X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=chapters%2F01.rst;h=4d0d20d0b9fc75ed76e16f8cf322609bf53e6ae3;hb=f68b82bdb2f596bfa811693302a8980ae46dff14;hp=cfbc00a951a568952dd6aaeb9e60a769154b1859;hpb=ba19fe8c61aa6d36a3c691f286bc5bfeaeb2625b;p=ibg.git diff --git a/chapters/01.rst b/chapters/01.rst index cfbc00a..4d0d20d 100644 --- a/chapters/01.rst +++ b/chapters/01.rst @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +.. raw:: latex + + \newpage + =================================== Just what is interactive fiction? =================================== @@ -9,17 +13,25 @@ | *A was an archer, who shot at a frog;* | *B was a butcher, who had a great dog.* -Before we start learning to use the Inform system, it's probably sensible +.. only:: html + + .. image:: /images/picB.png + :align: left + +.. raw:: latex + + \dropcap{b} + +efore we start learning to use the Inform system, it's probably sensible to consider briefly how IF, which has many narrative elements, differs from regular storytelling. Before we do *that*, though, let's look at an example of a familiar folk tale. - "There was once a man called Wilhelm Tell, from high in the Swiss - Alps near the town of Altdorf. A hunter and a guide, a proud - mountaineer, he lived by his skills Swiss Alps near the town - Altdorf. A hunter and a guide, proud mountaineer, in tracking and - archery. It happened one day that Wilhelm visited the town to buy - provisions, and he took his son Walter with him. + "There was once a man called Wilhelm Tell, from high in the Swiss Alps + near the town of Altdorf. A hunter and a guide, a proud mountaineer, + he lived by his skills in tracking and archery. It happened one day + that Wilhelm visited the town to buy provisions, and he took his son + Walter with him. The region was at the time governed by Hermann Gessler (a vain and petty man appointed as vogt by the Austrian emperor), who attempted a