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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: Verbose--no free look in Inform?
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Brad O`Donnell (s7m6@romulus.sun.csd.unb.ca) wrote:
>   I heard that in some of the Later Infocom games, Verbose gave you a
> free look _every_ turn;  (Which I think all games should do..)

Not that I ever saw. And I'm in the habit of playing all games in Verbose.

>   The current inform library only gives you a free look every time you
> enter a room.

That's the normal verbose behavior. The question is what happens when you 
*turn on* verbose mode.

--Z

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