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 .. 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.
 
@@ -16,19 +16,20 @@
   .. 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::
+   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
@@ -111,7 +112,11 @@ Inform statement:
 
 as meaning "display on the player's screen the arbitrary character or
 characters which are represented here by the placeholder *string*".
-Examples might include::
+Examples might include:
+
+.. include:: /config/typethis.rst
+
+::
 
   print "Hello world!";
   print "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on
@@ -119,14 +124,7 @@ Examples might include::
 	 the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish
 	 from the earth.";
 
-We place the "TYPE" symbol alongside game fragments which you can type in
-as a part of our working examples.  This differentiates them from other
-code snippets whose only purpose is to illustrate some particular feature.
-
-.. todo::
-
-   The "TYPE" symbol doesn't really work here.  Think of a better way to
-   indicate typed-in fragments.
+.. include:: /config/typeinfo.rst
 
 Useful Internet resources
 =========================
@@ -146,6 +144,10 @@ locations:
 
 *   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
@@ -170,6 +172,10 @@ locations:
 
 *   :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
@@ -178,6 +184,10 @@ locations:
 
 *   :newsgroup:`rec.games.int-fiction`
 
+    .. Generated by autoindex
+    .. index::
+       single: RGIF
+
     The complementary newsgroup for IF *players*, often known as RGIF.
 
 .. todo::
@@ -222,13 +232,13 @@ 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.
 
-| *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