X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=chapters%2F01.rst;h=4aa43f396965105fcc4d30be4bbb6e35ab399f66;hb=00e42bd8b271a01dd1a4a7c6b90c12bf5b52ae76;hp=407c5c66a8b4bdb61dc74f0035a8b67b79c85b00;hpb=990cc1b17d0ec8c6064d061595ff5c710bc191dd;p=ibg.git diff --git a/chapters/01.rst b/chapters/01.rst index 407c5c6..4aa43f3 100644 --- a/chapters/01.rst +++ b/chapters/01.rst @@ -9,16 +9,24 @@ | *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 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