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From: d91frera@ida.liu.se (FReDRiK RaMSBeRG (WILdcARD))
Subject: Re: Inform Compiling Help
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 20:08:27 GMT
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Ian Bauer <imbau@conncoll.edu> writes:

>I'm a new programmer with inform, and I'm having trouble compiling not 
>only my experimental games, but also the example games provided at GMD.  
>The error messages states that the verlib.h file has numerous errors in 
>it.  I have the latest versions of both the libraries and Inform itself. 
>Could some kind soul please e-mail me with a possible solution (or to 
>help me try and figure out what the heck I'm doing wrong!)?

This can happen if you are not using a PC. The library files may have been
written on a PC, thus getting CR+LF at the end of each line, instead of just
LF. If this is the problem, you probably get messages like:

Error: "  
....." .....

(With a linefeed within the quote from the program)

Solutions;

1. If you have access to a UNIX system, you can just run them through the
   dos2unix program.

2. Maybe you have a text editor that can load files with CR+LF and save them
   with just LF.

3. You can make a program yourself to do it. Very simple task in any language.


/Fredrik Ramsberg
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