Update to Inform v6.42

[inform.git] / readme.txt

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-This is the Inform compiler. It has been modified slightly to work 
-better when the Inform standard library is in a non-standard 
-location.
+This is the Inform compiler. It has been modified slightly to work
+better when the Inform standard library is in a non-standard
+location and to make it compatible with the GNU FSDG.
 
-Compiling Inform is very easy. Install GCC and then:
+Compiling Inform is very easy. Install GCC and GNU Autoconf and then 
+run: autoreconf --install
 
-gcc *.c -o inform
+After that it's the usual dance of:
+./configure
+make
+make install
 
-Inform 6 is published under the original Inform licence (which is 
+Run ./configure --help to see a list of available options.
+
+Inform 6 is published under the original Inform licence (which is
 proprietary), or under the Artistic License 2.0, at the user's choice.
 
-When getting a copy of the software I selected that my copy would be 
+When getting a copy of the software I selected that my copy would be
 under the Artistic License 2.0.
 
-Once I had a copy of the software under that license I invoked the 
-Artistic License's "relicensing" clause in Section 4(c)(ii) to 
-relicense under the GNU General Public License. This copy of Inform is 
+Once I had a copy of the software under that license I invoked the
+Artistic License's "relicensing" clause in Section 4(c)(ii) to
+relicense under the GNU General Public License. This copy of Inform is
 now licensed in that way.
 
-Based on 
-https://web.archive.org/web/20160326074115/http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_2_0_notes 
-from the Perl Software Foundation, who wrote both the Artistic License 
+Based on
+https://web.archive.org/web/20160326074115/http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_2_0_notes
+from the Perl Software Foundation, who wrote both the Artistic License
 1.0 and 2.0, the GPL qualifies under 4(c)(ii).
 
 --
 This file is part of Inform.
- 
-Inform is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the 
-Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your 
+
+Inform is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
 option) any later version.
 
-Inform is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
-ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or 
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License 
+Inform is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
 for more details.
 
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with Inform. If not, see https://gnu.org/licenses/