X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=chapters%2F02.rst;h=ee0b5b20081f17e5f5b2c4a657e4c45a88589813;hb=d102cdffefa7d68901d9f6e7d564656270bd0280;hp=800190c1310e4cdd9701f17d011ea974edd839b3;hpb=78cb9e8b269e9d3aeddd213190abdafacf4fc74e;p=ibg.git diff --git a/chapters/02.rst b/chapters/02.rst index 800190c..ee0b5b2 100644 --- a/chapters/02.rst +++ b/chapters/02.rst @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ You will never need to look at it in the form produced by the compiler:: 0000000000000000000000000000168F000000000000010200000000362E3231 ... -but, as you'll notice from the full transcript in "William Tell" story on -page 219, the player will see the following:: +but, as you'll notice from the full transcript in :doc:`/appendices/c`, the +player will see the following:: The place: Altdorf, in the Swiss canton of Uri. The year is 1307, at which time Switzerland is under rule by the Emperor Albert of @@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ no fancy formatting features, no bold or italics or font control, no embedded graphics; it simply enables you to type lines of text, which is exactly what's needed to create an IF game. -If you look at the game source on the previous page, or in the "William -Tell" story on page 219, you'll notice ``Include "Parser";`` and ``Include +If you look at the game source on the previous page, or in +:doc:`/appendices/c`, you'll notice ``Include "Parser";`` and ``Include "VerbLib";`` a few lines down from the top of the file. These are instructions to the Inform compiler to "include" -- that is, to merge in the contents -- of files called ``Parser.h`` and ``VerbLib.h``. These are @@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ for the "Software" section. However, if you're using a PC or a Mac, you'll find it easier to download a complete package containing everything that you need to get started. +.. _inform-windows: + Inform on an IBM PC (running Microsoft Windows) =============================================== @@ -350,6 +352,8 @@ the file -- and it compiles there and then. You can also run the interpreter with similar ease. The convenience of doing this far outweighs the small amount of time needed to obtain and configure TextPad. +.. _inform-apple: + Inform on an Apple Macintosh (running OS X) =========================================== @@ -724,7 +728,7 @@ write a Z-code file. *Do not worry about this*: the rules are easy to learn, but just as easy to break, and all Inform designers inadvertently do so on a regular basis. There's some additional information about dealing with these mistakes, and about controlling how the compiler behaves, in -"Compiling your game" on page 189. +:doc:`15`. .. rubric:: More about the interpreter