Hi Dark, No, Inform is very newby friendly. It is a very simplistic programming language, and its very understandible. I think as an intro language it isn't too bad. Of course, by the time I started learning it I had years of experience with major languages so naturally it would seem simple to me.
As for your other points I completely agree with you. I honestly thought about not responding to Michael's post precisely because of the "poor blind me" attitude expressed in the original post. I think that it is a given most everyone here on the list is totally blind or has low vision so I would have known of Michael's disability issue in advance, and in any case being blind has nothing to do with it to begin with. I'm totally blind and that has never stopped me from programming applications. The only times I ca think of when my blindness was an issue is when a certain tool, IDE, or somethig I needed to develope software with wasn't screen reader accessible. However, there are usually accessible alternatives for it. When it comes to Inform accessibility really isnt an issue. I've used the Inform 7 IDE for Windows and Linux both are fairly accessible. So I don't believe Michael will run into any serious access issues. As for source code you are right. All it is basically a flat ascii text file with a special extention like cpp to denote it is a C++ source file, cs for C-Sharp source file, pl for perl, and so on. You can write the actual code/language and syntax using any plane vinila text editor like Notepad, Gedit, Emacs, Ultra Edit, Textpad, whatever. I write 90% of my source code using a plane ascii text editor called Gedit which is the default text editor for Linux which is similar to Notepad, but with some extra tools like a spell checker, built in dictionary, and things like that. Cheers! On 5/30/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Michael. > > I'm not really sure this is the place to ask inform related questions simply > because I don't know how many people have used that language here. > > Your best off searching on resources like http://www.wurb.com/if/ for > tutorials on the subject and asking on the forum on > http://www.intfiction.org/forum/ > > from what I've heard though, inform is not the best place to start if you > have no knolidge of programming. > > You might try http://www.textadventures.co.uk/quest/ for the quest system, > which is supposed to be absolutely right to none programmers. > > Btw, as regards the site thing, one reason why so many visually impared > people are into programming and such is simply that a lot of programming > involves essentially writing the correct text files in the right language, > just like bgt explains. > > though there are exceptions, such as when developers like microsoft make > inaccessible tools for manipulating their program libraries etc, these > shouldn't come up until you get into the more advanced areas. > > So the bottom line is being blind makes no difference really! > > On a politeness front, also on a list ful of very compitant blind people, > it's not really the best manners to play the "I'm blind so help me" card, > sinse most people here could if they wish. That atitude is just going to > irritate people sinse it's one of the things that often gives blind people a > bad name, ---- heck I'll freely admit I have a prejudice against the sort of > people who do that myself. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.