Links

Some useful Alan links.

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Table of Contents

• Alan IF
  • Official Alan Resources
  • Alan Tools
    • The AlanGrapher
    • The AlanIDE
    • Editors Addons

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Alan IF

Official Alan Resources

• www.alanif.se — Alan website.
• Alan-IF discussion group at Yahoo
• Alan IF source repository on Bitbucket
• Alan IF source repository on GitHub
• Alan IF Documentation Project on GitHub
• Alan IF Development team organization on GitHub

Alan Tools

The AlanGrapher

• https://www.alanif.se/download-alan-v3/utilities

The AlanGrapher parses Alan source files and draws a graph of the map with locations and exits. Requires GraphViz.

The AlanIDE

• AlanIDE download page on Alan website
• Alan IDE Reference Guide (PDF) by Robert DeFord, 2018

The official dedicated Alan IDE (Integrated Development Environment) built on the Java-based Eclipse platform. Features:

• Syntax highlighting with keyword recognition
• Instant compilation
• Error indications directly in the source
• Outline view

Editors Addons

See also Stephen Griffiths' review of editors that support Alan:

• Choosing a Text Editor for Writing ALAN Interactive Fiction Games

Although the page is out of date, it contains links to the Alan syntax addons and useful instructions on how to setup and configure Alan support for the following editors:

• Crimson Editor
• TextPad (commercial)
• ConTEXT
• FED

Most of these Alan addons were created by Stephen Griffiths, and support Alan v3.

Sublime Alan

• https://github.com/tajmone/sublime-alan-if

Sublime Text 4 package for Alan v3, by Tristano Ajmone. Still in Alpha stage, but fully usable for production work.