JIF – a java editor for Inform

Version 3.7
2003-2018 Alessandro Schillaci

Overview

JIF is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), written entirely in Java, for the creation of text adventures based on Graham Nelson’s Inform standard. With JIF it’s possible to edit, compile and run a text adventure in the z-code and glulx formats.

Inform 7 has been developed with a new Integrated Editor but JIF can be used in any
Inform 6 or 7 Environments

The project has started in the 2003 and now it’s in a stable state for production.
This project is released under the GNU GPL Licence.

Compile JIF

Since 3.6+ version, a Java Runtime 1.7 version is required.
You can use the Jif.jar file (in the next releases) or you can compile it.

Download & Install Java JDK (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html)
Download & Install Ant (ant.apache.org/)

clone JIF repository

git clone https://github.com/silverslade/jif

compile JIF
```
cd jif
ant
```

Install other components

Download and point JIF to the Inform compiler,
from http://www.inform-fiction.org/software/current.html

Download and point JIF to the WindowsFrotz interpreter,
from http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXinfocomXinterpretersXfrotz.html

Download and point JIF to the Glulxe interpreter,
from http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXglulxXinterpretersXglulxe.html

Download Inform libraries and point JIF to them
(Inform libraries http://www.inform-fiction.org/software/current.html)

Download Bres Tools (bres and blc) and point JIF to them

License

JIF (2003-2016) developed by Alessandro Schillaci

Jif is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Jif; if not, write to the Free Software

Credits

A special thank goes to Peter F. Piggott for his constant help to improve JIF.

JIF Development:

Alessandro Schillaci
Luis Fernandez
Peter F. Piggott

Contributors:

Paolo Lucchesi
Vincenzo Scarpa
Baltasar G. Perez-Schofield
Christof Menear
Giles Boutel
Javier San Josè
David Moreno
Eric Forgeot
Max Kalus
Adrien Saurat
Alex V Flinsch
Daryl McCullough
Giancarlo Niccolai
Ignazio di Napoli
Joerg Rosenbauer
Matteo De Simone
Tommaso Caldarola
Jenesis

Third part components:

Everaldo: Some Icons used by Jif ( www.everaldo.com )

https://github.com/silverslade/jif
silver.slade@tiscalinet.it

Alessandro Schillaci