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 .. epigraph::
 
 
 .. epigraph::
 

-   | *If they asked me, I could write a book;*
-   | *About the way you TALK, and LISTEN; And LOOK.*
+   | |CENTER| *If they asked me, I could write a book;*
+   | |CENTER| *About the way you TALK, and LISTEN; And LOOK.*

 
    -- with apologies to Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
 
 
    -- with apologies to Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
 


@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ 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.
 
 responsible for many notable works, including some whose quality arguably
 surpasses that of the best commercial titles of the 1980s.
 

+.. Generated by autoindex
+.. index::
+   single: TADS
+

 Nowadays, IF is a hobby; almost everything that you need to begin writing
 your own text adventures is available, for free, on the Internet.  While
 expert programmers may relish the considerable challenge of creating
 Nowadays, IF is a hobby; almost everything that you need to begin writing
 your own text adventures is available, for free, on the Internet.  While
 expert programmers may relish the considerable challenge of creating


@@ -58,13 +62,13 @@ Scope and approach
 
 Because this is only an introduction to Inform, many features are treated
 rather superficially, or ignored altogether.  The definitive text is Graham
 
 Because this is only an introduction to Inform, many features are treated
 rather superficially, or ignored altogether.  The definitive text is Graham

-Nelson's Inform *Designer's Manual* (Fourth Edition, July 2001), commonly
-known as the DM4; you cannot hope to use Inform successfully without having
-this splendid book by your side.  Our guide should be seen merely as a
-supplement to the DM4, offering step-by-step descriptions of those aspects
-of Inform which are most important on first acquaintance.  In any matter
-where we seem at odds with what Graham has written, you should assume that
-he is right and that we are, well, confused.
+Nelson's |DM4| (Fourth Edition, July 2001), commonly known as the DM4; you
+cannot hope to use Inform successfully without having this splendid book by
+your side.  Our guide should be seen merely as a supplement to the DM4,
+offering step-by-step descriptions of those aspects of Inform which are
+most important on first acquaintance.  In any matter where we seem at odds
+with what Graham has written, you should assume that he is right and that
+we are, well, confused.

 
 As a tutorial, this guide is intended to be printed out and then read
 sequentially; it isn't meant for online usage or designed as a reference
 
 As a tutorial, this guide is intended to be printed out and then read
 sequentially; it isn't meant for online usage or designed as a reference


@@ -141,11 +145,15 @@ locations:
 *   http://www.inform-fiction.org/
 
     The Inform home page, maintained by Graham Nelson and a small team of
 *   http://www.inform-fiction.org/
 
     The Inform home page, maintained by Graham Nelson and a small team of

-    helpers.  Most important, this is where you can find the *Inform
-    Designer's Manual* in PDF format.
+    helpers.  Most important, this is where you can find the |DM4| in PDF
+    format.

 
 *   http://mirror.ifarchive.org/
 
 
 *   http://mirror.ifarchive.org/
 

+    .. Generated by autoindex
+    .. index::
+       single: IF Archive
+

     The IF Archive (or actually a high-speed mirror copy of it), from which
     you can download almost anything that's free and in the public domain.
     For a clickable map of Inform-related parts of the Archive, see
     The IF Archive (or actually a high-speed mirror copy of it), from which
     you can download almost anything that's free and in the public domain.
     For a clickable map of Inform-related parts of the Archive, see


@@ -170,6 +178,10 @@ locations:
 
 *   :newsgroup:`rec.arts.int-fiction`
 
 
 *   :newsgroup:`rec.arts.int-fiction`
 

+    .. Generated by autoindex
+    .. index::
+       single: RAIF
+

     The Usenet newsgroup for authors of IF, commonly known by the
     abbreviation RAIF.  Here you'll find discussion on IF technology,
     criticism and game design issues, and fast, friendly and knowledgeable
     The Usenet newsgroup for authors of IF, commonly known by the
     abbreviation RAIF.  Here you'll find discussion on IF technology,
     criticism and game design issues, and fast, friendly and knowledgeable


@@ -178,6 +190,10 @@ locations:
 
 *   :newsgroup:`rec.games.int-fiction`
 
 
 *   :newsgroup:`rec.games.int-fiction`
 

+    .. Generated by autoindex
+    .. index::
+       single: RGIF
+

     The complementary newsgroup for IF *players*, often known as RGIF.
 
 .. todo::
     The complementary newsgroup for IF *players*, often known as RGIF.
 
 .. todo::


@@ -222,13 +238,13 @@ for devising it all, thereby giving us the opportunity -- first
 independently and later in enjoyable collaboration -- of using, and
 eventually of presenting, the Inform text adventure development system.
 
 independently and later in enjoyable collaboration -- of using, and
 eventually of presenting, the Inform text adventure development system.
 

-| *Roger Firth*
-| *Wallingford, England*
+| |FILL| *Roger Firth*
+| |FILL| *Wallingford, England*

 
 

-| *Sonja Kesserich*
-| *Madrid, Spain*
+| |FILL| *Sonja Kesserich*
+| |FILL| *Madrid, Spain*

 
 

-| *August 2004*
+| |FILL| *August 2004*

 
 .. rubric:: Footnotes
 
 
 .. rubric:: Footnotes