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The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and Emulations: The Multimedia Accompaniment to the Print EditionMain MenuTitle PageThe Title Page of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in "Introduction: Welcome to the Funhouse!"All media assets referenced in the Introduction of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in "Chapter 1: Emulation"All media assets referenced in Chapter 1 of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in "Chapter 2: Migration & Translation"All media assets referenced in Chapter 2 of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in "Chapter 3: Versions & Editions"All media assets referenced in Chapter 3 of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsMedia Assets in Chapter 4: Restoration & Reconstruction: Final ThoughtsAll media assets referenced in Chapter 4 of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsBack MatterThe Back Matter of The Challenges of Born-Digital Fiction: Editions, Translations, and EmulationsDene Grigarae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f28
Guard Fields & Conditions in the 1992 Mac Edition of afternoon
12022-11-20T16:38:53-08:00Dene Grigarae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f284119714A screen capture of guard fields and conditions of the 1992 Mac Edition of Michael Joyce's afternoon, a storyplain2023-05-27T13:08:21-07:00Dene Grigarae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f28 On the illustration above the Browse Links panel of a lexia called “I want 2”, from the introductory sequence of afternoon.a story, presents all destinations available from this particular text space. Five out of six destinations have conditions under which reader can access them. Conditions are scripted in dedicated fields called Guard Fields. The bottom row of the panel gives access to the editing mode of the guard field. Conditional rules are set by simple mark-up signs, such as “&”,”!” and “~" that determine in what circumstances a link destination can be reached.
In the case depicted, above, readers are allowed to go to "I want1" only if they have already visited "blacktop" and not yet visited "teufel" and "Bimmie". Such elaborate conditions need to be migrated to any future editions in order to preserve the narrative discourse of the work.
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1media/ch3-screen-capture-afternoon-guard-fields_thumb.jpg2022-11-11T13:58:02-08:00Guard Fields & Conditions in the 1992 Mac Edition of afternoon3A screen capture of the introductory lexia with the link menu open and a code view of guard fields and conditions of the 1992 Mac Edition of Michael Joyce's afternoon, a storymedia/ch3-screen-capture-afternoon-guard-fields.jpgplain2022-12-07T12:41:50-08:00