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NAME
       IFM - Interactive Fiction Mapper

SYNOPSIS
       ifm [options] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
       IFM is a program for keeping track of your progress through an
       Interactive Fiction game.  You can record each room you visit and its
       relation to other rooms, the initial locations of useful items you
       find, and the tasks you need to perform in order to solve the game.

       The IFM mapping commands are designed so that you can easily add to the
       map as you explore the game.  You type in the rooms you visit and the
       directions you move in to reach other rooms, and IFM calculates the
       position of each room relative to the others.  A map can consist of
       several independent sections, allowing you to divide up the map however
       you like.

       The IFM task commands, if used, allow you to specify the order in which
       game-solving tasks must be done.  The IFM program can then calculate
       and print different styles of walkthrough for the game.

       IFM can write hardcopy maps directly to PostScript, suitable for
       printing or viewing.  It can also write maps in Fig format, which can
       be viewed and edited using Xfig, or converted into many other formats.

       This man page just presents a summary of the command-line options.
       Online documentation on how to use IFM can be found in the SEE ALSO
       section.

   Output options:
       -m, -map[=sections]
              Select map output

       -i, -items
              Select item output

       -t, -tasks
              Select task output

       -f, -format <name>
              Select output format

       -o, -output <file>
              Write output to specified file

   Auxiliary options:
       -I (dir)
              Prepend directory to search path

       -S, -style (name)
              Push a style onto the style list

       -s, -set (var=val)
              Set a customization variable

       -noinit
              Don't read personal init file

       -w, -nowarn
              Don't print warnings

       -e, -errors <num>
              Max errors before giving up (default: 10)

   Information options:
       -show <type>
              Show information

       -v, -version
              Print program version

       -h, -help
              This help message

   Output formats (may be abbreviated):
       ps     PostScript

       fig    Fig drawing commands

       text   Nicely-formatted ASCII text

       rec    Recording of game commands

       dot    Graph of task dependencies

       raw    Raw ASCII text fields

       tk     Tcl/Tk program commands (tkifm)

   Show options (may be abbreviated):
       maps   Show map sections

       vars   Show defined variables

       path   Show file search path

ENVIRONMENT
       IFMPATH
              Colon-separated list of extra directories to search for include
              files.

FILES
       $HOME/.ifmrc
              User resource file.

       $HOME/ifm.ini
              Alternate resource filename (Windows-style).

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) Glenn Hutchings <zondo42@googlemail.com>

       This program 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, 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

SEE ALSO
       xfig(1), fig2dev(1), dot(1)

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              IFM manual

IFM version 5.3                  November 2008                          IFM(1)