From: David Griffith Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 01:03:45 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Fix remaining naked uses of \dropcap. X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9f5abf3a7762275e6ae1f1a29c6594994ba07e2c;p=ibg.git Fix remaining naked uses of \dropcap. --- diff --git a/about.rst b/about.rst index 0cbd9d3..160190e 100644 --- a/about.rst +++ b/about.rst @@ -16,19 +16,16 @@ .. image:: /images/picT.png :align: left -.. raw:: latex - - \dropcap{t} - -ext adventures, otherwise known collectively as interactive fiction (IF), -were highly popular computer games during the 1980s. As technology evolved -they faded from the market, unable to compete with increasingly -sophisticated graphical games; however, IF was far from dead. The Internet -grew, and Usenet discussion forums offered a focal point for fans of the -genre. By developing IF programming tools and systems, organising contests -and writing tutorials and reviews, these enthusiasts have led a revival -responsible for many notable works, including some whose quality arguably -surpasses that of the best commercial titles of the 1980s. +|T|\ext adventures, otherwise known collectively as interactive fiction +(IF), were highly popular computer games during the 1980s. As +technology evolved they faded from the market, unable to compete with +increasingly sophisticated graphical games; however, IF was far from +dead. The Internet grew, and Usenet discussion forums offered a focal +point for fans of the genre. By developing IF programming tools and +systems, organising contests and writing tutorials and reviews, these +enthusiasts have led a revival responsible for many notable works, +including some whose quality arguably surpasses that of the best +commercial titles of the 1980s. .. Generated by autoindex .. index:: diff --git a/chapters/15.rst b/chapters/15.rst index c9dea8f..7eb2726 100644 --- a/chapters/15.rst +++ b/chapters/15.rst @@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ Compiling your game .. image:: /images/picA.png :align: left -.. raw:: latex - - \dropcap{a} - -lmost as rarely as an alchemist producing gold from base metal, the +|A|\lmost as rarely as an alchemist producing gold from base metal, the compilation process turns your source file into a story file (though the more usual outcome is a reproachful explanation of why -- *again* -- that hasn't happened). The magic is performed by the compiler program, diff --git a/chapters/16.rst b/chapters/16.rst index 9b02717..25e9945 100644 --- a/chapters/16.rst +++ b/chapters/16.rst @@ -7,16 +7,12 @@ .. image:: /images/picN.png :align: left -.. raw:: latex - - \dropcap{n} - -obody understands the phrase *errare humanum est* quite in the same way -as a programmer does. Computers are highly efficient machines capable of -wondrous calculations, but they lack imagination and insist that every -single item thrown at them must be presented according to certain rules -previously defined. You can't negotiate with a computer; you either bow -in submission or bite the dust. +|N|\obody understands the phrase *errare humanum est* quite in the same +way as a programmer does. Computers are highly efficient machines +capable of wondrous calculations, but they lack imagination and insist +that every single item thrown at them must be presented according to +certain rules previously defined. You can't negotiate with a computer; +you either bow in submission or bite the dust. Inform behaves no differently. If you make a typing or syntax mistake, the compiler will send you back to revise your work. "It was just a diff --git a/chapters/17.rst b/chapters/17.rst index d0f974f..07efb11 100644 --- a/chapters/17.rst +++ b/chapters/17.rst @@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ .. image:: /images/picJ.png :align: left -.. raw:: latex - - \dropcap{j} - -ust a few final words to round things off. All that remains are the +|J|\ust a few final words to round things off. All that remains are the appendices, with terse but comprehensive summaries of the Inform language and its IF library, plus the source code and run-time transcripts of the games we have developed here. Our "labor and sweat" diff --git a/foreword.rst b/foreword.rst index dc048db..5c2ca2a 100644 --- a/foreword.rst +++ b/foreword.rst @@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ .. image:: /images/picI.png :align: left -.. raw:: latex - - \dropcap{i} - -t would, I think, be immodest to compare myself to Charles +|I|\t would, I think, be immodest to compare myself to Charles Bourbaki (1816--97), French hero of the Crimean War and renowned strategist, a man offered nothing less as a reward than the throne of Greece (he declined). It may be in order, though, to say a few words