TextPad and Inform
As you know, you can configure TextPad so that it launches Inform (and theoretically, Frotz also) from within the application, saving a whole lot of mucking about.
However, the procedure outlined in the Inform Beginner's Guide (IBG) only seems to work if you develop your .inf files in the same directory as Inform.exe.
In case you'd rather have all your game files in their own folders, try this procedure, courtesy of your classmate, Joseph Craig:
Open Configure and Preferences in TextPad. Expand the Tools option in the display at left, then click once on Inform in the list. (We assume you have previously set up a link between Inform and TextPad, as instructed in the IBG.)
In the resulting dialog, make the following entries:
In Command, enter the path to the Inform compiler (Inform.exe) and the compiler's name. This string does not need quotation marks.
In Parameters, enter a plus sign, followed by the path to the Inform compiler (minus the filename), in quotes. Then type a space and $File, outside the terminal quotation mark.
In Initial Folder, type $FileDir.
For Joseph's machine, these values are:
Command: C:\Program Files\Inform\Lib\Base\Inform.exe
Parameters: +"C:\Program Files\Inform\Lib\Base" $File
Initial Folder: $FileDir
Good luck!
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