Aristotle's Topics — 10 of 18

Section 2 - Directions

To show directions and commands:

[00600 <<< DIRECTIONS AND COMMANDS >>>]

print "[line break][line break][tab]DIRECTIONS:[line break][line break][line break]";

print "[tab]1. WHEN YOU MAKE A TYPING ERROR, [first name], AND[line break][tab]WISH TO CORRECT IT, USE THE 'RUBOUT' OR 'RUB' KEY.[line break][tab]THE 'SHIFT' MUST BE DEPRESSED WHEN YOU 'RUBOUT'.[line break][tab]IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE FUNNY (LIKE WRITING BACKWARDS),[line break][tab]BUT DON'T WORRY; IT WORKS THAT WAY.[line break][line break][line break]";

print "[tab]2. REMEMBER THAT I CAN ONLY READ ABOUT A LINE AND[line break][tab]A HALF OF INFORMATION AT ONE TIME -- ABOUT THIS MUCH:[line break][line break]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[line break][line break][tab]HIT 'RETURN' AT THAT POINT AND I'LL GENERALLY[line break][tab]LET YOU ADD MORE INFORMATION. IF THAT DOES NOT WORK,[line break][tab]TYPE '&&' AND I'LL SAY 'GO ON, [first name].'[line break][line break][line break][tab][tab](PRESS 'RETURN' TO CONTINUE.)";

wait for the user to press Return;

print "[line break][line break][tab]3. AFTER YOU FINISH TYPING YOUR RESPONSE, YOU MUST PRESS[line break][tab]THE 'RETURN' KEY. WHEN YOU DO , I'LL READ YOUR[line break][tab]RESPONSE AND SAY SOMETHING BACK TO YOU.[line break][line break][line break][tab]4. THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM[line break][tab]IS TO GET YOU THINKING ABOUT YOUR TOPIC.[line break][line break][tab]IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE,[line break][tab]YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FORGET THAT I AM A MACHINE.[line break][line break][tab]PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS. YOU'LL BE SURPRISED BY HOW MUCH[line break][tab]I KNOW (OR SO I HOPE!) I'M NOT[line break][tab]GUARANTEEING THE TRUTH, BUT I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.[line break][tab]MY MEMORY IS STILL DEVELOPING.[line break][line break][line break][line break][tab][tab](HIT 'RETURN' TO CONTINUE.)[line break][line break][line break]";

wait for the user to press Return;

[The following lines have just the right numbers of space characters to align the second column when printed in a fixed-width font. This is necessary because [tab] is always a fixed 14 characters in our program; I tried making the "print" rule handle tab characters, but Inform is not well suited to such fine-grained string hackery; it worked but it was too slow.]

print "[line break][line break][line break][tab]COMMANDS:[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]TYPE IN--> I'LL DO THIS-->[line break]";

print "[tab]---------- ---------------[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]STOP! I'LL STOP ASKING QUESTIONS AND CLOSE.[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]CONTINUE! I'LL SKIP AHEAD TO THE NEXT QUESTION.[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]REPEAT! I'LL REPEAT THE QUESTION.[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]DIRECTIONS! I'LL SHOW YOU THE DIRECTIONS AGAIN.[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]CHANGE! I'LL LET YOU CHANGE OR NARROW YOUR SUBJECT.[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]? I'LL LET YOU ASK A QUESTION.[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]EXPLAIN! I'LL EXPLAIN THE QUESTION.[line break]";

print "[tab] (THIS ONE IS A LOT OF FUN, [first name].)[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]&& I'LL LET YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR RESPONSE.[line break][line break]";

print "[tab][tab](PRESS 'RETURN' TO CONTINUE.)";

wait for the user to press Return;

print "[line break][line break][line break][line break][tab]TWO LAST THINGS:[line break][line break]";

print "[tab]*** THINK OF ME AS A PERSON WHO CAN ASK A LOT OF[line break][tab]INTERESTING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING, AND WILD QUESTIONS.[line break][line break][line break]";

print "[tab]*** SCREAM FOR HELP IF I START ACTING REALLY CRAZY!![line break][line break][line break]".