Technical Development

Inform Extensions Discussion for Inform 7 Extensions. Tools For discussing IF tools such as: mapping tools, library or packaging software, disassemblers 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. Specifications Many IF development systems have formal specifications, which allow people to develop alternative implementations of the software. Discuss them here. 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.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Technical Development category Technical Development	0	1125	February 25, 2019
Publishing your IF (updated 1/21/2014) Technical Development forum-wiki	15	17900	November 6, 2022
Anybody here with Apple ][ experience? Interpreters retro	124	2261	September 27, 2026
Is it safe to enlarge the upper window while it has text in it? Specifications z-machine , dialog	6	64	September 26, 2026
Do all Z-code interpreters truncate lines in upper window? Interpreters z-machine	10	258	September 26, 2026
ThunderSOS Development Systems split-on-request , new-platform	112	1656	September 26, 2026
Glk extension proposal: CSS Specifications glk , css	71	1168	September 26, 2026
I have made a new system to play z5, glulx and blorb formats Interpreters	2	102	September 25, 2026
web interpreters and mobile devices (looking for testers with android devices) Interpreters	46	813	September 24, 2026
Glk, author control, and player control Specifications glk	21	262	September 24, 2026
Windows Frotz, Windows Glulxe and Windows Git updated, now with MP3 support Interpreters	0	68	September 23, 2026
I6: Compiler option to coalesce identical packed strings? Development Systems inform6	29	326	September 23, 2026
Nobody asked for another IF creation / game platform, so I created one Development Systems publishing , editor , ai , new-platform	3	143	September 23, 2026
I6 native compiler Development Systems inform7	4	134	September 21, 2026
Z-Machine: nested stream 3 calls on the same address Specifications z-machine	15	159	September 19, 2026
Quest in the Treaty of Babel Specifications quest , babel	2	162	September 19, 2026
MAD Candy Interactive Fiction Studio 1.4.1 is now released Development Systems	30	1227	September 18, 2026
Inform 7 Access (NVDA addon) Tools accessibility , screen-reader	2	110	September 18, 2026
Changing the open window background color in Glk Specifications glk	24	190	September 15, 2026
Emacs major mode for Dialog Development Systems dialog	17	517	September 13, 2026
GlkOte protocol for measuring styles Specifications glkote	7	141	September 13, 2026
Should we standardize a pseudo-CSS property for "reverse video"? Specifications	39	375	September 13, 2026
Parser level functions Technical Development	21	317	September 12, 2026
Detecting multiplication overflow on 6502 Interpreters å-machine	15	233	September 11, 2026
Introducing TALYXR_: a freeform parser engine Development Systems ai , new-platform	5	192	September 10, 2026
Terminal in Unix/Linux OS, History of commands with cursor up/down Interpreters	8	212	September 10, 2026
Arcturus - a new programming language & compiler for the Z-machine Development Systems ai , new-platform , arcturus	114	2549	September 9, 2026
Announcing Beguile 0.1.0-preview.4 Development Systems inform6 , glulx , debugging , punyinform , ai , beguile	3	162	September 9, 2026
Ink(y) / Porting the Ink compiler to the browser? Tools	12	1552	September 8, 2026
JDR-Bot : Play and Create Interactive Fiction, Parser Game, Escape-Game, etc Interpreters interpreter , new-platform	1	124	September 7, 2026