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• inblorb

The packaging stage of the Inform 7 system, which releases a story file in the blorbed format. This is version 4.

• Manual

  • Using Inblorb - How to use this tool, either from the command line or inside the Inform app.

  • The Blurb Language - A specification for the Blurb language, which describes how to package up a work of interactive fiction.

  • Reference Card - The current help information as it would be printed at the command line.

• Chapter 1: Blurbs

  A little infrastructure, but basically, parsing of our instructions.

  • Basics - Some fundamental definitions.

  • Main - To parse command-line arguments, then start the Blurb interpreter, then report back to the user.

  • Blorb Errors - To spool error messages into the HTML report.

  • Blurb Parser - Blurb is an interpreted language, and this is the interpreter for it.

• Chapter 2: Blorbs

  Our primary purpose is to write a blorb file, and all else is a side-show.

  • Blorb Writer - To write the Blorb file, our main output, to disc.

• Chapter 3: Other Material

  Although non-blorb release material is a side-show, it's a divertingly varied one.

  • Releaser - To manage requests to release material other than a Blorb file.

  • Solution Deviser - To make a solution (.sol) file accompanying a release, if requested.

  • Links and Auxiliary Files - To manage links to auxiliary files, and placeholder variables.

  • Placeholders - To manage placeholder variables.

  • Templates - To manage templates for website generation.

  • Website Maker - To accompany a release with a mini-website.

  • Base64 - To produce base64-encoded story files ready for in-browser play by a Javascript-based interpreter such as Parchment.

Together with the following imported module:

• foundation - A library of common code used by all of the Inform tools.