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From: svanegmo@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Stephen van Egmond)
Subject: Re: Bill of Rights and Inform Newbie
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Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 21:25:14 GMT
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In article <4794dd$aft@cutter.clas.ufl.edu>,
Jeremy Lakatos <jeremy@grove.ufl.edu> wrote:
>If you would like to help me, I would appreciate any of the following,
>listed in order of my preference:
>
>1. A shortened manual based at the beginning programmer, explaining the
>	syntax, giving examples, and telling what has to be in a room, etc
>	(like always remember to have doors work both ways, don't forget to
>	fasten characters to the ground), whatever. If something like
>	this exists I'd be pretty happy.

The manual covers this, adding incrementally.  Beginning with a simple
room, adding doors, etc.  I haven't been able to look at the remainder of 
the manual yet to see what the huge amount of new material is.


>
>2. An ASCII version of the designers' manual.

Someone, somewhere, is doing this.


>
>3. A simple unix program to convert TeX or PS to ASCII.

There are programs to convert from DVI to ASCII, and DVI is the output 
you get after running tex on a .tex file.  Such a program is on Aminet 
sites.  PS to ASCII and TEX to ASCII just aren't gonna happen.


>
>4. Someone who would like to work with me on this, so that I write a script
>	and he programs it for me.

Too busy with school. :/

/Steve

