only interested in the interpreter won't have to download sources they

don't need (the TADS 3 compiler is quite big).  You can download the

package of the compiler you're interested in (TADS 2 or TADS 3) from the

same place where you got this main package.  You can download both

compilers, if you wish.  You need to extract the contents of the

compiler packages into the FrobTADS top-level directory.  See below for

more information.

There is no documentation on the TADS programming languages included in

any of the FrobTADS packages.  Luckily, the TADS homepage offers

various downloads and links:

http://www.tads.org

  The TADS homepage; has the latest news, updates and documentation for

  everything TADS-related.

http://www.tads.org/t3doc/doc

  The TADS 3 Bookshelf.  Everything you need to know about writing IF

  in TADS 3 can be found there.  A must-visit.  It contains various

  books, browsable online (HTML) and downloadable (PDF).

http://teladesign.com/tads-manual/tadsman.zip

  The TADS 2 Author's Manual (HTML format).

http://www.tela.bc.ca/tads-manual

  This leads to the online-version of the TADS 2 Author's Manual.

Unpacking and building

======================

There are no extra configuration steps required to build the compilers.

Just unpack them inside the FrobTADS directory and reconfigure the

package.  The FrobTADS configuration script will detect the presence of

the compiler sources and build them along with the interpreter.  For

example, if you previously unpacked FrobTADS in

  ~/downloads/frobtads-0.11

and your downloaded TADS 3 compiler package is

  ~/downloads/frobtads-t3compiler-0.11.tar.gz

you can unpack the compiler with:

  cd ~/downloads/frobtads-0.11

  tar -xzf ~/downloads/frobtads-t3compiler-0.11.tar.gz

If you previously configured FrobTADS, you can reconfigure by typing:

  ./config.status --recheck

in the build directory in order to use your previously supplied

configuration options.  Or you can simply run ./configure again if you

want to use different options.

See the INSTALL file for more information on configuring and compiling.

Invocation

==========

The compilers can be invoked with:

  tadsc   (TADS 2 compiler)

  t3make  (TADS 3 compiler)

Note that, unlike the interpreter, the compilers don't support GNU-like

command line options, which means that "short options" aren't available.

For example, use "-help" instead of "--help".  This is to ensure

compatibility of compiler command line syntax between different ports.

For Tads 3, you don't need to specify where the compiler's include files

are installed.  But the Tads 2 compiler works different.  When invoking

'tadsc', you'll have to use the -i option:

  tadsc -i /usr/local/share/frobtads/tads2 mygame.t