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< p class = "commentary firstcommentary" > < a id = "SP1" class = "paragraph-anchor" > < / a > Inform is a programming language used for interactive fiction and other creative
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purposes. For user documentation, and downloads of the apps, go to the Inform home page
at: < a href = "http://www.inform7.com" class = "external" > http://www.inform7.com< / a >
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< p class = "commentary" > Most users engage with Inform as an app on their devices: there are apps
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for MacOS, Windows, Linux and Android, but in the centre of each is the same
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core compiler and software. This website is part of the Github repository for
that core, which is written as a "literate program", meaning that it is compiled
both to a "woven", human-readable version as well as a "tangled",
computer-executable version. You are now reading the woven version. For more on
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literate programming, go to the tool used by the Inform project: < a href = "../../inweb/index.html" class = "internal" > inweb< / a >
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< p class = "commentary" > Like all complex software systems, Inform is an assemblage of many individual
programs, images, PDF files, sets of test cases, documentation, and so on.
This page is intended as a jumping-off point for browsing the source code and
technical documentation: it doesn't list every last thing.
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< ul class = "items" > < li > ● At the heart of Inform are the first four links below, making up its main
compiler. See < a href = "structure.html" class = "internal" > structure< / a > for how they fit together.
< / li > < li > ● Several important < a href = "kits.html" class = "internal" > kits< / a > and < a href = "extensions.html" class = "internal" > extensions< / a > used by Inform are also written as
literate programs.
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< p > A stand-alone build manager which is also Stage 1 of the Inform compiler.< / p >
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< p > The core Inform compiler, containing Stages 2 to 5.< / p >
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< p > A stand-alone tool for intermediate-level code, which is also
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< p > A packaging tool for wrapping interactive fiction story files,
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included with the Inform apps.< / p >
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< p > A compiler for a low-level programming language,
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included with the Inform apps.< / p >
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< p > A tool for typesetting the two books about Inform, and their hundreds
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< p > A small tool for formatting the run-time problem displays included
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