Re: [Tads3] Eric Eve's Getting Started guide

[BrenBarn@xxxxxxx]

Eric Eve wrote:
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1)    My impression from looking at r.a.i-f is that the most commonly used IF
language is currently Inform, yet, so far as I am aware, the DM4 and IBG
exist only in DPF (or printed format) and not as HTML; certainly I found
them perfectly usable in PDF, so I wonder how much demand for an HTML
version of my guide there'd really be.
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       The DM4 was in fact converted to HTML by David Welbourn.  From hearing him ask various questions and mutter various things on ifMUD while he was converting it, I get the impression it was quite an ordeal.  So, I suppose that's another reason not to convert it to HTML.

       Personally I think PDF is okay, especially for things like the Getting Started Guide that are designed to be read through rather than used as a reference.  I rather prefer HTML, though, and I definitely find PDF an annoying format for reference works.

--OKB