View source for Inform 6

{{Software infobox
|Type=Authoring system
|Style=Parser
|Developer=Graham Nelson
|Home page=https://www.inform-fiction.org/
|Download=https://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archive/infocom/compilers/inform6/
|Format=Glulx, Z-code
|System=Browser, Windows, macOS, Linux
|System details=An online editor is available: see [[Borogove]].
|Play online=https://borogove.app
|Version=6.42
|Date=2024/02/10
|Status=Stable
|License=Inform License or Artistic License 2.0
|Notes=See also: [[Inform 7]]; [[Inform]].
}}
'''Inform 6''' is version 6 of [[Inform]], an [[interactive fiction]] programming language created by [[Graham Nelson]], now maintained by [[David Kinder]] and [[Andrew Plotkin]] (compiler), and [[David Griffith]] (library). Inform 6 made its debut on April 30th, 1996, and it continues to be one of the most popular [[authoring system|IF development system]]s even after the introduction of [[Inform 7]] in 2006. Inform 6 compiles to code not only for the [[Z-machine]], the same [[virtual machine]] used by [[Infocom]], but also for the more powerful and flexible virtual machine called [[Glulx]] (since 6.30).

Inform 6 is portable across many hardware platforms. Interpreters for [[z-code]] exist for nearly every computer system ever designed and [[Glulx]] interpreters exist for most major operating systems currently in use.

Inform 6 is designed to be translatable to languages other than English. There are currently translations available for [[Dutch]], [[Esperanto]], [[French]], [[German]], [[Italian]], [[Lojban]], [[Russian]], [[Slovenian]], [[Spanish]] and [[Swedish]]. (See: [https://www.inform-fiction.org/translations/index.html The Inform Translations Page])

Although Inform 6 is not an easy language to learn, its binaries are widely supported, and many code libraries are freely available on the Internet. Inform is well served by two valuable manuals, ''[[The Inform Designer's Manual]]'' (the '''DM4''') and ''[[The Inform Beginner's Guide]]'' (the '''IBG''').

==Tips and Tutorials==
''See [[:Category:Inform 6 tutorials]].''

==Editors==
There are a number of editors meant to make writing Inform 6 code simpler and easier. They can automatically highlight or format code, generate basic code for classes, and other handy functions.

* [{{ifarchive link|interpreters-other/editors/}} IF-Archive list of editors] (including Inform editors, and editors for other development systems as well)
* [https://github.com/silverslade/jif JIF]
* [http://www.logicshopltd.co.uk/ie/ Inform Explorer]
* [http://www.firthworks.com/roger/editors/index.html Roger Firth's list of IF editors]

==Links==
{| cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 style="border:1px black solid"
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! colspan=4 style="border-bottom:1px black solid" | [http://www.inform-fiction.org/inform6.html Inform 6 home page]
|-
! [http://www.inform-fiction.org/Welcome.html Welcome] !! [http://www.inform-fiction.org/Resources.html Resources] !! [http://www.inform-fiction.org/Support.html Support] !! [http://www.inform-fiction.org/zmachine.index.html Z-Machine]
|-
| [http://www.inform-fiction.org/introduction/index.html What's Inform?] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/examples/index.html Examples] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/patches/index.html Patches] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/zmachine/interpreters.html Interpreters]
|-
| [http://www.inform-fiction.org/software/index.html Software] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/extensions/index.html Extensions] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/suggestions.html Suggestions] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/zmachine/tools.html Tools]
|-
| [http://www.inform-fiction.org/manual/index.html Manuals] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/translations/index.html Translations] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/source/index.html Source] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/zmachine/cross.html Cross-Compiling]
|-
| [http://www.inform-fiction.org/introduction/website.html About This Site] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/links/index.html Links] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/inform63/index.html Inform 6.3] || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/zmachine/standards/index.html Standards]
|-
| &nbsp; || &nbsp; || &nbsp; || [http://www.inform-fiction.org/zmachine/glulx.html Glulx]
|}

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform Inform] at Wikipedia.
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.firthworks.com/roger/informary/index.html|archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620112154/http://www.firthworks.com/roger/informary/index.html|Informary}} by [[Roger Firth]]. Latest news and developments concerning all aspects of Inform. (Last updated in 2008.)

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