Inform Library 5/12 Now Out --------------------------- (23 October 1995) The new release of the Inform library, 5/12, is now available from ftp.gmd.de (at present in the directory incoming/if-archive). It has been four months since 5/11, and a considerable number of bugs have been fixed, mostly obscure parser bugs but several that have come to fame through the release of "Christminster": 50 changes in all have been made. There are powerful new features to handle conversation with non-player characters. As usual, the Changes.txt file details alterations. But see also the second edition of the Inform Designer's Manual, also out today, which uses library 5/12 throughout. All information in the changes file is included in the new DM, and the DM is a better place to look for details on the new features. Many thanks, as ever, to all those who reported bugs. Graham Nelson