kpsewhich now expects "-var-value" instead of "-var".

[ibg.git] / chapters / 16.rst

diff --git a/chapters/16.rst b/chapters/16.rst
index 702a59437b02e07efd5b6adc65ee8eb5903cfc77..c2543c44b83d8cf1778790e06d5d5c56d8953f3e 100644 (file)
--- a/chapters/16.rst
+++ b/chapters/16.rst
@@ -7,16 +7,12 @@
   .. image:: /images/picN.png
      :align: left
 
   .. image:: /images/picN.png
      :align: left
 

-.. raw:: latex
-
-   \dropcap{n}
-
-obody understands the phrase *errare humanum est* quite in the same way 
-as a programmer does. Computers are highly efficient machines capable of 
-wondrous calculations, but they lack imagination and insist that every 
-single item thrown at them must be presented according to certain rules 
-previously defined. You can't negotiate with a computer; you either bow 
-in submission or bite the dust.
+|N|\obody understands the phrase *errare humanum est* quite in the same
+way as a programmer does. Computers are highly efficient machines 
+capable of wondrous calculations, but they lack imagination and insist 
+that every single item thrown at them must be presented according to 
+certain rules previously defined. You can't negotiate with a computer; 
+you either bow in submission or bite the dust.

 
 Inform behaves no differently. If you make a typing or syntax mistake, 
 the compiler will send you back to revise your work. "It was just a 
 
 Inform behaves no differently. If you make a typing or syntax mistake, 
 the compiler will send you back to revise your work. "It was just a 


@@ -268,6 +264,11 @@ GOTO *number*
 
 PURLOIN *object*
 
 
 PURLOIN *object*
 

+  .. Generated by autoindex
+  .. index::
+     pair: scenery; library attribute
+     pair: static; library attribute
+

   PURLOIN works exactly as TAKE , with the nice addition that it doesn't 
   matter where the object is: in another room, inside a locked 
   container, in the claws of the bloodthirsty dragon. More dangerously, 
   PURLOIN works exactly as TAKE , with the nice addition that it doesn't 
   matter where the object is: in another room, inside a locked 
   container, in the claws of the bloodthirsty dragon. More dangerously, 


@@ -281,6 +282,12 @@ PURLOIN *object*
 
 ABSTRACT *object* TO *object*
 
 
 ABSTRACT *object* TO *object*
 

+  .. Generated by autoindex
+  .. index::
+     pair: animate; library attribute
+     pair: container; library attribute
+     pair: supporter; library attribute
+

   This verb enables you to move the first *object* to the second 
   *object*. As with PURLOIN , both objects can be anywhere in the game. 
   Bear in mind that the second object should logically be a 
   This verb enables you to move the first *object* to the second 
   *object*. As with PURLOIN , both objects can be anywhere in the game. 
   Bear in mind that the second object should logically be a 


@@ -371,13 +378,6 @@ change:
   "OK, Herr Tell, now you're in real trouble.
   ...
 
   "OK, Herr Tell, now you're in real trouble.
   ...
 

-.. todo::
-
-   "Herr" above is italicized.  Was that a mistake in the original text?
-
-   Update: I don't think so.  In 08.rst, lines 465 and 516, "Herr" is
-   explicitly underlined (which probably appears italicized on output).
-

 Infix is quite complex -- there are more commands than those we have 
 shown you -- so while it's good to have available, it's not really a 
 tool for novices. If you do use it, be careful: you get a lot of runtime 
 Infix is quite complex -- there are more commands than those we have 
 shown you -- so while it's good to have available, it's not really a 
 tool for novices. If you do use it, be careful: you get a lot of runtime 


@@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ Of course, the code we've offered you in *this* edition takes care of
 those embarrassing issues, but it might very well happen that a few more 
 undetected absurdities pop up from now on.
 
 those embarrassing issues, but it might very well happen that a few more 
 undetected absurdities pop up from now on.
 

+.. Generated by autoindex
+.. index::
+   single: RAIF
+

 The final stage of debugging must happen elsewhere, at the hands of some 
 wilful, headstrong and determined beta-testers; these are the people 
 who, if you’re lucky, will methodically tear your game to shreds and 
 The final stage of debugging must happen elsewhere, at the hands of some 
 wilful, headstrong and determined beta-testers; these are the people 
 who, if you’re lucky, will methodically tear your game to shreds and