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From: kjfair@midway.uchicago.edu (Kenneth Fair)
Subject: Re: [Inform] Newbie asking easy questions
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In article <yxsivewrphv.fsf@stint.cl.cam.ac.uk>, gdr11@cl.cam.ac.uk
(Gareth Rees) wrote:

>Kenneth Fair <kjfair@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> "Describe", as far as I understand it, lets you override the initial
>> and description properties and come up with a generic routine that
>> traps both <Look> and <Examine> actions.
>
>This is not true.  The `describe' property is used for printing the long
>description of a room, or the description of an object on the floor in a
>room description.  Nothing to do with <Examine>.

Aaahh, okay.  I haven't played around with it yet.


>> See the "Magic Toyshop" sample code for how to write on a blackboard.
>
>You mean "Toyshop", not "Magic Toyshop".
><ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform/examples/toyshop.inf>.

Oops, sorry.  That's what I meant.

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