Re: Forms in INFORM


6 Nov 1995 14:39:22 GMT

John Menichelli (menichel@pixi.com) wrote:

> Can someone give me general guidelines for implementing a "Bureaucracy"
> style form using Inform?
>
> Thanks in advance.

I've already replied once by mail, but figured that now when the
newsreader here at school once again allows me to post (does the
phrase "no space left on device" strike terror in your hearts?),
and since I made some very minor modifications since that reply,
I figured I should answer here, as well.

The problem seemed like so much fun I sat down trying to implement
an outline for a "form" class, which I uploaded - it was rather too
long to post - to ftp.gmd.de, where it has already been moved to
/if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform/examples/form.inf.

Although it does say "Release 2", the only thing that has really
changed since Release 1 is that I corrected some spelling- and
factual errors in the comments, and - embarrassingly - added an
"end" statement to the end of the file.

Since there are still a number of things I'm uncertain of in
Inform, I'd be quite interested in suggestions for how the form
class could be improved. (A more interesting example of how to use
it wouldn't hurt either, of course -- the current one is pretty
dull. :-)

Enough rambling for now ...

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Torbjorn Andersson