-Inform Beginner's Guide, 4th Edition
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+Inform Beginner's Guide
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Introduction
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-This repository contains the sources for the 4th edition of the
+This repository contains the sources for the
[Inform Beginner's Guide](http://www.firthworks.com/roger/IBG.html),
-henceforth known as the IBG. The new edition will be in a new source
-format that's more contributor-friendly (see below). It's a
-work-in-progress; see the [issue tracker](https://github.com/i6/ibg/issues)
-for how it's going.
+henceforth known as the IBG. This version is in a new source format that's
+more contributor-friendly (see below). It's a work-in-progress; see the
+[issue tracker](https://github.com/i6/ibg/issues) for how it's going.
-The rationale for this 4th edition is:
+Initially it will be a straight conversion of the 3rd edition. After that,
+the 4th edition will be prepared. The rationale for a 4th edition is:
* There have been quite a few updates to Inform and its support libraries
in the time since 2004, when the 3rd edition was published.
(major) part of the work:
* Dump the text out of the PDF file
-* Convert all the text to Sphinx format
+* Convert all the 3rd edition text to Sphinx format
* Get the online version to look good
After that comes the 4th edition changes, hopefully in collaboration with