Build 5Z71
Graham Nelson
Inform 7 PDF
(450pp, 1024KB)
The core compiler in a natural-language design system for interactive fiction.
Artistic License 2.0
Appendix B: The Template Layer (450pp, 1024KB) |
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| The template organises the I6 code generated by Inform, fleshes it out with a large amount of standard material (similar to the content of the traditional I6 library, which I7 doesn't use), and also controls the sequence of operations followed during compilation. | ||
Introduction.i6t (B/introt: 5pp, 81KB) |
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A short introduction to the template and its organisation. |
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Main.i6t (B/maint: 5pp, 67KB) |
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The top-level logic of NI: the sequence of operations followed by NI up to the point where the output file is opened, resuming after it is closed again. |
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Types.i6t (B/typet: 14pp, 73KB) |
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To set up the atomic kinds of value (the base data types, in other words) within NI. |
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Output.i6t (B/outt: 12pp, 103KB) |
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This is the superstructure of the file of I6 code output by NI: from ICL commands at the top down to the signing-off comments at the bottom. |
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Definitions.i6t (B/defnt: 14pp, 118KB) |
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Miscellaneous constant definitions, usually providing symbolic names for otherwise inscrutable numbers, which are used throughout the template layer. |
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OrderOfPlay.i6t (B/ordt: 11pp, 111KB) |
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The sequence of events in play: the Main routine which runs the startup rulebook, the turn sequence rulebook and the shutdown rulebook; and most of the I6 definitions of primitive rules in those rulebooks. |
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Actions.i6t (B/actt: 14pp, 96KB) |
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To try actions by people in the model world, processing the necessary rulebooks. |
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Activities.i6t (B/acvt: 3pp, 58KB) |
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To run the necessary rulebooks to carry out an activity. |
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Rulebooks.i6t (B/rbt: 8pp, 88KB) |
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To work through the rules in a rulebook until a decision is made. |
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Parser.i6t (B/parst: 68pp, 210KB) |
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The parser for turning the text of the typed command into a proposed action by the player. |
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ListWriter.i6t (B/lwt: 15pp, 117KB) |
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A flexible object-lister taking care of plurals, inventory information, various formats and so on. |
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OutOfWorld.i6t (B/oowt: 3pp, 53KB) |
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To implement some of the out of world actions. |
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WorldModel.i6t (B/wmt: 12pp, 94KB) |
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Testing and changing the fundamental spatial relations. |
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Light.i6t (B/light: 7pp, 76KB) |
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The determination of light, visibility and physical access. |
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Tests.i6t (B/testt: 9pp, 73KB) |
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The command grammar and I6 implementation for testing commands such as TEST, ACTIONS and PURLOIN. |
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Language.i6t (B/langt: 18pp, 89KB) |
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The fundamental definitions needed by the parser and the verb library in order to specify the language of play -- that is, the language used for communications between the story file and the player. |
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MStack.i6t (B/stackt: 5pp, 72KB) |
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To allocate space on the memory stack for frames of variables to be used by rulebooks, activities and actions. |
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Chronology.i6t (B/chrt: 5pp, 76KB) |
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To record information now which will be needed later, when a condition phrased in the perfect tense is tested. |
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Printing.i6t (B/print: 13pp, 101KB) |
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To manage the line skips which space paragraphs out, and to handle the printing of names of objects, pieces of text and numbers. |
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RTP.i6t (B/rtpt: 8pp, 80KB) |
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To issue run-time problem messages, and to perform some run-time type checking which may issue such messages. |
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Utilities.i6t (B/utilt: 3pp, 71KB) |
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Miscellaneous utility routines for some fundamental I6 needs. |
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Number.i6t (B/numt: 2pp, 51KB) |
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Support for parsing integers. |
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Time.i6t (B/timet: 5pp, 69KB) |
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Support for parsing and printing times of day. |
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Tables.i6t (B/tabt: 16pp, 104KB) |
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To read, write, search and allocate rows in the Table data structure. |
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Sort.i6t (B/sortt: 4pp, 67KB) |
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To sort arrays. |
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Relations.i6t (B/relt: 17pp, 124KB) |
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To manage run-time storage for relations between objects, and to find routes through relations and the map. |
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Figures.i6t (B/figst: 1pp, 47KB) |
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To display figures and play sound effects. |
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IndexedText.i6t (B/inxt: 16pp, 96KB) |
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Code to support the indexed text kind of value. |
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RegExp.i6t (B/regxt: 32pp, 126KB) |
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Code to match and replace on regular expressions against indexed text strings. |
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Char.i6t (B/chart: 3pp, 52KB) |
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To decide whether letters are upper or lower case, and convert between the two. |
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UnicodeData.i6t (B/unict: 3pp, 56KB) |
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To tabulate casings in the character set. |
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StoredAction.i6t (B/stact: 6pp, 74KB) |
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Code to support the stored action kind of value. |
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Lists.i6t (B/listt: 14pp, 97KB) |
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Code to support the list of... kind of value constructor. |
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BlockValues.i6t (B/blkvt: 6pp, 81KB) |
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Routines for copying, comparing, creating and destroying block values, and for reading and writing them as if they were arrays. |
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Flex.i6t (B/flext: 12pp, 109KB) |
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To allocate flexible-sized blocks of memory as needed to hold arbitrary-length strings of text, stored actions or other block values. |
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ZMachine.i6t (B/zmt: 15pp, 101KB) |
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To provide routines handling low-level Z-machine facilities. |
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Glulx.i6t (B/glut: 38pp, 133KB) |
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To start up the Glk interface for the Glulx virtual machine, and provide Glulx-specific printing functions. |
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FileIO.i6t (B/iot: 7pp, 75KB) |
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Reading and writing external files, in the Glulx virtual machine only. |
