Re: Upgrade of the Manual / Andrew's work


14 Jul 95 16:07:49 BST

In article <DBKpB9.L4v@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, svanegmo@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Stephen Van Egmond) writes:
> Has there been word of an update to the Inform Designer's manual to
> incorporate the 5.5 changes, and the library tweaks before that?
>
> I am about to dive headlong into it, and was wondering if I should hold
> off until a newer version surfaces. Yeah, I could look at the history
> file, but it seems to indicate that considerable chunks of the compiler
> specification have been superseded.
>

It's happening, really it is. The new edition covers Inform 5.5 and
library 5/10, is longer than the old one and has more (and more coherent)
examples, with rather more detailed reference material.

GN