ * right-click on the file (or Ctrl-click)
- * in the ``Open with`` tab, select TextEdit as the application
+ * select ``Get Info``
- * click the ``Change All...`` button, and confirm the change when asked.
+ * in the ``Open with`` tab, select TextEdit as the application
+
+ * click the ``Change All...`` button, and confirm the change when asked.
4. ``MyGame1.command`` is a Terminal Shell Script (a UNIX executable
command-line file, a kind of text-only computer program from the days
.. note::
- On the command line, you sometimes also see a compiler switch such as
- ``-S``, used for controlling detailed aspects of how the compiler
- operates. Rather than do that here, we find it more convenient to
- place any necessary switches at the very top of the source file, as
- we'll explain in the next chapter.
+ On the command line, you sometimes also see a compiler **switch**
+ such as ``-S``, used for controlling detailed aspects of how the
+ compiler operates. Rather than do that here, we find it more
+ convenient to place any necessary switches at the very top of the
+ source file, as we'll explain in the next chapter.
Once you've finished editing those lines, ``Save`` the file (not
``SaveAs``), overwriting the original, and make sure that your text editor