PC/Win32 Inform 6.21 (30th April 1999)

This program is a compiler of Infocom format (also called "Z-machine")
story files: copyright (c) Graham Nelson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. 

Usage: "inform [commands...] <file1> [<file2>]"

<file1> is the Inform source file of the game to be compiled. <file2>,
if given, overrides the filename Inform would normally use for the
compiled output.  Try "inform -h1" for file-naming conventions.

One or more words can be supplied as "commands". These may be:

  -switches     a list of compiler switches, 1 or 2 letter
                (see "inform -h2" for the full range)

  +dir          set Include_Path to this directory
  +PATH=dir     change the PATH to this directory

  $...          one of the following memory commands:
     $list            list current memory allocation settings
     $huge            make standard "huge game" settings (default)
     $large           make standard "large game" settings
     $small           make standard "small game" settings
     $?SETTING        explain briefly what SETTING is for
     $SETTING=number  change SETTING to given number

  (filename)    read in a list of commands (in the format above)
                from this "setup file"

For example: "inform -dexs $huge curses".

For fuller information, see the Inform Designer's Manual.

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PC/Win32 Inform 6.21 (30th April 1999)

This program is a compiler of Infocom format (also called "Z-machine")
story files: copyright (c) Graham Nelson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. 

Help information on filenames:

The command line can take one of two forms:

  inform [commands...] <file1>
  inform [commands...] <file1> <file2>

Inform translates <file1> into a source file name (see below) for its input.
<file2> is usually omitted: if so, the output filename is made from <file1>
by cutting out the name part and translating that (see below).
If <file2> is given, however, the output filename is set to just <file2>
(not altered in any way).

Filenames given in the game source (with commands like Include "name" and
Link "name") are also translated by the rules below.

Rules of translation:

Inform translates plain filenames (such as "xyzzy") into full pathnames
(such as "adventure\games\xyzzy") according to the following rules.

1. If the name contains a '\' character (so it's already a pathname), it
   isn't changed.

   [Exception: when the name is given in an Include command using the >
   form (such as Include ">prologue"), the ">" is replaced by the path
   of the file doing the inclusion and a suitable file extension is added.]

   Filenames must never contain double-quotation marks ".  To use filenames
   which contain spaces, write them in double-quotes: for instance,

   "inform +code_path="Jigsaw Final Version" jigsaw".

2. The file is looked for at a particular "path" (the filename of a
   directory), depending on what kind of file it is.

       File type              Name                Current setting

       Source code (in)       source_path         (unset)
       Include file (in)      include_path        (unset)
       Story file (out)       code_path           (unset)
       Temporary file (out)   temporary_path      (unset)
       ICL command file (in)  icl_path            (unset)
       Module (in & out)      module_path         (unset)

   If the path is unset, then the current working directory is used (so
   the filename doesn't change): if, for instance, include_path is set to
   "backup\oldlib" then when "parser" is included it is looked for at
   "backup\oldlib\parser".

   The paths can be set or unset on the Inform command line by, eg,
   "inform +code_path=finished jigsaw" or
   "inform +include_path= balances" (which unsets include_path).

   The four input path variables can be set to lists of alternative paths
   separated by ',' characters: these alternatives are always tried in
   the order they are specified in, that is, left to right through the text
   in the path variable.
   (Modules are written to the first alternative in the module_path list;
   it is an error to give alternatives at all for purely output paths.)

3. The following file extensions are added:

      Source code:     .inf
      Include files:   .h
      Story files:     .z3 (Version 3), .z4 (v4), .z5 (v5, the default),
                       .z6 (v6), .z7 (v7), .z8 (v8)
      Temporary files: .tmp
      Modules:         .m5

   except that any extension you give (on the command line or in a filename
   used in a program) will override these.  If you give the null extension
   "." then Inform uses no file extension at all (removing the ".").

Names of three individual files can also be set using the same
  + command notation (though they aren't really pathnames).  These are:

      transcript_name  (text written by -r switch): now "gametext.txt"
      debugging_name   (data written by -k switch): now "gameinfo.dbg"
      language_name    (library file defining natural language of game):
                       now "English"

Examples: 1. "inform rezrov"
  the source code is read from "rezrov.inf"
  and a story file is compiled to "rezrov.z5".

2. "inform -M frotz"
  the source code is read from "frotz.inf"
  and a module is compiled to "frotz.m5".

3. "inform demos\plugh"
  the source code is read from "demos\plugh.inf"
  and a story file is compiled to "plugh.z5".

4. "inform plover my_demo"
  the source code is read from "plover.inf"
  and a story file is compiled to "my_demo".

5. "inform +source_path=,new,old\recent,old\ancient zooge"
   Note that four alternative paths are given, the first being the empty
   path-name (meaning: where you are now).  Inform looks for the source code
   by trying these four places in turn, stopping when it finds anything:

     "zooge.inf"
     "new\zooge.inf"
     "old\recent\zooge.inf"
     "old\ancient\zooge.inf"

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PC/Win32 Inform 6.21 (30th April 1999)

This program is a compiler of Infocom format (also called "Z-machine")
story files: copyright (c) Graham Nelson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. 

Help on the full list of legal switch commands:

  a   trace assembly-language (without hex dumps; see -t)
  c   more concise error messages
  d   contract double spaces after full stops in text
  d2  contract double spaces after exclamation and question marks, too
  e   economy mode (slower): make use of declared abbreviations
  f   frequencies mode: show how useful abbreviations are
  g   traces calls to functions (except in the library)
  g2  traces calls to all functions
  h   print this information
  i   ignore default switches set within the file
  j   list objects as constructed
  k   output Infix debugging information to "gameinfo.dbg" (and switch -D on)
  l   list every statement run through Inform
  m   say how much memory has been allocated
  n   print numbers of properties, attributes and actions
  o   print offset addresses
  p   give percentage breakdown of story file
  q   keep quiet about obsolete usages
  r   record all the text to "gametext.txt"
  s   give statistics
  t   trace assembly-language (with full hex dumps; see -a)
  u   work out most useful abbreviations (very very slowly)
  v3  compile to version-3 ("Standard") story file
  v4  compile to version-4 ("Plus") story file
  v5  compile to version-5 ("Advanced") story file: the default
  v6  compile to version-6 (graphical) story file
  v8  compile to version-8 (expanded "Advanced") story file
  w   disable warning messages
  x   print # for every 100 lines compiled
  y   trace linking system
  z   print memory map of the Z-machine

  C0  text character set is plain ASCII only
  Cn  text character set is ISO 8859-n (n = 1 to 9)
      (1 to 4, Latin1 to Latin4; 5, Cyrillic; 6, Arabic;
       7, Greek; 8, Hebrew; 9, Latin5.  Default is -C1.)
  D   insert "Constant DEBUG;" automatically
  E0  Archimedes-style error messages
  E1  Microsoft-style error messages (current setting)
  E2  Macintosh MPW-style error messages
  F1  use temporary files to reduce memory consumption
  M   compile as a Module for future linking
  S   compile strict error-checking at run-time (on by default)
  U   insert "Constant USE_MODULES;" automatically
  X   compile with INFIX debugging facilities present

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