As much as I want to like Inform 7, everything just seems out of sync and the worst is we don’t know which parts are working and which parts are not.
When a new version comes out, it seems crucial that everything be ready at the same time. I understand that different parts are maintained by different people who do it as a hobby, but it does give a hard time to people who want to jump on the wagon.
We did overhaul the built-in extension with the new release; if there are some straggling bits that we didn’t catch, those should be reported via the bug tracker, but these are accidental omissions, not an intentional lag.
BTW, version 2.0 of the Inform 7 Handbook (rewritten for compatibility with 6L38) has been up for a few weeks at http://www.musicwords.net/if/i7hb.htm.
Most of the links in the initial post were dead. I’ve updated it. Everything should work now; I’ve also added some new things and removed some wholly outdated ones.