Inform release 5Z71

Release date: 2009-04-18 12:00:00

Description of this release

Build 5Z71 uses around a third as much memory as 5U92, does much less file-handling, is a little faster, and can handle projects unlimited in size. Dimensional checking becomes much more flexible, allowing Inform authors to model the world with quantitative physics, and a new built-in extension, "Metric Units by Graham Nelson", defines all the kinds of value needed. Equations, imitating those in books and papers, are added to the language. The release mechanism is also rewritten, allowing much better CSS-friendly websites to be produced by the Release button. The Recipe Book is expanded and rewritten in its coverage of actions and commands. Lastly but most visibly, the Index is redesigned and the Problem messages relaid to incorporate links to relevant documentation. All 132 issues arising from bug reports since build 5U92 are closed out.

The change log can be browsed here.

I7_5Z71_OSX.dmg

Inform for Mac OS X
	Universal Binary for Macs running Tiger 10.4.3 or later, including Leopard 10.5. (Panther 10.3.9 is unsupported, but may work.) Your browser may automatically mount the image once downloaded: if not, double-click the .dmg file by hand. Either way, you should see a Finder window open showing a virtual disk. This contains the Inform application Inform.app. Simply drag this to the computer’s Applications folder, or wherever else you like. To uninstall: Drag the application to the trash.

I7_5Z71_Windows.exe

PC running Windows 95 or later
	Click the link to download I7_5U92_Windows.exe (about 6 MB), and save it to your hard drive. Double click on the downloaded file to start installation. For most users the default install parameters are what is required, so just keep clicking "Next" until the install has completed. An entry for "Inform 7" will appear in the Start Menu, from which Inform can be run. (For Windows 95 and 98, Internet Explorer 5.0 or later must also be installed.) To uninstall: Go to "Add or Remove Programs" in the Control Panel, select "Inform 7" and click on "Remove".

I7_5Z71_Linux_all.tar.gz

Command line Inform built for Linux on x86_64, i386, ppc, armv5tel, s390, and s390x architectures
	CLI Inform for Linux is supplied as a gzipped tar. Once this is opened, installation instructions can be found in the file INSTALL, and operational instructions in README or the manual page installed by the Inform installer. This is an assembly of a command-line interface written in Perl together with independent command-line tools.

I7_5Z71_Linux_i386.tar.gz

Command line Inform built for Linux on i386 architecture
	CLI Inform for Linux is supplied as a gzipped tar. Once this is opened, installation instructions can be found in the file INSTALL, and operational instructions in README or the manual page installed by the Inform installer. This is an assembly of a command-line interface written in Perl together with independent command-line tools.

I7_5Z71_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz

Command line Inform built for Linux on x86_64 architecture
	CLI Inform for Linux is supplied as a gzipped tar. Once this is opened, installation instructions can be found in the file INSTALL, and operational instructions in README or the manual page installed by the Inform installer. This is an assembly of a command-line interface written in Perl together with independent command-line tools.

I7_5Z71_Linux_xo.tar.gz

Command line Inform built for the XO laptop
	CLI Inform for XO is supplied as a gzipped tar. Once this is opened, installation instructions can be found in the file INSTALL, and operational instructions in README or the manual page installed by the Inform installer. This is an assembly of a command-line interface written in Python together with independent command-line tools.

gnome-inform7-5Z71-1.fc10.i386.rpm

Inform for GNOME on Linux, packaged for Fedora 10
	(This is a .rpm archive.) Double-click on the downloaded file. You will be asked whether you want to install the file; click "Install" to proceed and enter your administrator password. If you get a message titled "Missing security signature", then click "Force Install" and enter your administrator password again. An entry for "GNOME Inform 7" will appear under "Programming" in the "Applications" menu. To uninstall: Go to "Add/Remove Software" in the "System/Administration" menu and type "gnome-inform7" in the "Find" box. Click "Find", then uncheck the check box in front of the package. Click "Apply" and type in your administrator password to uninstall it.

gnome-inform7-5Z71-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz

Inform for GNOME on Linux, packaged for Arch Linux
	(This is an Arch Linux package.) To install this package, open a terminal, change to the parent directory of the package and type "su -c 'pacman -U gnome-inform7-5Z71-2-i686.pkg.tar.gz'". To uninstall: Open a terminal and type "su -c pacman -Rs gnome-inform7".

gnome-inform7-5Z71-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

Inform for GNOME on Linux, packaged for Arch Linux (64-bit version)
	(This is an Arch Linux package.) To install this package, open a terminal, change to the parent directory of the package and type "su -c 'pacman -U gnome-inform7-5Z71-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz'". To uninstall: Open a terminal and type "su -c pacman -Rs gnome-inform7".

gnome-inform7_5Z71-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

Inform for GNOME on Linux, packaged for Ubuntu 8.10 (64-bit version)
	(This is a .deb archive.) Double-click on the downloaded file to start installation. Click "Install Package" and enter your password. An entry for "GNOME Inform 7" will appear under "Programming" in the "Applications" menu after you have restarted your computer. To uninstall: Go to "Synaptic Package Manager" under "Administration" in the "System" menu, find "gnome-inform7" in the list, right-click on it, and select "Mark for complete removal". Then click "Apply".

gnome-inform7_5Z71-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

Inform for GNOME on Linux, packaged for Ubuntu 10.04
	(This is a .deb archive.) Double-click on the downloaded file to start installation. Click "Install Package" and enter your password. An entry for "GNOME Inform 7" will appear under "Programming" in the "Applications" menu after you have restarted your computer. To uninstall: Go to "Synaptic Package Manager" under "Administration" in the "System" menu, find "gnome-inform7" in the list, right-click on it, and select "Mark for complete removal". Then click "Apply".

gnome-inform7_5Z71-0ubuntu2_i386.deb

Inform for GNOME on Linux, packaged for Ubuntu 9.04
	(This is a .deb archive.) Double-click on the downloaded file to start installation. Click "Install Package" and enter your password. An entry for "GNOME Inform 7" will appear under "Programming" in the "Applications" menu after you have restarted your computer. To uninstall: Go to "Synaptic Package Manager" under "Administration" in the "System" menu, find "gnome-inform7" in the list, right-click on it, and select "Mark for complete removal". Then click "Apply".

gnome-inform7_5Z71-1_amd64.deb

Inform for GNOME on Linux, packaged for Debian Sid (AMD64)
	(This is a .deb archive.) Type in a console "dpkg -i gnome-inform7_5Z71-1_amd64.deb" as root to install GNOME Inform 7 on your system. An entry for "GNOME Inform 7" will appear under "Programming" in the "Applications" menu. To uninstall: Go to "Synaptic Package Manager" under "Administration" in the "System" menu, find "gnome-inform7" in the list, right-click on it, and select "Mark for complete removal". Then click "Apply".

gnome-inform7_5Z71-1_i386.deb

Inform for GNOME on Linux, packaged for Debian Sid
	(This is a .deb archive.) Type in a console "dpkg -i gnome-inform7_5Z71-1_i386.deb" as root to install GNOME Inform 7 on your system. An entry for "GNOME Inform 7" will appear under "Programming" in the "Applications" menu. To uninstall: Go to "Synaptic Package Manager" under "Administration" in the "System" menu, find "gnome-inform7" in the list, right-click on it, and select "Mark for complete removal". Then click "Apply".

gnome-inform7_5Z71-1_powerpc.deb

Inform for GNOME on Linux, packaged for Debian Sid (PPC)
	(This is a .deb archive.) To install this package, open a terminal, change to the parent directory of the package and type "dpkg -i gnome-inform7_5Z71-1_powerpc.deb" as root to install GNOME Inform 7 on your system. An entry for "GNOME Inform 7" will appear under "Programming" in the "Applications" menu. To uninstall: Go to "Synaptic Package Manager" under "Administration" in the "System" menu, find "gnome-inform7" in the list, right-click on it, and select "Mark for complete removal". Then click "Apply".