In order to make the download small and fast, these folders include just
enough to get you started as an Inform designer -- the compiler and
interpreter programs, the library files, the ``Ruins.inf`` example file
- from the *Inform Designer's Manual*, and a template for your own first
- game. A few other folders are included as placeholders where you could
- later download additional components, if you wanted them. As soon as
- possible, you should download the *Inform Designer's Manual* into the
- ``Inform\Doc`` folder -- it's an essential document to have, and has
- been omitted from this download only because of its 3MB size.
+ from the |DM4|, and a template for your own first game. A few other
+ folders are included as placeholders where you could later download
+ additional components, if you wanted them. As soon as possible, you
+ should download the |DM4| into the ``Inform\Doc`` folder -- it's an
+ essential document to have, and has been omitted from this download only
+ because of its 3MB size.
3. To verify that the downloaded files work properly, use Windows Explorer
to display the contents of the ``Inform\Games\MyGame1`` folder: you will
9. Using the same techniques, you can compile and play ``Ruins.inf``, which
is held in the ``Inform\Games\Download`` folder. RUINS is the game used
- as an example throughout the *Inform Designer's Manual*.
+ as an example throughout the |DM4|.
.. rubric:: Setting file associations
In order to make the download small and fast, these folders include just
enough to get you started as an Inform designer -- the compiler and
interpreter programs, the library files, the ``Ruins.inf`` example from
- the *Inform Designer's Manual*, and a template for your own first game,
- which you may copy and rename each time you begin a new Inform project.
- A few other folders are included as placeholders where you could later
- download additional components, if you wanted them. As soon as
- possible, you should download the *Inform Designer's Manual* into the
- ``Inform/Doc`` folder -- it's an essential document to have, and has
- been omitted from this download only because of its 3MB size.
+ the |DM4|, and a template for your own first game, which you may copy
+ and rename each time you begin a new Inform project. A few other
+ folders are included as placeholders where you could later download
+ additional components, if you wanted them. As soon as possible, you
+ should download the |DM4| into the ``Inform/Doc`` folder -- it's an
+ essential document to have, and has been omitted from this download only
+ because of its 3MB size.
3. To verify that the downloaded files work properly, use the Finder to
display the contents of the ``Inform/Games/MyGame1`` folder: you will see