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<h1><a href="index.html">
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</a></h1>
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<ul><li><a href="compiler.html">compiler tools</a></li>
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<li><a href="other.html">other tools</a></li>
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<li><span class="unlink">extensions and kits</span></li>
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<li><a href="units.html">unit test tools</a></li>
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</ul><h2>Extensions</h2><ul>
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<li><a href="basic_inform/index.html">basic_inform</a></li>
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<li><a href="standard_rules/index.html">standard_rules</a></li>
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</ul><h2>Kits</h2><ul>
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<li><a href="BasicInformKit/index.html">BasicInformKit</a></li>
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<li><a href="BasicInformExtrasKit/index.html">BasicInformExtrasKit</a></li>
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<li><a href="CommandParserKit/index.html">CommandParserKit</a></li>
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<li><a href="EnglishLanguageKit/index.html">EnglishLanguageKit</a></li>
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<ul class="crumbs"><li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li><li><b>Extensions and Kits</b></li></ul></div>
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<ul class="toc"><li><a href="S-all.html#SP1">§1. Extensions</a></li><li><a href="S-all.html#SP2">§2. Kits</a></li></ul><hr class="tocbar">
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1"></a><b>§1. Extensions. </b>An "extension" is a supplementary piece of Inform 7 source text. Inform
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programs sometimes explicitly ask for these, with sentences like so:
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<blockquote>
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<p>Include Locksmith by Emily Short.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p class="commentary">Their presence can also be implicitly required by the use of certain kits.
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For example, if <a href="BasicInformKit/index.html" class="internal">BasicInformKit</a> is used (and it always is), then the
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extension Basic Inform by Graham Nelson (<a href="basic_inform/index.html" class="internal">basic_inform</a>) is auto-included.
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Similarly, use of either <a href="WorldModelKit/index.html" class="internal">WorldModelKit</a> or <a href="CommandParserKit/index.html" class="internal">CommandParserKit</a> mandates
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the inclusion of the Standard Rules for interactive fiction (<a href="standard_rules/index.html" class="internal">standard_rules</a>).
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</p>
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<p class="commentary">The Inform GUI apps come with numerous other built-in extensions besides these
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two, but all are smaller and easier to read, and they are not provided as webs.
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See: <a href="https://github.com/ganelson/inform" class="external">https://github.com/ganelson/inform</a>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2"></a><b>§2. Kits. </b>The middle phase of the Inform 7 compiler turns source text into a low-level
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abstract program in a format called inter. The final phase merges this with
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pre-compiled inter libraries called "kits".
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</p>
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<p class="commentary">Every source text needs a kit called <a href="BasicInformKit/index.html" class="internal">BasicInformKit</a>, and a kit associated
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with the natural language it will eventually read or write, such as
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<a href="EnglishLanguageKit/index.html" class="internal">EnglishLanguageKit</a>; but then one of two things can happen:
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<ul class="items"><li>(a) If the user explicitly declares other kits to use, those are used;
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</li><li>(b) Otherwise, <a href="WorldModelKit/index.html" class="internal">WorldModelKit</a> and <a href="CommandParserKit/index.html" class="internal">CommandParserKit</a> are used;
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</li><li>(c) If neither <a href="WorldModelKit/index.html" class="internal">WorldModelKit</a> nor <a href="CommandParserKit/index.html" class="internal">CommandParserKit</a> is used, then
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<a href="BasicInformExtrasKit/index.html" class="internal">BasicInformExtrasKit</a> is used.
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<p class="commentary">In effect, Inform by default assumes it is making an interactive fiction
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of some kind, and must be explicitly told if it's to make a "basic" program
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with no world model or command parser.
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3"></a><b>§3. </b>Each kit is a web. Inter code is highly verbose, very low-level and not at
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all legible, so these webs do not contain textual Inter code: instead, they
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are written in Inform 6 syntax. The <a href="inter/index.html" class="internal">inter</a> tool then converts these to
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binary inter code in a process called "assimilation". This means that to
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create or edit kits, you need to be able to write Inform 6 code, but it's a
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simple C-like language to learn if all you're doing is writing functions.
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