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- === Notes on Zangband Documentation ===
-
- This file sets out basic information regarding the official Zangband
- documentation package produced by the Zangband DevTeam.
-
-
- --- Documentation Packages ---
-
- There are currently two documentation packages planned. The basic
- package will include non-spoiler information necessary for a new player
- to learn all he needs to know about playing Zangband and will be
- included in all official Zangband source and binary releases. The
- extended package will included additional spoiler files and will be
- available for download separately. Care will be taken to ensure that
- the two packages merge together properly.
-
-
- --- Available Formats ---
-
- The Zangband basic documentation package is currently available in
- plain text format and is included in all Zangband downloads. Both the
- basic documentation and the spoilers are available for browsing in
- HTML format on Zangband.org.
-
-
- --- Reporting Errors / Suggestions for Improvement ---
-
- While every effort will be taken to ensure that the documentation
- packages are accurate and up to date, it is inevitable that some
- errors will be made. If you find an error or have a suggestion to
- improve documentation, please post your report or idea to the Zangband
- Development list by mailing to jianson@zangband.org. Alternatively, you
- may post your report or idea to rec.games.roguelike.angband.
-
-
- --- Rules for Creating Documents ---
-
- Certain general rules have been applied in creating the official
- documentation for Zangband. The DevTeam welcomes contributions by
- players and if you wish to contribute a spoiler or other helpfile we
- would appreciate your adherence to the following guidelines. We reserve
- the right to modify your file but you will retain credit as the
- original author.
-
- 1. All documents should be named using the standard 8.3 format since
- Zangband is played on systems which do not support long filenames.
- 2. Menu files should be named *.hlp, non-spoiler help files *.txt and
- spoiler helpfiles *.spo.
- 3. All documents should be in a fixed font, plain text format.
- 4. Line length should be between 70 and 75 characters.
- 5. Please use US spelling unless it directly conflicts with the game
- (for example the 'Spectre' race).
- 6. No indenting of the first line of paragraphs.
- 7. Left justification.
- 8. Document titles are denoted by '=== Document Title ==='.
- 9. Section headings are denoted by '=== Section Heading ==='.
- 10. Sub-section headings are denoted by '--- Sub-section Heading ---'.
- 11. Information on document authors and editors and revisions should
- be included at the end of each document.
- 12. Indenting increments by 4 or 5 spaces each time.
-
-
- === Hyperlinks ===
-
- Zangband supports links between help files as follows. At the point in
- the text where you wish to insert a link, place the text '[#]' where '#'
- is any letter or digit ('a' and 'A' are distinct for this purpose).
- This is to tell the reader which key to press to activate the link.
- Then, at the end of the file, place the following text (including the
- asterisks) where 'target_filename' is the name of the file you wish to
- link to:
-
- ***** [#] target_filename
-
- Now, when the user presses '#', the helpfile system will open up the
- target file. Opening the new file will flush the previous links so
- '#' may be reused.
-
- Note: because various operating systems use different conventions to
- denote directory structures, Zangband does not support target file
- names like './spoiler/races/races.spo'. This means that all help files
- should be kept in the lib/help or lib/info directory.
-
- We are currently testing methods of linking to a particular section
- in a document and may also implement histories to allow 'back' and
- 'forward' actions similar to web browsers.
-
- --- Tags ---
-
- A "tag" is something like a bookmark, it marks a line for reference by
- a hyperlink. A tag is specified with:
-
- ***** <tag_name>
-
- (the name of the tag can not be longer than 15 characters).
-
- You can then jump to the line marked with the tag with:
-
- ***** [1] target_filename#tag_name
-
- This command jumps to the line with the tag "tag_name" in the file
- target_file. You can jump inside the current file too (just use the
- filename of the current file in the link).
-
- --
- Original : Zangband DevTeam
- Last update : February 19, 2001
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