Technical Development

Specifications Many IF development systems have formal specifications, which allow people to independent or alternative implementations of the software. Discuss them here. Development Systems Working on a new IF development system? Publishing an update to one? Got a question about hacking the code of the compiler? Here’s the place to discuss all these and more. Interpreters Written a new interpreter for an IF system? Porting one to a new OS? Having trouble installing one? This is the category for you. Inform Extensions Discussion for Inform 7 Extensions. Tools For discussing IF tools such as: mapping tools, library or packaging software, disassemblers

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About the Technical Development category Technical Development	0	1083	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17443	November 6, 2022
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Rethinking GLK’s C API: A Message-Based Protocol for Better Capability Negotiation Technical Development	6	143	May 23, 2025
AdvSys interpreter and compiler port for Windows Interpreters windows , advsys	4	86	May 18, 2025
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