Inform 7表格是否存在类YAML风格的替代编写形式？

当然可以！你完全可以用类似YAML的层级结构来重构这个Inform 7表格，这种写法逻辑清晰、可读性更强，也更贴合现代配置文件的风格。下面是转换后的版本：

table_of_aristotelian_questions:
  - name: the opposite question
    difficulty: easy
    text: |
      WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF [the subject]?
    explanation: |
      SOMETIMES A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING IS BY TELLING
      WHAT IT IS NOT. THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A DIRECT
      OPPOSITE OF [the subject], BUT
      SEE IF YOU CAN THINK OF ONE.

      FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WERE WRITING A PAPER ON SOLAR
      ENERGY, AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION MIGHT PRODUCE A
      LIST OF EARTH'S NATURAL ENERGY RESOURCES.
    follow-up: prompt A
  - name: the good consequences question
    difficulty: easy
    text: |
      WHAT ARE THE GOOD CONSEQUENCES OF
      [the subject]?
    explanation: |
      WHAT GOOD WILL COME ABOUT FROM MANKIND'S CONCERN ABOUT
      [the subject]?

      FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WERE WRITING A PAPER ABOUT COLLEGE
      ACADEMICS, SOME OF THE GOOD CONSEQUENCES MAY BE A BETTER
      JOB IN THE FUTURE, A FULLER UNDERSTANDING
      ABOUT OUR WORLD, AND AN APPRECIATION FOR GOOD STUDY HABITS.
      (STOP THE SNICKERING AND GET ON WITH AN ANSWER.)
    follow-up: prompt C

这里用YAML的数组结构对应原表格的每一行，原表格的列名作为键值对的键，文本内容用YAML的|块标量来保留原有的换行结构（完美对应原表格里的[line break]），既保持了内容的格式完整性，又让整个表格的层级关系一目了然。

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Jason Orendorff