This directory contains library extensions for various purposes
                   contributed by members of the IF community

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Smrtdesk.h     Smart Desk Object v2.0, by Jason Peter Brown
               A desk object designed to deal intelligently with
               user interaction between a desk and it's drawers.

automap.zip    Automapping routines for Hugo 2.5, dated 23apr2000.
               Written by Cardinal Teulbachs.

boxdraw.h      a routine for Hugo 2.4 to draw a coloured box containing
               text on the screen, by Cardinal Teulbachs. Version 5,
               dated 970818

cango.h        A routine that provides exit descriptions for rooms,
               written by Cardinal Teulbachs.

container.zip  An implementation of a new, relatively untested
               SuperContainer container/platform combo class, written
               by Kent Tessman.

converse.zip   A library for implementing NPC conversation in the style
               of "Pytho's Mask", with sophisticated topic threading,
               written by Chris Tate.
               Archive includes the library and a simple example program.

mapgen.h       A collection of routines that allow the generation of
               random maps, i.e. maps where the connections between
               rooms are randomly assigned at runtime.
               Written by Cardinal Teulbachs.

menu.txt       a replacement Menu routine for hugolib.h v2.1,
               hopefully more functional and useful than the original,
               by Cardinal Teulbachs
 
extra.txt      ExtraWords, by Cardinal Teulbachs,
               a user-added routine for hugolib.h v2.1 to parse for extraneous
               words in room descriptions

newlib01.hug   NewLib, by J. Nichols. A collection of new library routines
               for the Hugo system and a test program, in one text file.
 
phone.txt      A telephone class for Hugo 2.2 that allows the implementation
               of any number of telephones in a game, by Cardinal Teulbachs

ptalk.zip      A Hugo port of Adam Cadre's Inform "phototalk.inf" menu-based
               conversation system, ported to Hugo by Robb Sherwin. Archive
               includes ptalk.hug Hugo source, ptalk.hdx debugger file and
               ptalk.hex story file.
 
randmove.txt   a replacement routine for Hugo 2.1 that allows for random NPC
               movement via character scripting, by Cardinal Teulbachs

sort.zip       A routine to sort an array in arbitrary ways by allowing 
               the programmer to supply the function used for comparing
               elements of the array, written by Chris Tate.
               Archive includes the library and a simple example program.
 
spellsys.zip   a demonstration how to implement a Spellcaster-type spell
               system in Hugo 2.2, by Cardinal Teulbachs.
               Source code and compiled game file.

strfnc.h       a set of additional string functions for Hugo 2.4+,
               version 1.50, by Jason Peter Brown.
strfnc.hug     demo of strfnc.h

useverbs.zip   UseVerbs v0.0.2 (7th April 1997), by Julian Arnold.
               UseVerbs comprises two library extension files, useverbs.g and
               useverbs.h, which add a number of permutations to some of the
               standard Hugo verb definitions, as provided in grammar.g and
               verbstubs.g. Simply, they allow the player to enter commands
               such as HIT MORDRED WITH EXCALIBUR in the form USE EXCALIBUR
               TO HIT MORDRED, or USE EXCALIBUR FOR HITTING MORDRED.