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- 2: Tools of the trade
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+ Tools of the trade
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.. epigraph::
| *C was a captain, all covered with lace;*
| *D was a drunkard, and had a red face.*
+.. image:: /images/picC.png
+ :align: left
+
Conventional -- static -- fiction can be written using nothing more than
pencil and paper, or typewriter, or word-processor; however, the
requirements for producing IF are a little more extensive, and the creative
text which the interpreter ultimately displays. For example, the "William
Tell" game, in the form that we wrote it, starts like this:
-.. code-block:: inform
+.. code-block:: inform6
!============================================================================
Constant Story "William Tell";
Class Room
has light;
- ...
+
+ ! ...
You will never need to look at it in the form produced by the compiler::