your source code. It is not unusual to find other suggestions and
warnings.
-To help us out of the disambiguation problem with the word TOILET, we
-are going to use Neil Cerutti's extension ``pname.h``, which is designed
-for situations precisely like this. First, we follow the link to the IF
-archive and download the compressed file ``pname.zip``, which contains
-two more files: ``pname.h`` and ``pname.txt``. We place these files in
-the folder where we are currently developing our game or, if using the
-environment we proposed in "Tools of the trade" on page 17, in the
-``Inform\Lib\Contrib`` folder. The text file offers instructions about
-installation and usage. Here we find a warning:
+To help us out of the disambiguation problem with the word TOILET, we are
+going to use Neil Cerutti's extension ``pname.h``, which is designed for
+situations precisely like this. First, we follow the link to the IF archive
+and download the compressed file ``pname.zip``, which contains two more
+files: ``pname.h`` and ``pname.txt``. We place these files in the folder
+where we are currently developing our game or, if using the environment we
+proposed in :doc:`02`, in the ``Inform\Lib\Contrib`` folder. The text file
+offers instructions about installation and usage. Here we find a warning:
This version of pname.h is recommended for use only with version 6/10
of the Inform Library.
if (noun == clothes) { whatever };
!...
-We won't let players give away their clothes or their costume (yes, an
-improbable action, but you never know). The toilet key and the coin are
-successfully transferred. The property ``key_not_returned`` will be set
-to true when we receive the toilet key from Benny (we have not coded
-that bit yet), and now, when we give it back, it's reset to ``false``.
-The ``move`` statement is in charge of the actual transfer of the object
-from the player's inventory to Benny, and we finally display a
-confirmation message. With the coin, we find a new statement:
-``remove``. This extracts the object from the object tree, so that it
-now has no parent. The effect is to make it disappear from the game
-(though you are not destroying the object permanently -- and indeed you
-could return it to the object tree using the ``move`` statement); as far
-as the player is concerned, there isn’t a COIN to be found anywhere. The
-``coffee_not_paid`` property will be set to true when Benny serves us
-the cup of coffee (again, we’ll see that in a moment); now we reset it
-to ``false``, which liberates the player from debt. This culminates with
-the ``"..."`` print-and-return statement, telling the player that the
-action was successful. In passing, remember that in "A homely
-atmosphere" on page 131 we defined the counter such that PUT KEY ON
+We won't let players give away their clothes or their costume (yes, an
+improbable action, but you never know). The toilet key and the coin are
+successfully transferred. The property ``key_not_returned`` will be set to
+true when we receive the toilet key from Benny (we have not coded that bit
+yet), and now, when we give it back, it's reset to ``false``. The ``move``
+statement is in charge of the actual transfer of the object from the
+player's inventory to Benny, and we finally display a confirmation
+message. With the coin, we find a new statement: ``remove``. This extracts
+the object from the object tree, so that it now has no parent. The effect
+is to make it disappear from the game (though you are not destroying the
+object permanently -- and indeed you could return it to the object tree
+using the ``move`` statement); as far as the player is concerned, there
+isn’t a COIN to be found anywhere. The ``coffee_not_paid`` property will be
+set to true when Benny serves us the cup of coffee (again, we’ll see that
+in a moment); now we reset it to ``false``, which liberates the player from
+debt. This culminates with the ``"..."`` print-and-return statement,
+telling the player that the action was successful. In passing, remember
+that in :ref:`homely-atmos` we defined the counter such that PUT KEY ON
COUNTER is automatically translated into GIVE KEY TO BENNY .
Why move the key to Benny but remove the coin instead? Once players
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