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From: mcneely@korg16.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Alan.McNeely)
Subject: Tads 2.0 Mac: How to Compile?
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Date: Wed, 09 Dec 92 19:55:06 GMT
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I have what I hope is a dumb question because I'm quite perplexed.

I've just purchased TADS 2.0,  read the first couple of chapters,  and
then tried to fire up the compiler to test out the little two-room
adventure described in the first chapter.  This is on a Macintosh.  The
manual doesn't give any specific Mac info about how to do this,  but
says,  essentially,  that it should be straightfoward based on the "generic"
instructions that are given.

So I double-click on the compiler,  select the name of my source file in
the first field,  decide to leave the defaults for everything else,  and
then...

...WHAT?

I look around for a "COMPILE" or "OK" or "GO" button and see nothing.  I
look through the menus and don't see any COMPILE command.  I try pressing
RETURN and it just hangs around in the "cache" field.  How do I make it
actually do the compile?

One thing that makes me nervous is that I can't see the bottom of the window
(and can't get to it) on my "standard" B&W Mac Screen.  I assume that
there's nothing below the "Cache Size" field that I'm missing,  right?  In
other words,  certainly a standard-size monitor is supported,  right?

If the answer is RTFM,  please give a page number.  I can't find any Mac
specific instructions.

Thanks in advance,

Alan McNeely
mcneely@bigb.columbiasc.ncr.com

