1IFM(1)                           User Commands                          IFM(1)
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NAME

6       IFM - Interactive Fiction Mapper
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SYNOPSIS

9       ifm [options] [file...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       IFM is a program for keeping track of your progress through an Interac‐
13       tive Fiction game.  You can record each room you visit and its relation
14       to other rooms, the initial locations of useful items you find, and the
15       tasks you need to perform in order to solve the game.
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17       The IFM mapping commands are designed so that you can easily add to the
18       map  as  you explore the game.  You type in the rooms you visit and the
19       directions you move in to reach other rooms,  and  IFM  calculates  the
20       position  of  each  room  relative to the others.  A map can consist of
21       several independent sections, allowing you to divide up the map however
22       you like.
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24       The IFM task commands, if used, allow you to specify the order in which
25       game-solving tasks must be done.  The IFM program  can  then  calculate
26       and print different styles of walkthrough for the game.
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28       IFM can write hardcopy maps directly to PostScript, suitable for print‐
29       ing or viewing.  It can also write maps in Fig  format,  which  can  be
30       viewed and edited using Xfig, or converted into many other formats.
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32       This  man  page  just  presents  a summary of the command-line options.
33       Online documentation on how to use IFM can be found  in  the  SEE  ALSO
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36   Output options:
37       -m, -map[=sections]
38              Select map output
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40       -i, -items
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43       -t, -tasks
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46       -f, -format <name>
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49       -o, -output <file>
50              Write output to specified file
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52   Auxiliary options:
53       -I (dir)
54              Prepend directory to search path
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56       -S, -style (name)
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59       -s, -set (var=val)
60              Set a customization variable
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62       -noinit
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65       -w, -nowarn
66              Don't print warnings
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68       -e, -errors <num>
69              Max errors before giving up (default: 10)
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71   Information options:
72       -show <type>
73              Show information
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75       -v, -version
76              Print program version
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78       -h, -help
79              This help message
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81   Output formats (may be abbreviated):
82       ps     PostScript
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84       fig    Fig drawing commands
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86       text   Nicely-formatted ASCII text
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88       rec    Recording of game commands
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90       dot    Graph of task dependencies
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92       raw    Raw ASCII text fields
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94       tk     Tcl/Tk program commands (tkifm)
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96   Show options (may be abbreviated):
97       maps   Show map sections
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99       vars   Show defined variables
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101       path   Show file search path
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ENVIRONMENT

104       IFMPATH
105              Colon-separated  list of extra directories to search for include
106              files.
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FILES

109       $HOME/.ifmrc
110              User resource file.
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113       $HOME/ifm.ini
114              Alternate resource filename (Windows-style).
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117       Copyright © Glenn Hutchings <zondo42@googlemail.com>
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119       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
120       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
121       Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or  (at  your  option)  any
122       later version.
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124       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
125       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER‐
126       CHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
127       Public License for more details.
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129       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
130       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
131       675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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SEE ALSO

134       xfig(1), fig2dev(1), dot(1)
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136       /usr/local/doc/ifm/index.html
137              IFM manual
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141IFM version 5.3                  November 2008                          IFM(1)
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