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.Dd May 21, 2020
.Dt I6 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm i6
.Nd Inform 6 programming language
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar game.inf
.Nm
.Op Fl 5
.Ar game.inf
.Nm
.Op Fl h
.Pp
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Inform is a design system for interactive fiction, created in 1993.

Interactive fiction is a literary form which involves programming a
computer so that it presents a reader with a text which can be explored.
Inform aims to make the burden of learning to program such texts as
light as possible.  It is a tool for writers intrigued by computing, and
computer programmers intrigued by writing.  Perhaps these are not so
very different pursuits, in their rewards and pleasures:

    The sheer joy of making things... the fascination of fashioning
    complex puzzle-like objects of interlocking moving parts and
    watching them work in subtle cycles... the delight of working in
    such a tractable medium. The programmer, like the poet, works only
    slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in
    the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination.
    (Frederick P. Brooks, "The Mythical Man-Month", 1972)

i6 is the Metrocenter '84 wrapper tool for the Inform 6 compiler.
Don't use compilers prior to 6.34. Additional Atari XL/XE disk images 
are created alongside your Z-code files.

More resources:
http://www.inform-fiction.org
https://github.com/DavidKinder/Inform6
http://www.brasslantern.org
http://www.ifarchive.org
https://ifdb.tads.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction
.Sh OPTIONS
The following command line arguments are supported:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl 5
create Z-code V5 release (no Atari 8-bit output).
.It Fl h
show usage.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.nf
$ i6 game.inf

which compiles your source file into a Z-code v3 release. It also
creates an Atari XL/XE MD disk image ready to be played.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /usr/share"
.It Pa /usr/bin/i6
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr frotz(6),
.Xr fizmo-ncursesw(6)
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Graham Nelson <graham@gnelson.demon.co.uk> -- language and compiler
.An Andy Kosela <akosela@andykosela.com> -- i6 tool and packaging
.An Stefan Vogt <stefan@8-bit.info> -- i6 adaption for Metrocenter '84
.Sh THANKS TO
Will Crowther and Don Woods for creating the original Adventure, Infocom
for the Z-machine standard and memorable titles like Zork, Graham Nelson
for designing this beautiful engine for creating worlds in text, Andrew 
Plotkin for making the current compiler (6.34 or newer) work again with 
Z-code v3 targets.

rec.arts.int-fiction and rec.games.int-fiction community of IF authors
and enthusiasts.