General Index

!, ending sentences wi 2.3wi 5.2
"
defining texts wi 2.3wi 3.1wi 5.1wi 5.2
not usable in unit notations wi 15.14
', meaning " wi 2.3wi 5.2wi 25.2
{ }
for constant lists wi 21.2
for including Inform 7 expressions in Inform 6 wi 27.15
(arithmetic value) * (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
(arithmetic value) + (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
,
comma replacing colon wi 7.2
displaying serial comma wi 2.12wi 5.5
in list constants, requiring spaces wi 21.2
separating phrase options wi 11.14
(arithmetic value) - (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
--
optional words in phrase definitions wi 11.3
optional words in Understand grammar wi 17.12
--, as a blank table entry wi 16.7
--, separating cases wi 11.8
->, in phrase kinds wi 22.3
.
before text substitutions wi 5.6
ending sentences with line breaks wi 2.3wi 5.2wi 5.8
(arithmetic value) / (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
/
separating synonymous words in grammar wi 17.4wi 17.12wi 17.13
separating synonymous words in phrase definitions wi 11.3
separating synonymous words in topics wi 16.13
: wi 6.4wi 11.2wi 11.7wi 11.16wi 19.3
?, ending sentences wi 2.3wi 5.2
"[A object]" say phrase wi 5.3
"[The object]" say phrase wi 5.3
[ ]
comments wi 2.3
text substitutions wi 2.3wi 5.1wi 5.2
"[']" say phrase wi 5.2
"[bold type]" say phrase rb 12.1
"[fixed letter spacing]" say phrase rb 12.1
"[italic type]" say phrase rb 12.1
"[roman type]" say phrase rb 12.1
"[variable letter spacing]" say phrase rb 12.1
( )
for calling values wi 8.15
for defining mistakes wi 17.21
for implicit multiplication wi 15.18
for phrase parameters wi 11.3
in parser clarifications wi 18.30
in response names wi 14.10
(+ +), for including Inform 7 code in Inform 6 wi 27.19
(- -), for including Inform 6 code in Inform 7 wi 27.15wi 27.19
A
"[a object]" say phrase wi 5.3
a/-- random (description of values) phrase wi 8.19
a / an / the wi 3.18wi 5.3wi 5.5
abandon the (activity) activity phrase wi 18.7
abandon the (activity on values) activity with (value) phrase wi 18.7
abbreviated room descriptions use option wi 2.12
abbreviations wi 8.6
chains of equality tests wi 11.8
object names wi 3.2
property names, omitting of the wi 8.6
rule actions with doing it wi 7.17
abide by (rule) phrase wi 19.14
abide by (values based rule producing values) for (value) phrase wi 19.14
able to see relation verb see visibility
able to touch relation verb see touchability
absolute value of (real number) phrase wi 15.6
ABSTRACT testing command wi 24.4
accented letters see characters (letters)
access, deny / allow access reaching inside / outside outcome phrase wi 12.18
accessibility text for figures and sounds wi 23.9
action name wi 12.20
action name part of (action) phrase wi 12.20
action of (an action) phrase wi 12.20
action processing rulebook wi 19.15
actions wi 7.1wi 12.1wi 12.21
applying to multiple objects wi 17.4rb 6.15
as conditions wi 9.12
as values wi 12.20
continue the action phrase wi 7.3wi 7.5
defining new actions wi 12.7rb 6.1
defining new actions in Inform 6 wi 27.22
exiting wi 7.14
going, special cases wi 7.13wi 7.14
guidelines for action rules wi 12.21
instructing other characters
persuasion rules wi 12.4
unsuccessful attempts wi 12.5
instructing other people wi 12.3rb 7.14
involving senses wi 7.7rb 3.8
involving speech wi 7.6
irregular verbs in action names wi 12.8
multiple action processing wi 17.20
new kinds of action wi 7.15
not the same as activities wi 18.1
out of world wi 12.15wi 12.21
performing with try wi 7.4wi 12.1wi 12.6
processing sequence wi 12.2wi 19.15rb 6.3
pushing objects to other rooms wi 7.14
reaching inside / outside rules wi 12.16wi 12.18
reactions by other characters rb 7.3
redirecting actions rb 6.14
referring to current action with action wi 12.7
requirements for actions wi 12.16wi 12.17wi 12.18wi 12.19rb 6.2
rules applying only when characters are present wi 7.12
rules applying to rooms and regions wi 7.11wi 7.13
rules applying under arbitrary conditions, using when wi 7.12
rules for actions found in rulebooks wi 12.2rb 6.3
rules for all but some actions wi 7.9
rules for any actor including the player wi 12.14
rules for consecutive repetitions wi 7.17
rules for multiple actions wi 7.8
rules for new actions wi 12.9rb 6.2
rules for other characters wi 12.4wi 12.5wi 12.11wi 12.12wi 12.13
rules for repetitions wi 7.16
spontaneous by other people wi 12.6
stop the action phrase wi 7.3
stored actions wi 12.20
suppressing success messages with try silently wi 7.4wi 12.1
understanding as mistakes wi 17.21rb 5.3
understanding in player's command wi 17.1
using after rules to change output wi 7.5
using before rules to test or change outcomes first wi 7.3
using instead rules to change outcome wi 7.2
variables for actions wi 12.10
ACTIONS testing command wi 7.1wi 12.1wi 12.5wi 12.12wi 24.3rb 10.10rb 13.1
Actions page of Index panel user interface wi 12.5wi 12.21wi 17.1wi 17.2wi 17.3wi 24.3
active / inactive use option adjective wi 27.18
activities wi 18.1wi 18.2
abandoning wi 18.7wi 18.25
beginning/ending by hand wi 18.7
catalogue wi 18.8
checking for ongoing activities in rules wi 18.4
defining wi 18.5
empty / non-empty adjective wi 18.5
golden rules for constructing wi 18.2wi 18.7
not the same as actions wi 18.1
rules for activities wi 18.3
variables for activities wi 18.6
actor part of (action) phrase wi 12.20
actor person action variable wi 12.3wi 12.14wi 14.4
actors see characters (people)
adaptive displayed text wi 14.2rb 2.1
contractions wi 14.7wi 14.8
pronouns wi 14.2wi 14.4wi 14.5wi 14.6wi 14.8
verbs wi 14.2wi 14.3
add (value) at entry (number) in/from (list of values) phrase wi 21.5
add (list of values) at entry (number) in/from (list of values) phrase wi 21.5
add (list of values) to (list of values) phrase wi 21.5
add (value) to (list of values) phrase wi 21.1wi 21.5
adjacency relation wi 6.14wi 13.8
adjacent room adjective wi 6.14
adjectives wi 6.3
defining wi 6.4
with Inform 6 wi 27.24
with to decide whether wi 11.16
for numeric quantities wi 6.6wi 6.7wi 6.8
for numeric quantities with units wi 15.12
for values wi 6.5
in descriptions wi 6.2
adverbs rb 6.18
(time) after (time) phrase wi 9.9
(name of kind) after (enumerated value) phrase wi 11.18
after action rulebook wi 7.5
guidelines for use wi 12.21
in action processing sequence wi 12.2rb 6.3
not used for out of world actions wi 12.15
after activity rulebook wi 18.3
after, ordering for rules wi 19.4
Albaugh, Lea wi 25.9
all except, in descriptions wi 6.16
all, in descriptions wi 6.15
ALL, including things in wi 18.36rb 6.15
allow access reaching inside / outside outcome phrase wi 12.18
almost all, in descriptions wi 6.15
alter the multiple object list to (list of objects) phrase wi 17.20
always / never, in assertions wi 4.3
always, in defining constant values wi 4.13
amended, for tables wi 16.19
American dialect use option wi 2.12wi 2.13wi 5.4
AMUSING command wi 9.4wi 18.39rb 11.6
an / a / the wi 3.18wi 5.3wi 5.5
animals kind wi 3.17wi 4.1rb 8.3
rideable wi 3.16rb 8.3
announcement of darkness
printing the announcement of darkness activity wi 18.19
announcement of light
printing the announcement of light activity wi 18.20
anonymously abide by (rule) phrase wi 19.14
anonymously abide by (values based rule producing values) for (value) phrase wi 19.14
another, in defining relations wi 13.6
answering actor action wi 7.6wi 17.10
any grammar token wi 17.7rb 5.5
anybody grammar token wi 17.7
anybody, in descriptions wi 6.2
anyone grammar token wi 17.7
anyone, in descriptions wi 6.2
anything grammar token wi 17.7
anything, in descriptions wi 6.2
anywhere grammar token wi 17.7
anywhere, in descriptions wi 6.2
apostrophe see punctuation: apostrophe, meaning quotation mark
appearance see descriptions (displayed)
append (text) to (external file) phrase wi 23.14
(phrase nothing -> value) applied phrase wi 22.3
(phrase value -> value) applied to (value) phrase wi 22.3
(phrase (value, value) -> value) applied to (value) and (value) phrase wi 22.3
(phrase (value, value, value) -> value) applied to (value) and (value) and (value) phrase wi 22.3
(phrase value -> value) applied to (list of values) phrase wi 22.5
apply (phrase nothing -> nothing) phrase wi 22.3
apply (phrase value -> nothing) to (value) phrase wi 22.3
apply (phrase (value, value) -> nothing) to (value) and (value) phrase wi 22.3
apply (phrase (value, value, value) -> nothing) to (value) and (value) and (value) phrase wi 22.3
applying to, in defining actions wi 12.7wi 17.1
Approximate Metric Units extension wi 15.13
arccosine of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
arcsine of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
arctangent of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
"[are]" say phrase wi 14.2
"[aren't]" say phrase wi 14.8
arguments see parameters
arithmetic see calculation
arithmetic value wi 22.1wi 22.6
articles wi 3.18
displaying and capitalizing wi 7.10
as something new wi 17.3
asking actor about action wi 7.6
asking actor to try action wi 12.3
asking the player yes/no wi 11.5
assemblies wi 4.15rb 5.1rb 9.8
assertions wi 2.1wi 3.1
plural wi 4.4
at least relation verb wi 15.5
at least, in descriptions wi 6.16
at most relation verb wi 15.5
at most, in descriptions wi 6.16
(rule) at (time) phrase wi 9.11
at time... assertion wi 9.11wi 19.7rb 4.3
audio see sounds
author bibliographic data wi 2.5wi 18.37wi 25.2
of an extension wi 27.4
authorial modesty use option wi 27.6
B
Babel, Treaty of Babel wi 25.5
back side of (object) phrase wi 3.12
backdrops kind wi 3.9rb 3.4rb 3.9
changing the location of backdrops wi 8.8
banner text wi 18.37wi 25.4rb 11.1rb 11.5
Basic Screen Effects extension wi 27.7rb 4.5
basis of rulebook wi 19.9
(time) before (time) phrase wi 9.9
(name of kind) before (enumerated value) phrase wi 11.18
before action rulebook wi 7.3
guidelines for use wi 12.21
in action processing sequence wi 12.2rb 6.3
not used for out of world actions wi 12.15
before activity rulebook wi 18.3
before, ordering for rules wi 19.4
begin the (activity) activity phrase wi 18.7
begin the (activity on values) activity with (value) phrase wi 18.7
begin, in phrases wi 11.7wi 11.9
beginning of scene see scenes: rules run at beginning
beginning of story see initial state of the world
best route from (object) to (object) phrase wi 6.14
best route from (object) to (object) through (description of objects) phrase wi 6.14
bibliographic data wi 2.5wi 18.37wi 25.2wi 25.4wi 25.15wi 25.17rb 11.5
binary, when declaring data files wi 23.12
blank entries in tables see tables: blank entries
blank out (a table entry) phrase wi 16.10
blank out the whole (table column) column in (table) phrase wi 16.10
blank out the whole of (table) phrase wi 16.10
blank out the whole row phrase wi 16.10
Blank, Marc wi 2.13
blorb file wi 23.6wi 23.10wi 25.4wi 25.7
blurb bibliographic data see story description
body parts wi 4.15rb 5.1
book of source text wi 2.5
books implementing rb 9.6
consulting wi 7.6rb 9.6
with pages rb 9.6
boxed quotations wi 5.12
brace notation
"[list of values in brace notation]" say phrase wi 21.3
braces see punctuation: curly braces
brackets see punctuation: brackets
break phrase wi 11.12
breakable things implementing rb 10.4
breaks see paragraph breaks
BRIEF room descriptions use option wi 2.12rb 6.4rb 11.5
Brooks, Frederick P. wi 1.1
bugs in Inform wi 2.15
burning action rb 10.8
buying action rb 9.4
C
calculation wi 8.12rb 10.11
arithmetic wi 15.5
arithmetic with units wi 15.19wi 15.20
average of a numeric property wi 15.17
conversion during calculations wi 15.3
decrementing wi 8.12wi 11.18
exponential functions wi 15.6
given by equations wi 15.18
incrementing wi 8.12wi 11.18
logarithms wi 15.6
rounding to the nearest multiple wi 9.8wi 15.5
rounding to the nearest whole number wi 15.3wi 15.6
total of a numeric property wi 15.17
trigonometric functions wi 15.7
with time wi 9.9wi 9.10
called
in creating assemblies wi 4.16
in creating rooms wi 3.2
in creating things wi 3.5
in defining action variables wi 12.10
in defining activity variables wi 18.6
in defining adjectives wi 6.4
in defining relations wi 13.5wi 13.6wi 13.12
in defining rulebook variables wi 19.10
in describing things wi 8.15wi 11.11
"[can]" say phrase wi 14.2wi 14.7
"[can see]" say phrase wi 14.2
"[can touch]" say phrase wi 14.2
"[can't]" say phrase wi 14.7
carried thing adjective wi 3.20wi 8.13
Carroll, Lewis wi 5.12
"[carry]" say phrase wi 14.2
carry out action rulebook wi 12.2wi 12.9rb 6.3
guidelines for use wi 12.21
carry out the (activity) activity phrase wi 18.5
carry out the (activity on values) activity with (value) phrase wi 18.5
carrying relation wi 3.20wi 8.7wi 8.13wi 13.4
requirement in defining actions wi 12.7wi 12.17
carrying capacity of container/supporter/person property wi 3.19rb 10.5
avoid overflowing player's capacity using a hold-all wi 3.21
case sensitivity
checking texts wi 20.4
in matching texts wi 20.5
in real number constants wi 15.2
in regular expressions wi 20.6
in text substitutions wi 5.13
in text substitutions with lists wi 5.5
in text substitutions with objects wi 5.3wi 7.10
in text substitutions with pronouns wi 14.4wi 14.5wi 14.6
Cater, John wi 23.10
ceiling of (real number) phrase wi 15.6
chance see randomness
change see now (a condition)
change (direction) exit of (room) to (room) phrase wi 8.5
change (direction) exit of (room) to nothing/nowhere phrase wi 8.5
change the text of the player's command to (text) phrase wi 18.33
change (list of values) to have (number) entries/entry phrase wi 21.10
chapter of source text wi 2.5
character number (number) in (text) phrase wi 20.3
characters letters wi 5.10wi 5.11
capital letters as kind variables wi 22.7
counting wi 20.3
in text values wi 20.1
replacing in text wi 20.8
special / accented wi 5.10
special meanings in regular expressions wi 20.6wi 20.9
Unicode arbitrary symbols wi 5.11rb 12.1
defining new names for wi 27.25
characters people wi 12.3
accepting gifts rb 7.4rb 9.4
acting spontaneously wi 12.6rb 7.2
characterization rb 7.10
combat rb 7.5
dialogue see dialogue
giving instructions to other characters wi 12.3rb 7.14
goal-seeking rb 7.15
groups of people rb 7.16
Inanimate Listeners extension rb 7.7
memory see knowledge (in story world)
moving around rb 7.13
names and titles rb 7.1
persuading wi 12.4
reacting to each other rb 7.16
reacting to the player's actions rb 7.3
reporting unsuccessful actions wi 12.5
rules applying only when characters are present wi 7.12
scripted conversations rb 7.12
check action rulebook wi 12.2wi 12.9rb 6.3
for other characters wi 12.12
guidelines for use wi 12.21
Chimento, Philip wi 1.2
choose a/the/-- blank row in/from (table name) phrase wi 16.10
choose a/the/-- random row in/from (table name) phrase wi 16.5
choose a/the/-- row (number) in/from (table name) phrase wi 16.5
choose a/the/-- row with (table column) of (value) in/from (table name) phrase wi 16.5
choosing notable locale objects for something wi 18.27
clocks implementing rb 9.11
closed / open container/door property wi 3.6wi 3.13wi 3.15rb 9.2
clothing see wearing
colon see punctuation: colon
columns, in tables see tables
combat rb 7.5
comma see punctuation: comma
command prompt text global variable wi 8.2wi 9.7
commands of the player see understanding
comments
in source text wi 2.3
in transcripts from beta testers wi 17.21wi 24.7rb 13.1
comparisons
counting wi 6.16
equality wi 11.6 ; see also equality
of enumerated values wi 11.18
of numbers wi 15.5
of numbers using adjectives wi 6.7
of numbers with units using adjectives wi 15.12
of text wi 20.5
with regular expressions wi 20.6
compass directions see directions
components wi 3.23wi 13.4
breaking apart rb 10.4
for kinds wi 4.15
incorporation relation see incorporation
of bodies rb 5.1
of machines rb 9.8
concealed possessions wi 3.24wi 18.9
concealed thing adjective wi 3.24wi 18.9
concealment relation wi 3.24wi 13.4wi 18.9
in a room see hiding things from room descriptions by making them scenery
under other things see hiding things under other things
condition, naming properties wi 4.10
conditions
changing conditions of rules wi 19.5
defined by phrases wi 11.5
defining with to decide whether wi 11.16
equality wi 11.6
expressed as relations wi 13.12
for activity rules wi 18.4
for rules wi 7.12wi 9.5wi 19.5wi 19.7
for scenes wi 10.4
for understand wi 17.17rb 2.2
historical wi 9.13
number of times wi 9.14
number of turns wi 9.15
warning concerning variables and other varying qualities wi 9.13wi 9.15
testing wi 11.6
with otherwise/else wi 11.8
connections between rooms wi 3.2rb 3.2
changing wi 8.5
doors wi 3.12rb 3.5
inconsistent directions wi 3.3
one-way wi 3.3
rules applying to map connections wi 7.13
to nowhere wi 3.3
consents
if player consents phrase wi 11.5
constant values wi 4.13
consulting thing about action wi 7.6
container in question object global variable wi 12.18
containers kind wi 3.5wi 13.4rb 8.4rb 9.2
carrying capacity wi 3.19rb 10.5
containment relation see containment
enterable wi 3.6
liquids in containers rb 10.2
locked wi 3.13
open / closed wi 3.6wi 3.15
pockets in clothing rb 9.3
transparent / opaque wi 3.6wi 3.15
vehicle as kind of container wi 3.16
containment relation wi 6.11wi 8.13wi 13.4
hierarchy, low-level interface wi 8.17
indirect wi 3.25wi 6.11
placing the contents of something in scope wi 18.29
Contents page of Index panel user interface wi 2.6wi 23.5wi 27.10
continue the action phrase wi 7.3wi 7.5wi 19.11
continue the activity phrase wi 18.5
continued, for tables wi 16.18
contractions, adaptive contractions in displayed text wi 14.7wi 14.8
conversation see dialogue
Cornelson, David wi 1.2
corresponding to, in tables wi 16.3
cosine of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
"[could]" say phrase wi 14.7
"[couldn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
counted loops wi 11.10
counting wi 6.16
actions with for the Nth time wi 7.16rb 11.4
actions with for the Nth turn wi 7.17
characters / words / paragraphs / lines wi 20.3
conditions with for the Nth time wi 9.14
conditions with for the Nth turn wi 9.15
moves along a route wi 6.14
steps in an indirect relation wi 13.11
things wi 8.16
cover art wi 25.8
creating see defining
Crowther, Will wi 3.1
cube root of (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
curly braces see punctuation: curly braces
current action phrase wi 12.20
cut (snippet) phrase wi 18.33
D
Daly, Liza wi 1.2
damaging things implementing rb 10.4
dark / lighted room property wi 3.15rb 3.7
darkness wi 3.15wi 6.13rb 3.7
printing a refusal to act in the dark activity wi 18.18
printing the announcement of darkness activity wi 18.19
printing the announcement of light activity wi 18.20
printing the description of a dark room activity wi 18.22
printing the name of a dark room activity wi 18.21
rules to change perception of wi 12.19
testing whether in darkness wi 11.5
data files see files (data files)
death wi 9.4wi 18.38wi 18.39rb 11.6
debug version of the story see test version (of the story), test version (of the story)
debugging commands see testing commands
decide no phrase wi 11.16
decide on (value) phrase wi 11.17
decide yes phrase wi 11.16
deciding the concealed possessions of something activity wi 3.24
deciding the scope of something activity rb 5.5
deciding whether all includes activity rb 6.15
decimals see real numbers
say "[real number in decimal notation]" say phrase wi 15.4
say "[real number to number decimal places]" say phrase wi 15.4
decrease (a stored value) by (value) phrase wi 8.12
decrement (a stored value) phrase wi 8.12
default outcome of a rulebook wi 19.11wi 19.12
default properties of kinds wi 4.3 ; see also kinds: default values of kinds
default value of (name of kind) phrase wi 4.11
defining wi 2.2
action variables wi 12.10
actions wi 12.7rb 6.1
activities wi 18.5
activity variables wi 18.6
adaptive displayable verbs wi 14.3
adjectives wi 6.4
for numeric quantities wi 6.6wi 6.7wi 6.8
for numeric quantities with units wi 15.12
for values wi 6.5
with to decide whether wi 11.16
constant values wi 4.13
data files wi 23.12
directions wi 3.26
either/or properties wi 4.7
equations for values with units wi 15.18
figures wi 23.5
global variables wi 4.12
grammar tokens wi 17.13
producing values wi 17.14
Inform 6 entities see Inform 6 inclusions
input grammar wi 17.1
kinds wi 4.1
multiply using tables wi 16.16
kinds of thing wi 4.1wi 4.2wi 4.4
kinds of value wi 4.5wi 4.9wi 4.10
defining with a table wi 16.17
lists wi 21.2
by description wi 21.6wi 21.7
phrases wi 11.2
plurals wi 4.4rb 2.2
prepositions for relations wi 13.10
previewing wi 23.5
relations wi 13.5wi 13.13
relations expressing conditions wi 13.12
rooms wi 3.1
rulebook variables wi 19.10
rulebooks wi 19.8
rules wi 2.2wi 19.3wi 19.7
sentence verbs for properties wi 15.12
sentence verbs for relations wi 13.9
sounds wi 23.8
tables wi 16.1
temporary variables wi 11.15
testing commands wi 2.9rb 13.1
text substitutions wi 5.13
things wi 3.1
multiply using tables wi 16.16
multiply with counts wi 4.14
using plurals wi 4.4
using relations wi 4.15wi 4.16
units of measure wi 15.8wi 15.9wi 15.10
units of measure with parts wi 15.14wi 15.15
value properties wi 4.8wi 4.9wi 4.10
definite articles
when creating things wi 3.18
when displaying lists wi 5.5wi 21.3
when displaying things wi 5.3
definition assertion wi 6.4wi 19.7
for numeric quantities wi 6.6wi 6.7wi 6.8
for values wi 6.5
with phrase logic wi 11.16
(real number) degrees phrase wi 15.7
deleting things from the world wi 8.10
deny access reaching inside / outside outcome phrase wi 12.18
described / undescribed thing property wi 3.24
describing, in understand as wi 17.15
description of a dark room
printing the description of a dark room activity wi 18.22
description of room property wi 3.10wi 3.11
description of scene property wi 10.2
description of thing property wi 3.11
descriptions displayed wi 3.11wi 18.10
default descriptions using new kinds wi 4.2
full-length room descriptions / abbreviated room descriptions wi 2.12
hiding things from room descriptions wi 3.8
initial appearance of thing wi 3.11wi 8.5rb 3.1
miscellaneous things in room wi 18.25rb 3.1
notable things in room wi 18.24rb 3.1
room contents wi 18.26wi 18.27wi 18.28rb 3.1rb 6.4
room descriptions with substituted text wi 5.1
scene descriptions wi 10.2
varying with properties wi 3.14
descriptions references to things wi 6.1
adjectives for magnitude wi 6.6
adjectives for values wi 6.5
as values wi 22.2
comparative adjectives wi 6.7
complex phrases wi 6.9
counting wi 6.16
defining adjectives for descriptions wi 6.4
determiners all / none wi 6.15
existence wi 6.10
listed in table wi 16.12
non-existence wi 6.10wi 6.12
relative wi 6.9
superlative adjectives wi 6.8
syntax wi 6.2
determiners all / none wi 6.15
devices kind wi 3.14rb 9.8rb 10.7
displaying the on/off state rb 6.5
dialogue rb 7.6
ASK / TELL command wi 7.6rb 7.7rb 7.8
keyword-based dialogue rb 7.8
menu-based dialogue rb 7.8
scripted conversations rb 7.12
simple terms rb 7.7
structure of conversation rb 7.9
with inanimate objects rb 7.7
DICT_WORD_SIZE use option rb 2.2
direction of (door) from (room) phrase wi 3.12
directions kind wi 3.2wi 3.5wi 3.26wi 4.1rb 3.2rb 6.9
defining wi 3.26
finding adjacent rooms wi 6.14
shipboard directions, FORE/AFT/PORT/STARBOARD rb 8.2
disambiguation
of player commands wi 17.19rb 6.17
displaying parser's chosen thing wi 18.30
printing disambiguation request wi 18.31
of source text wi 2.6
precedence of phrase definitions wi 22.9wi 22.10
precedence of rules wi 19.2wi 19.4wi 19.6wi 19.16
display (figure name) phrase wi 23.6
display the boxed quotation (text) phrase wi 5.12
displaying descriptions see descriptions (displayed)
distance
measuring with number of moves wi 6.14
measuring with number of steps wi 13.11
(arithmetic value) divided by (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
do nothing phrase wi 11.1
does the player mean rulebook wi 17.19
doing it, a repeated action wi 7.17
doing something / anything, describing actions wi 7.9
"[don't]" say phrase wi 14.8
door (direction) from/of (room) phrase wi 6.14
doors kind wi 3.12rb 3.5
locked wi 3.13
rules for going through doors wi 7.14
double-dash see punctuation: double-dash
drinking action rb 10.2
dropping action rb 6.8
duplicates wi 4.14
taken from a dispenser rb 10.3
during scene wi 10.4wi 19.7
dynamic memory allocation use option wi 20.2
E
e real number constant wi 15.2
each other, in defining relations wi 13.6wi 13.7
each, in descriptions wi 6.15
eating action wi 3.22rb 9.1
edible / inedible thing property wi 3.22rb 9.1
editing wi 26.2
either/or properties wi 3.6wi 4.6
changing wi 8.4
defining wi 4.7
used as adjectives wi 6.3
electricity implementing rb 10.7
else (a phrase) phrase wi 11.8
else if (a condition) phrase wi 11.8
else unless (a condition) phrase wi 11.8
empty / non-empty adjective
for activities wi 18.5
for lists wi 21.1wi 21.2
for relations wi 13.14
for rulebooks wi 19.8
for tables wi 16.9
for texts wi 6.5wi 20.3
enclosure relation wi 3.25
end if wi 11.7
end of scene see scenes: rules run at end
end of story wi 9.4wi 18.38wi 18.39rb 11.6
end the (activity) activity phrase wi 18.7
end the (activity on values) activity with (value) phrase wi 18.7
end the story phrase wi 9.4rb 11.6
end the story finally phrase wi 9.4rb 11.6
end the story finally saying (text) phrase wi 9.4rb 11.6
end the story saying (text) phrase wi 9.4rb 11.6
end while wi 11.9
end, in phrases wi 11.7wi 11.9
ended
if scene has ended phrase wi 10.4
engineering notation use option wi 15.2
English
defining plural forms wi 4.4rb 2.2
displaying numbers in words wi 5.4
displaying simple plurals wi 5.4
displaying times in words wi 9.7
forms for sentence verbs wi 13.9
forms of to be wi 13.10
irregular verbs wi 12.8wi 13.9
narrative viewpoint, of standard responses wi 14.1rb 5.6
really understanding wi 2.16
simple superlative forms wi 6.8
tense
of conditions in rules wi 9.12wi 9.13
of standard responses wi 14.1rb 5.6
enterable container property wi 3.6rb 9.2
vehicles made automatically enterable wi 3.16
entering action rb 6.10
Entire Game scene constant wi 10.3
entries, in tables see tables
entry number of list wi 21.9
enumerated value wi 22.1wi 22.6 ; see also kinds: of value
Epistemology extension rb 5.5
EPS file see index map: customizing for release
equality relation wi 13.8
equations, for values with units wi 15.18
equivalence relation adjective wi 13.14
equivalent to unit wi 15.10
error messages
abject failures of Inform wi 2.15
for player commands wi 18.35rb 6.17
for source text wi 2.4
Euler, Leonhard wi 15.2
Eve, Eric wi 1.2rb 5.5
even / odd number adjective wi 4.6wi 6.5
events in the future wi 9.11
every
creating assemblies wi 4.15wi 4.16rb 5.1
in descriptions wi 6.15
every turn rulebook wi 9.5rb 7.2
not for out of world actions wi 12.15
everywhere, placing backdrops wi 3.9wi 8.8
exactly
counting conditions wi 9.14wi 9.15
in descriptions wi 6.16
examining action rb 6.5rb 9.6
handling READ separately rb 9.6
except
describing actions wi 7.9
in descriptions wi 6.16
exclamation mark see punctuation: exclamation mark, ending sentences
existence
descriptions of any such thing wi 6.2
testing that such a thing exists wi 6.10
existent / nonexistent real number adjective wi 15.3
exiting action wi 7.14rb 6.9rb 6.10
exits see connections between rooms
exponential of (real number) phrase wi 15.6
extend (list of values) to (number) entries/entry phrase wi 21.10
extensions
built-in extensions wi 27.3
Inform 6 code in extensions wi 27.14
Inform 6 template layer wi 27.26rb 6.3
installing wi 2.10wi 27.3
licensing of use wi 27.1rb 1.1
listing credits for wi 27.6rb 11.5
project-specific extensions wi 27.3
specific extensions
Approximate Metric Units wi 15.13
Basic Screen Effects wi 27.7rb 4.5
Epistemology rb 5.5
Inanimate Listeners rb 7.7rb 9.6
Locksmith wi 2.10wi 2.11rb 3.5rb 9.2
Metric Units wi 15.13wi 15.18wi 15.20
Mistype rb 6.17
Object Response Tests wi 24.6
Punctuation Removal rb 6.13rb 7.1rb 7.7
Real Time Delays rb 12.4
Rideable Vehicles wi 3.16rb 8.3
Skeleton Keys rb 9.2
Standard Rules wi 27.2wi 27.14
Unicode Character Names wi 27.25
Unicode Full Character Names wi 27.25
Vorple system wi 25.12
using wi 2.11
using specific versions wi 27.6
writing
author bibliographic data wi 27.4
documenting wi 27.11wi 27.12
example wi 27.5
for a specific virtual machine wi 27.7
giving examples wi 27.12
including other extensions wi 27.8wi 27.9
modifying other extensions wi 27.9
version number wi 27.6
external files see files (data files)
F
Fabulich, Dan wi 1.2
failure
for actions wi 7.1wi 12.2
for persuasion wi 12.4
for rules wi 19.11
false / true wi 11.5
fast route-finding use option wi 6.14
for particular relations wi 13.11
feelies wi 25.7
female / male / neuter person property wi 3.17
figure name wi 23.10
figures wi 23.2rb 12.5
accessibility text wi 23.9
as values wi 23.10
cover art wi 25.8
declaring wi 23.5
displaying wi 23.6
formats allowed wi 23.4
placing in materials folder wi 23.4
files compiling
blorb file see blorb file
extensions wi 2.10wi 27.3
materials folder see materials folder
Options.txt wi 2.13
files data files wi 23.11rb 12.5
declaring wi 23.12
exchanging with other programs wi 23.12wi 23.15
loading initial state from a data file rb 11.1
reading / writing / appending text wi 23.14
reading / writing tables wi 23.13
storing records of death in a data file rb 11.6
filter to (description of values) of (list of values) phrase wi 22.5
Final Question Options
Table of Final Question Options rb 11.6
finally, ending the story wi 9.4wi 18.39rb 11.6
FIND command rb 5.4
finite / infinite real number adjective wi 15.3
fire implementing rb 10.8
first person singular / plural wi 14.1
first thing held by (object) phrase wi 8.17
first time, counting actions wi 7.16
first time, counting conditions wi 9.14
first value of (name of kind) phrase wi 11.18
first, listed first in rulebook wi 19.4wi 19.7
Fisher, David rb 1.2
fixed in place / portable thing property wi 3.6wi 3.7wi 8.7
Fleming, Ian wi 6.10
floating-point see real numbers
floor of (real number) phrase wi 15.6
fluids see liquids (implementing)
follow (rule) phrase wi 19.8
follow (values based rule producing values) for (value) phrase wi 19.9
fonts
fixed-width / variable-width wi 5.9rb 12.1
italic / bold / roman wi 5.9rb 12.1
food wi 3.22rb 9.1
footnotes implementing rb 12.3
for activity rulebook wi 18.3
for release only wi 2.9wi 25.6rb 13.1
fragile things implementing rb 10.4
from
inside / outside from wi 3.2
from now
rule in number turn/turns from now phrase wi 9.11
rule in time from now phrase wi 9.11
front side of (object) phrase wi 3.12
full stop see punctuation: full stop
full-length room descriptions use option wi 2.12
future / present / past tense wi 14.1
future events wi 9.11
G
Galactic Patrol wi 20.6
game structure see story structure
games, dice and cards implementing rb 9.5
gases implementing rb 10.1
genre bibliographic data wi 25.2wi 25.3
given, in calculations with equations wi 15.18
giving it to action rb 7.4
global constants see constant values
global variables see variables: global
Glulx wi 2.14wi 23.3
extensions for Glulx only wi 27.7
memory limits wi 2.14wi 20.2wi 21.10
no character set limits wi 20.4
numeric limits wi 11.10wi 15.2wi 15.10wi 15.14
real numbers available wi 15.2
required for multimedia wi 23.1rb 12.5
Glulx resource ID of (figure name) phrase wi 23.10
Glulx resource ID of (sound name) phrase wi 23.10
Go button user interface wi 1.4
God's own teacup wi 16.18
going action wi 7.13rb 6.9
default failure response wi 7.13
going by action wi 7.14
going from action wi 7.13
going nowhere action wi 7.13
going through action wi 7.14
going to action wi 7.13
going with action wi 7.14
other characters moving around rb 7.13
rules for going by vehicles wi 7.14
rules for going through doors wi 7.14
rules for going to and from places wi 7.13
rules for going with pushed things wi 7.14
going on activity adjective wi 18.2
GONEAR testing command wi 24.4
grammar of player's command see understanding
grammar tokens wi 17.1wi 17.4rb 6.2
defining wi 17.13
defining in Inform 6 wi 27.23
for kinds of value wi 17.9wi 17.11
for numbers wi 17.6wi 17.9
for rooms wi 17.7rb 5.5
for text wi 17.5
for things not in scope wi 17.7rb 5.5
producing values wi 17.14
graphics see figures
greater than relation verb wi 15.5
group relations wi 13.7
group (description of objects) together phrase wi 18.13
group (description of objects) together as (text) phrase wi 18.13
group (description of objects) together giving articles phrase wi 18.13
grouping together something wi 18.14
H
had been, for past conditions wi 9.13
handled thing property wi 3.11
happened
if scene has happened phrase wi 10.4
happening scene adjective wi 10.4
Hardy, Thomas wi 4.5
has relation verb see possession
has been, for past conditions wi 9.13
has, for defining properties wi 4.8
"[have]" say phrase wi 14.2
"[haven't]" say phrase wi 14.8
Hazel, Philip wi 20.6
headings wi 2.5wi 2.6wi 2.9wi 25.6
in extension documentation wi 27.12
in extensions wi 27.9wi 27.10
headline bibliographic data wi 18.37wi 25.2
heat
on fire rb 10.8
too hot to touch rb 10.9
held by
first thing held by object phrase wi 8.17
next thing held after object phrase wi 8.17
held in relation verb see containment
held thing adjective wi 3.20wi 8.13
help systems rb 11.3
HER, in player commands wi 17.18rb 2.2
hiding things carried by other characters wi 3.24wi 18.9
hiding things from room descriptions by making them scenery wi 3.8
hiding things under other things rb 6.6
HIM, in player commands wi 17.18rb 2.2
hint systems rb 11.3
historical conditions wi 9.13
times wi 9.14
turns wi 9.15
warning concerning variables and other varying qualities wi 9.13wi 9.15
hold-all wi 3.21
holder of (object) phrase wi 8.17
(number) hours phrase wi 9.8
hours part of (time) phrase wi 9.10
Hunter, Andrew wi 1.2
hyperbolic arccosine of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
hyperbolic arcsine of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
hyperbolic arctangent of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
hyperbolic cosine of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
hyperbolic sine of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
hyperbolic tangent of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
I
IDE interface see user interface
if (a condition): phrase wi 11.6
if (a condition) , (a phrase) phrase wi 11.6
if a condition phrase wi 2.2wi 8.11wi 8.13
with generic conditions wi 8.14
with otherwise/else wi 11.8
if a paragraph break is pending: phrase wi 5.8
if a random chance of (number) in (number) succeeds: phrase wi 8.18
if action requires a carried noun: phrase wi 12.7
if action requires a carried second noun: phrase wi 12.7
if action requires a touchable noun: phrase wi 12.7
if action requires a touchable second noun: phrase wi 12.7
if action requires light: phrase wi 12.7
IF Archive web site wi 26.4wi 26.5
if (snippet) does not include (topic): phrase wi 18.33
if (snippet) does not match (topic): phrase wi 18.33
if (text) exactly matches the regular expression (text): phrase wi 20.6
if (text) exactly matches the text (text): phrase wi 20.5
if (external file) exists: phrase wi 23.13
if handling (activity) activity: phrase wi 18.7
if handling (activity on values) activity with (value): phrase wi 18.7
if (scene) has ended: phrase wi 10.4
if (scene) has happened: phrase wi 10.4
if (scene) has not ended: phrase wi 10.4
if (scene) has not happened: phrase wi 10.4
if in darkness: phrase wi 11.5
if (snippet) includes (topic): phrase wi 18.33
if (action) involves (object): phrase wi 12.20
if (value) is: phrase wi 11.8
if (time) is after (time): phrase wi 9.9
if (time) is before (time): phrase wi 9.9
if (text) is in lower case: phrase wi 20.4
if (text) is in upper case: phrase wi 20.4
if (value) is listed in (list of values): phrase wi 21.4
if (value) is not listed in (list of values): phrase wi 21.4
if (snippet) matches (topic): phrase wi 18.33
if (value) matches (description of values): phrase wi 22.2
if (text) matches the regular expression (text): phrase wi 20.6
if (text) matches the text (text): phrase wi 20.5
if player consents: phrase wi 11.5
if ready to read (external file): phrase wi 23.15
if (value) relates to (name of kind) by (relation of values to values): phrase wi 13.13
if (name of kind) relates to (value) by (relation of values to values): phrase wi 13.13
if rule failed: phrase wi 19.11
if rule succeeded: phrase wi 19.11
if story has ended: phrase wi 9.4
if story has ended finally: phrase wi 9.4
if story has not ended: phrase wi 9.4
if story has not ended finally: phrase wi 9.4
if there is (a table entry): phrase wi 16.7
if there is no (a table entry): phrase wi 16.7
IFDB web site wi 25.8wi 26.4wi 26.5
IFID bibliographic data wi 23.12wi 23.15wi 25.5wi 26.5rb 11.5
ifwiki web site wi 26.6rb 1.2
images see figures
immobile things
fixed in place wi 3.6wi 8.7
moving anyway wi 8.7
scenery wi 3.8
supporters made automatically immobile wi 3.7
implicitly taking something activity wi 12.17rb 6.8
improper-named / proper-named thing property wi 3.18
in relation verb see containment
in groups, in defining relations wi 13.7
(text) in lower case phrase wi 20.4
(text) in sentence case phrase wi 20.4
in the presence of wi 7.12wi 18.29
(rule) in (time) from now phrase wi 9.11
(text) in title case phrase wi 20.4
(rule) in (number) turn/turns from now phrase wi 9.11
(text) in upper case phrase wi 20.4
in, location conditions for rules wi 7.11wi 7.13
inactive / active use option adjective wi 27.18
Inanimate Listeners extension rb 7.7rb 9.6
include extension by extension author assertion wi 2.11
incorporation relation wi 3.23wi 4.15wi 8.13wi 13.4
increase (a stored value) by (value) phrase wi 8.12wi 9.2
increment (a stored value) phrase wi 8.12
indefinite article of object property wi 3.18
indefinite articles
when creating things wi 3.18
when displaying lists wi 5.5wi 21.3
when displaying things wi 5.3
indentation of source text wi 11.7wi 11.9
index of source text see headings
index map wi 3.2wi 3.4wi 3.26rb 3.2
customizing for release wi 25.18rb 13.2
Index panel user interface wi 1.6
Actions page wi 12.5wi 12.21wi 17.1wi 17.2wi 17.3wi 24.3
checking story correctness wi 24.1
Contents page wi 2.6wi 23.5wi 27.10
Kinds page wi 4.1wi 4.6wi 4.8wi 4.11wi 4.12wi 27.10
Map page wi 2.7wi 3.4wi 3.26wi 25.18
Phrases page wi 2.2wi 11.2
Rules page wi 19.6wi 19.16
Scenes page wi 10.3wi 10.9
indexed text, now the same as text see text
indirect containment wi 3.25wi 6.11
inedible / edible thing property wi 3.22rb 9.1
infinite / finite real number adjective wi 15.3
Infocom wi 2.12wi 9.3wi 25.7rb 12.2rb 12.3
Inform 6 wi 1.1wi 2.14wi 27.14
Inform 6 Designer's Manual wi 18.29wi 27.21wi 27.23wi 27.27
Inform 6 equivalent
attributes wi 4.7
BeforeParsing wi 18.33
box wi 5.12
break wi 11.12
child wi 8.17
classes wi 4.1
clothing wi 3.20
code blocks wi 11.7
constants wi 4.13
continue wi 11.12
daemons wi 9.5
darkness wi 12.19
each_turn wi 9.5
for wi 11.10
functions wi 11.2
functions with optional parameters wi 11.14
functions with parameters wi 11.3
global variable wi 4.12
IndirectlyContains wi 3.25
initial wi 3.11
local variables wi 11.15
meta wi 12.15
objectloop wi 11.11
parent wi 8.17
procedures wi 11.2
properties wi 4.8
return wi 11.13
return value wi 11.17
rtrue/rfalse wi 11.16
SACK_OBJECT wi 3.21
scope rules wi 12.16wi 12.18wi 18.29
sibling wi 8.17
switch/case wi 11.8
switchable wi 3.14
synonyms wi 12.7
timers wi 9.11
verbs wi 12.7
while wi 11.9
with_key wi 3.13
Inform 6 inclusions wi 27.14
actions wi 27.22
adjectives wi 27.24
classes wi 27.21
global variables wi 27.22
grammar tokens wi 27.23
Inform 6 template layer wi 27.26rb 6.3
long sections of code wi 27.19
objects wi 27.21
phrase elements wi 27.28wi 27.29wi 27.30
phrase options wi 27.17
phrases wi 27.15
phrases to decide a value wi 27.16
phrases to decide whether/if wi 27.16
properties wi 27.21wi 27.22
rules wi 27.20
understanding grammar wi 27.23
use options wi 27.18
inform7.com web site wi 2.15wi 27.3
information see knowledge (in story world)
Ingold, Jon rb 1.2
initial appearance of thing property wi 3.11wi 8.5
initial location of player wi 3.1
initial state of the world wi 2.1wi 3.1
scenes that begin at the beginning wi 10.6
setting in when play begins wi 9.1rb 11.1
initially, in defining global variables wi 4.12
inserting it into action rb 6.8
inside relation verb see containment
inside from wi 3.2
instead of action rulebook wi 7.2wi 7.3
as failure of persuasion wi 12.4
guidelines for use wi 12.21
in action processing sequence wi 12.2rb 6.3
not used for out of world actions wi 12.15
instead of, replacing rules wi 19.4
instead, to stop the action wi 7.3wi 12.9wi 19.11rb 6.3
instructing other characters wi 12.3rb 7.14
insufficient / sufficient light, there is insufficient / sufficient light visibility rules outcome phrase wi 12.19
integers see numbers
interface see user interface
intfiction forum web site wi 24.8wi 26.2
introduction see initial state of the world
introductory booklet and postcard wi 25.9
inventory
taking inventory action rb 6.7
inventory details
printing inventory details of something activity wi 18.17
invisible / visible thing adjective wi 6.13
is wi 2.1wi 13.1wi 13.2wi 13.8
equality relation see equality
"[it]" say phrase wi 14.5
it does / it does not deciding whether all includes outcome phrase wi 18.36
it is likely / possible / unlikely does the player mean outcome phrase wi 17.19
IT, in player commands wi 17.18rb 2.2
it, in source text wi 11.16
itch.io wi 26.3wi 26.6
item described object global variable wi 17.17rb 2.2
J
Jerome, Jerome K. wi 2.5wi 25.2
K
Kesserich, Sonja wi 1.2
keyword-style parsing rb 6.18
Kinder, David wi 1.2
kinds wi 3.5wi 4.1wi 22.1
catalogue
animal wi 3.17
backdrop wi 3.9 ; see also backdrops
container wi 3.5 ; see also containers
device wi 3.14rb 9.8rb 10.7
direction wi 3.5wi 3.26
door wi 3.12 ; see also doors
man wi 3.17
person wi 3.17 ; see also person
player's holdall wi 3.21
region wi 3.4 ; see also regions
room wi 3.5 ; see also rooms
supporter wi 3.5 ; see also supporters
thing wi 3.5 ; see also things
vehicle wi 3.16rb 8.1
woman wi 3.17
default properties wi 4.3
default values of kinds wi 4.8wi 4.11wi 4.12wi 22.4
defining wi 4.1
in Inform 6 wi 27.21
kinds of thing wi 4.1wi 4.2wi 4.4
kinds of value wi 4.5wi 4.9wi 4.10
defining with a table wi 16.17
multiple kinds with a table wi 16.16
documenting in extensions wi 27.10
enumerated values wi 4.5wi 4.9wi 4.10
hierarchy of kinds wi 4.1
in phrase parameters wi 11.3wi 22.8
kind variables wi 22.1wi 22.7
must define before using wi 4.2
of action wi 7.15
of description wi 22.2
of kinds wi 22.1wi 22.6
of list wi 21.1wi 21.2
of phrase wi 22.3
default values for wi 22.4
of relation wi 13.14
of thing wi 4.1
of value wi 4.1wi 4.5
of values with units of measure wi 15.8
uses of new kinds wi 4.2
Kinds page of Index panel user interface wi 4.1wi 4.6wi 4.8wi 4.11wi 4.12wi 27.10
Kleene, Stephen wi 20.6
Knight, Cedric rb 6.17
knowledge in story world rb 5.4rb 7.11
other characters' knowledge rb 7.11
player's knowledge rb 5.4rb 5.5
Knuth, Donald wi 1.1
L
Labrande, Hugo wi 1.2
last value of (name of kind) phrase wi 11.18
last, listed last in rulebook wi 19.4wi 19.7
latest parser error command parser error global variable wi 18.35
laws for sorting rulebooks wi 19.6wi 19.16
Le Guin, Ursula K. wi 3.12
leading zeroes, when defining units wi 15.15
Lebling, Dave wi 2.5wi 2.13
left hand status line text global variable wi 8.3wi 18.23rb 12.2
Leinonen, Juhana wi 1.2wi 24.6wi 25.12
less than relation verb wi 15.5
less than, in descriptions wi 6.16
let (a name not so far used) be (value) phrase wi 11.15
let (a temporary named value) be (value) phrase wi 11.15
let (a name not so far used) be (name of kind) phrase wi 11.15
let (a name not so far used) be (description of relations of values to values) phrase wi 13.15
let (a name not so far used) be given by (equation name) phrase wi 15.18
let (a temporary named value) be given by (equation name) phrase wi 15.18
letters see characters (letters)
light wi 3.15wi 6.13rb 3.7
lack of see darkness
printing the announcement of light activity wi 18.20
requirement in defining actions wi 12.7wi 12.17
rules to override sufficiency of wi 12.19
lighted / dark room property wi 3.15rb 3.7
likely / possible / unlikely, it is likely / possible / unlikely does the player mean outcome phrase wi 17.19
limits
for extending lists wi 21.10
for manipulating text wi 20.2
of Inform 6 compiler wi 2.14
of numeric values wi 11.10wi 15.2
of numeric values of units wi 15.10wi 15.14
of scene changing mechanism wi 10.9
of story file wi 2.14
on changing lists being repeated through wi 21.4
line breaks wi 5.6wi 5.8
counting lines in text wi 20.3
in formatting tables wi 16.1
produced by sentence-ending punctuation wi 2.3wi 5.2wi 5.8
line number (number) in (text) phrase wi 20.3
liquids implementing rb 10.2
list of (description of values) phrase wi 21.6
"[list of description]" say phrase wi 6.1
list of (name of kind) that/which/who relate to (value) by (relation of values to values) phrase wi 13.13
list of (name of kind) that/which/whom (relation of values to values) relates phrase wi 13.13
list of (name of kind) that/which/whom (relation of values to values) relates to phrase wi 13.13
list of (name of kind) that/which/whom (value) relates to by (relation of values to values) phrase wi 13.13
list of (name of kind) to which/whom (relation of values to values) relates phrase wi 13.13
list of (name of kind) to which/whom (value) relates by (relation of values to values) phrase wi 13.13
list the contents of (object) phrase wi 11.14
listed in / before / after / instead of, for placing rules in rulebooks wi 19.4
listening to action wi 7.7rb 3.8
listing contents of something wi 18.13
listing group size number global variable wi 18.12wi 18.14
listing nondescript items of something activity rb 3.1
listing nondescript items of something wi 18.25rb 3.1
listing rules
for grouping together wi 18.14
for listing contents wi 18.13
lists wi 13.13wi 21.1
adding entries wi 21.1wi 21.5
changing entries wi 21.9
changing length wi 21.10
constant lists wi 21.2
creating wi 21.2
by description wi 21.6wi 21.7
displaying wi 5.5wi 21.3
empty / non-empty adjective wi 21.1wi 21.2
extending wi 21.10
filtering with a phrase or description wi 22.5
finding entries wi 21.4wi 21.9
finding length wi 21.1wi 21.9
mapping with a phrase wi 22.5
memory limits wi 21.10
the multiple object list wi 17.20rb 6.15
reducing with a phrase, to a value wi 22.5
removing entries wi 21.5
repeating through wi 21.4
reversing wi 21.8
rotating wi 21.8
sorting wi 21.8
truncating wi 21.10
variations on use of lists wi 21.11
Z-machine limitations wi 21.10
lit / unlit thing property wi 3.15rb 3.7
local variables see temporary variables
locale description
printing the locale description of something activity wi 18.26
locale paragraph
printing a locale paragraph about something activity wi 18.28rb 3.1
location of (object) phrase wi 3.25
location object global variable wi 3.25wi 4.12
locations see rooms
lockable container/door property wi 3.13rb 9.2
locked / unlocked container/door property wi 3.13rb 9.2
Locksmith extension wi 2.10wi 2.11rb 3.5rb 9.2
logarithm to base (number) of (real number) phrase wi 15.6
looking action wi 12.19rb 3.1rb 6.4
as part of going rb 6.9
loops
counted wi 11.10
in phrases wi 11.9
interrupting wi 11.12
through objects wi 11.11
through values wi 11.10
Lopez, Zed wi 1.2
losing the game wi 9.4
losing the story wi 18.38wi 18.39rb 11.6
lower case
text in lower case phrase wi 20.4
M
machines implementing rb 9.8rb 10.7
magic words wi 24.4rb 6.13
magnets implementing rb 10.7
make no decision phrase wi 19.11
male / female / neuter person property wi 3.17
man kind wi 3.17wi 4.1
map see index map
Map page of Index panel user interface wi 2.7wi 3.4wi 3.26wi 25.18
mapping direction relation wi 6.14
mark (external file) as not ready to read phrase wi 23.15
mark (external file) as ready to read phrase wi 23.15
marked for listing / unmarked for listing thing property wi 18.25rb 3.1
mass nouns wi 3.18
matched as, in describing action variables wi 12.10
matched text snippet global variable wi 18.33
matching key of container/door property wi 3.13
materials folder wi 23.4
cover art wi 25.8
feelies wi 25.7
figures wi 23.4
introductory booklet / postcard wi 25.9
map wi 25.18rb 13.2
pre-existing story file wi 25.15
project-specific extensions wi 27.3
released story file wi 25.6
sounds wi 23.8
source text wi 25.17
walkthrough wi 25.16
web pages for the story wi 25.10wi 26.3
templates wi 25.13wi 25.14
web-playable story wi 25.11wi 26.3
maths see calculation
maximum score number global variable wi 9.2wi 9.3rb 11.4
maximum text length use option wi 20.2
maximum things understood at once use option wi 4.14
"[may]" say phrase wi 14.7
"[mayn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
Mazaitis, Paul wi 1.2
McGrew, Jesse wi 27.4rb 1.2
McKee, Kate rb 1.2
meaning relation wi 14.9
meaningful / meaningless verb adjective wi 14.9
means, defining sentence verbs
the verb to be P means relation assertion wi 13.10
the verb V means property assertion wi 15.12
the verb V means relation assertion wi 13.9
member of description wi 22.2
memory economy use option wi 2.14
memory limits wi 2.14
for extending lists wi 21.10
for manipulating text wi 20.2
memory of player see knowledge (in story world)
men kind see man
mentioned / unmentioned thing property wi 18.24wi 18.26wi 18.28rb 3.1
metadata see bibliographic data
Metric Units extension wi 15.13wi 15.18wi 15.20
"[might]" say phrase wi 14.7
"[mightn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
(arithmetic value) minus (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
minus infinity real number constant wi 15.3
(number) minutes phrase wi 9.8
minutes part of (time) phrase wi 9.10
missing noun
supplying a missing noun/second noun activity wi 17.1wi 18.32
mistakes, in the player's command wi 17.21wi 17.22rb 5.3
Mistype extension rb 6.17
modal / non-modal verb adjective wi 14.7wi 14.9
money implementing rb 9.4
monospaced text wi 5.9rb 12.1
Montfort, Nick rb 1.2
Monty Python wi 11.7
more than, in descriptions wi 6.16
Moriarty, Brian wi 5.12
most, in descriptions wi 6.15
move (object) backdrop to all (description of objects) phrase wi 8.8
move backdrop to region phrase wi 8.8
move (object) to (object) phrase wi 8.7
multiple copies of things see duplicates
multiple object list phrase wi 17.20rb 6.15
(arithmetic value) multiplied by (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
Musante, Mark wi 1.2
music see sounds
"[must]" say phrase wi 14.7
"[mustn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
N
names
for things named generally wi 8.15
of characters rb 7.1
of phrases wi 22.3
of rules wi 19.2wi 19.3wi 19.7
printed name of object property wi 8.5
printing the name of a dark room activity wi 18.21
printing the name of something activity wi 18.10
printing the plural name of something activity wi 18.11
NaN not a number see nonexistent / existent (real number)
narrative viewpoint, of standard responses wi 14.1rb 5.6
natural language, really understanding wi 2.16
natural/-- logarithm of (real number) phrase wi 15.6
nearest
arithmetic value to the nearest arithmetic value phrase wi 9.8wi 15.5
nearest whole number
real number to the nearest whole number phrase wi 15.3
negative / positive number adjective wi 6.5
Nelson, Toby wi 1.2
neuter / male / female person property wi 3.17
never / always, in assertions wi 4.3
Newcomb, Ron wi 1.2
next phrase wi 11.12
next step via (relation of values to values) from (object) to (object) phrase wi 13.11
next thing held after (object) phrase wi 8.17
no phrase wi 11.16
no, in descriptions wi 6.15
NO, querying yes/no wi 11.5
NO, responding to a character rb 7.7
nobody, testing that no such person exists wi 6.10
non-empty / empty adjective
for activities wi 18.5
for lists wi 21.1wi 21.2
for relations wi 13.14
for rulebooks wi 19.8
for tables wi 16.9
for texts wi 6.5wi 20.3
non-existence
removing things from play wi 8.10
starting things out of play wi 3.25wi 6.10wi 8.10
testing that no such thing exists wi 6.10wi 6.12
non-modal / modal verb adjective wi 14.9
non-recurring / recurring scene property wi 10.4wi 10.7
nondescript items
listing nondescript items of something activity wi 18.25rb 3.1
none, in descriptions wi 6.15
nonexistent / existent real number adjective wi 15.3
not for release wi 2.9wi 24.5wi 25.6rb 13.1
not listed in, for removing rules from rulebooks wi 19.4
notable locale objects
choosing notable locale objects for something activity wi 18.27
nothing
as a value wi 6.12
do nothing phrase wi 11.1
in removing room connections wi 8.5
in understanding actions wi 17.3
testing that no such thing exists wi 6.10wi 6.12
NOTIFY ON/OFF command wi 9.2rb 11.4rb 11.5
noun part of (action) phrase wi 12.20
noun object global variable wi 7.10
nouns, in descriptions wi 6.2
nouns, reversed, in understanding actions wi 17.2
now
rule in number turn/turns from now phrase wi 9.11
rule in time from now phrase wi 9.11
now (a condition) phrase wi 2.2wi 8.1wi 8.11
changing either/or properties wi 8.4
changing global variables wi 8.1
changing list entries wi 21.9
changing table entries wi 16.4
changing temporary variables wi 11.15
changing the locations of backdrops wi 8.8
changing the locations of things wi 8.7wi 8.10
changing the player's identity wi 8.9rb 5.6
changing the player's location wi 8.9
changing value properties wi 8.5
for arbitrary conditions wi 8.11
nowhere
in removing room connections wi 3.3wi 8.5
placing backdrops wi 3.9wi 8.8
placing things wi 8.10
rules for going nowhere wi 7.13
NPC see characters (people)
"[number]" say phrase wi 5.3
number grammar token wi 17.6wi 17.9
number of (description of values) phrase wi 6.1wi 8.16
number of blank rows in/from (table name) phrase wi 16.10
number of characters in (text) phrase wi 20.3
number of entries in/of list of values phrase wi 21.1
number of entries in/of/from (list of values) phrase wi 21.9
number of filled rows in/from (table name) phrase wi 16.10
number of lines in (text) phrase wi 20.3
number of moves from (object) to (object) phrase wi 6.14
number of moves from (object) to (object) through (description of objects) phrase wi 6.14
number of paragraphs in (text) phrase wi 20.3
number of punctuated words in (text) phrase wi 20.3
number of rows in/from (table name) phrase wi 16.2
number of steps via (relation of values to values) from (object) to (object) phrase wi 13.11
number of times (text) matches the regular expression (text) phrase wi 20.6
number of times (text) matches the text (text) phrase wi 20.5
number of unpunctuated words in (text) phrase wi 20.3
number of words in (text) phrase wi 20.3
number understood number global variable wi 17.9
numbers wi 15.1wi 15.2
adjectives comparing magnitude wi 6.7wi 6.8
adjectives describing magnitude wi 6.6
arithmetic wi 15.5
calculation with see calculation
conversion to/from real numbers wi 15.3
converting to times wi 9.10
displaying wi 5.3wi 5.4
given by equations wi 15.18
limits of numeric values wi 11.10wi 15.2
limits of numeric values of units wi 15.10wi 15.14
of things in descriptions wi 6.16
printing a number of something activity wi 18.12
random numbers see randomness
real numbers wi 15.2
conversion to/from numbers wi 15.3
displaying wi 15.4
exponential functions wi 15.6
infinite and nonexistent wi 15.3
trigonometric functions wi 15.7
understanding wi 17.6wi 17.9
units of measure see units of measure
Nyman, Jeff rb 1.2
O
object loops wi 11.11
Object Response Tests extension wi 24.6
objects see things
odd / even number adjective wi 4.6wi 6.5
of, for properties wi 4.9
off-stage / on-stage thing adjective wi 8.10
omit contents in listing phrase wi 18.10
omitting code, for release version wi 2.9wi 24.5wi 25.6rb 13.1
on relation verb see support
on top of relation verb see support
on-stage / off-stage thing adjective wi 8.10
once, counting conditions wi 9.14
one-to-one relation adjective wi 13.14
one-to-various relation adjective wi 13.14
one-way connections wi 3.3
only, counting conditions wi 9.14wi 9.15
opaque / transparent container property wi 3.6wi 3.15rb 9.2
open / closed container/door property wi 3.6wi 3.13wi 3.15rb 9.2
openable / unopenable container property wi 3.6rb 9.2
opposite of direction property wi 3.26
options, for phrases wi 11.14
Options.txt wi 2.13
or more / less wi 6.6wi 6.7wi 6.8
ordering see precedence
ordering other characters wi 12.3rb 7.14
other people see characters (people)
other side of (door) from (room) phrase wi 3.12
other things grammar token wi 17.4
otherwise (a phrase) phrase wi 11.8
otherwise if (a condition) phrase wi 11.8
otherwise unless (a condition) phrase wi 11.8
"[our]" say phrase wi 14.4
out of play wi 3.25wi 6.10wi 8.10
out of world wi 12.15wi 12.21
outcome of the rulebook phrase wi 19.12
outline of source text wi 2.6
outside from wi 3.2
P
paint implementing rb 9.7
paragraph
writing a paragraph about activity wi 18.24rb 3.1
paragraph breaks wi 5.6wi 5.8
counting paragraphs in text wi 20.3
for confusing the normal display of objects wi 18.24
for fooling persuasion refusal wi 12.4
paragraph number (number) in (text) phrase wi 20.3
parameters wi 11.3
of phrases wi 11.3
kind values wi 22.8
of rulebooks wi 19.9
parentheses see punctuation: brackets
parser error messages wi 18.35rb 6.17
parser's choice
clarifying the parser's choice of something activity wi 18.30
parsing see understanding
part of source text wi 2.5
part of relation verb see incorporation
part of, for units with multiple components wi 15.15
particular possession thing global variable wi 3.24wi 18.9
past / present / future tense wi 14.1
past tense, of conditions in rules wi 9.12wi 9.13
pathfinding wi 6.14
arbitrary relations wi 13.11
pattern matching
phrase definitions wi 11.3
people see person, characters (people)
perfect tense, of conditions in rules wi 9.13
period see punctuation: full stop
person kind wi 3.17
carrying capacity wi 3.19
characters see characters (people)
person asked object global variable wi 12.3
person reaching object global variable wi 12.18
persuasion rulebook wi 12.4
persuasion succeeds / fails persuasion rules outcome phrase wi 12.4
phrases wi 11.1
as values wi 22.3
default values wi 22.4
deciding a condition wi 11.5wi 11.16
deciding a value wi 11.17
defining wi 11.2
defining in Inform 6 wi 27.15wi 27.16wi 27.17
interrupting wi 11.13
named phrases wi 22.3
options for small variations wi 11.14
phrase parameters wi 11.3
kind values wi 22.8
precedence of definitions wi 22.9wi 22.10
temporary variables in phrases wi 11.15
Phrases page of Index panel user interface wi 2.2wi 11.2
pi real number constant wi 15.2
pictures see figures
Pintar, Judith wi 1.2
place (object) in scope phrase wi 18.29
place the/-- contents of (object) in scope phrase wi 18.29
places see rooms
play (sound name) phrase wi 23.8
player
as opposed to the actor wi 12.3wi 12.11
carrying capacity wi 3.19
changing the identity of the player wi 8.9rb 5.6
customizing name or traits rb 5.2
initial location wi 3.1
memory see knowledge (in story world)
moving the player wi 8.7wi 8.9
player's command snippet global variable wi 18.33
player's holdall kind wi 3.21
playtesting wi 26.2
plot structure see story structure
Plotkin, Andrew wi 1.2wi 25.9
plural of
in player command wi 17.8
in source text wi 4.4
plural-named / singular-named thing property wi 3.18
plurals
defining wi 4.4rb 2.2
displaying wi 5.4
of units of measure wi 15.9
plural convention for adaptive pronouns wi 14.4
printing the plural name of something activity wi 18.11
understanding in commands wi 17.8
(arithmetic value) plus (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
plus infinity real number constant wi 15.3
points see scoring
portable / fixed in place thing property wi 3.6wi 3.7wi 8.7
positive / negative number adjective wi 6.5
possession relation wi 8.13wi 13.4
possessions wi 3.20
deciding the concealed possessions of something activity wi 3.24wi 18.9
a hold-all for the player's posessions wi 3.21
"[possessive]" say phrase wi 14.6
possible / likely / unlikely, it is possible / likely / unlikely does the player mean outcome phrase wi 17.19
powers, of numbers wi 15.6
preamble optional, when defining units wi 15.15
precedence wi 18.26
of commands understood wi 17.22
of displayed items wi 18.26wi 18.27rb 3.1
of phrase definitions wi 22.9wi 22.10
of rules wi 19.2wi 19.4wi 19.6wi 19.16
prepositions, for sentence verbs wi 13.10
presence of wi 7.12wi 18.29
present / past / future tense wi 14.1
printed name of object property wi 8.5wi 8.6wi 18.10
printed plural name of object property wi 18.11
printing a locale paragraph about activity rb 3.1
printing a locale paragraph about something wi 18.28rb 3.1
printing a number of something wi 18.12
printing an abbreviated room description wi 8.7wi 8.9
printing inventory details of something wi 18.17
printing room description details of something activity rb 3.1
printing room description details of something wi 18.16rb 3.1
printing the description of a dark room wi 18.22
printing the locale description of something wi 18.26
printing the name of something wi 18.10
printing the plural name of something wi 18.11
priority see precedence
private / public, in release elements wi 25.16wi 25.17
privately-named / publicly-named object adjective wi 17.17rb 2.2
problem messages
abject failures of Inform wi 2.15
for source text wi 2.4
ProcJam wi 26.6
(name of kind) produced by (rule producing values) phrase wi 19.13
(name of kind) produced by (values based rule producing values) for (value) phrase wi 19.13
prompt, changing the prompt wi 8.2wi 9.7
PRONOUNS command rb 11.5
pronouns wi 3.17
adaptive contractions in displayed text wi 14.8
adaptive pronouns in displayed text wi 14.2wi 14.4wi 14.5wi 14.6
displaying with PRONOUNS rb 11.5
HIM/HER, in player commands wi 17.18rb 2.2
IT, in player commands wi 17.18rb 2.2
it, in source text wi 11.16
setting pronouns wi 17.18rb 2.2
something, anything... wi 6.2
THEM, in player commands wi 17.18rb 2.2
proper-named / improper-named thing property wi 3.18
properties wi 3.6wi 3.7wi 4.6
changing multiple things with now wi 8.11
defining properties in Inform 6 wi 27.21wi 27.22
defining properties with a table wi 16.16wi 16.17
defining sentence verbs for properties wi 15.12
dependence on kind wi 3.7
either/or properties wi 3.6wi 4.6
changing wi 8.4
defining wi 4.7
used as adjectives wi 6.3
holding a new kind of value wi 4.9wi 4.10
holding text wi 3.10wi 4.6
implications wi 27.13
numeric comparatives, adjectives for wi 6.7wi 15.12
numeric magnitudes, adjectives for wi 6.6
numeric superlatives, adjectives for wi 6.8wi 15.12
of scenes wi 10.2wi 10.4
shorthand name, omitting of the wi 8.6
understanding things by properties wi 17.15
value properties wi 3.10wi 4.6
changing wi 8.5
defining wi 4.8wi 4.9wi 4.10
used as adjectives wi 6.3
proportional-spaced text wi 5.9rb 12.1
propriety wi 7.15
provides
provision relation see provision
provision relation wi 13.8
public / private, in release elements wi 25.16wi 25.17
publication data see bibliographic data
publicly-named / privately-named object adjective wi 17.17rb 2.2
punctuated word number (number) in (text) phrase wi 20.3
punctuation wi 2.3
apostrophe, meaning quotation mark wi 2.3wi 5.2wi 25.2
brackets wi 14.10
for calling values wi 8.15
for defining mistakes wi 17.21
for implicit multiplication wi 15.18
for phrase parameters wi 11.3
in parser clarifications wi 18.30
in response names wi 14.10
colon wi 6.4wi 11.2wi 11.7wi 11.16wi 19.3
comma wi 2.12
comma replacing colon wi 7.2
displaying serial comma wi 2.12wi 5.5
in list constants, requiring spaces wi 21.2
separating phrase options wi 11.14
curly braces wi 21.2
for constant lists wi 21.2
for including Inform 7 expressions in Inform 6 wi 27.15
double-dash wi 11.3
optional words in phrase definitions wi 11.3
optional words in Understand grammar wi 17.12
exclamation mark, ending sentences wi 2.3wi 5.2
full stop wi 2.3
before text substitutions wi 5.6
ending sentences with line breaks wi 2.3wi 5.2wi 5.8
in counting words wi 20.3wi 20.8
period see punctuation: full stop
question mark, ending sentences wi 2.3wi 5.2
quotation marks wi 2.3
defining texts wi 2.3wi 3.1wi 5.1wi 5.2
not usable in unit notations wi 15.14
removing from player's command wi 18.33rb 6.13rb 7.1rb 7.7
slash wi 11.3
separating synonymous words in grammar wi 17.4wi 17.12wi 17.13
separating synonymous words in phrase definitions wi 11.3
separating synonymous words in topics wi 16.13
square brackets wi 2.3
comments wi 2.3
text substitutions wi 2.3wi 5.1wi 5.2
Punctuation Removal extension rb 6.13rb 7.1rb 7.7
PURLOIN testing command wi 2.8wi 24.4
pushable between rooms thing property wi 3.16
pushing things wi 3.16
rules for pushing things wi 7.14rb 6.9
"[put]" say phrase wi 14.3
putting it on action rb 6.8
Q
quality assurance wi 26.2
quantifiers
existential wi 6.2
universal wi 6.15
querying the player yes/no wi 11.5
question mark see punctuation: question mark, ending sentences
QUIT command rb 11.6
quotation marks see punctuation: quotation marks
quotations, displaying in boxes wi 5.12
R
radios implementing rb 9.9
RANDOM testing command wi 24.3
a random (name of kind) between (arithmetic value) and (arithmetic value) phrase wi 8.18
a random (name of kind) between (enumerated value) and (enumerated value) phrase wi 8.18
a random (name of kind) from (arithmetic value) to (arithmetic value) phrase wi 8.18
a random (name of kind) from (enumerated value) to (enumerated value) phrase wi 8.18
randomness wi 8.18
choosing a random table row wi 16.5
combat with random results rb 7.5
dice and cards rb 9.5
enumerated values wi 8.18
random numbers wi 8.18
random things wi 8.19
randomizing the initial state of the world rb 11.1
seeding the generator wi 8.18wi 24.3
sorting lists in random order wi 21.8
sorting tables in random order wi 16.11
text variations wi 5.7rb 2.1
value kinds wi 8.18
rankings see scoring
Raszewski, L. Ross wi 1.2
rather than, in defining adjectives wi 6.4
"['re]" say phrase wi 14.8
reaching inside / outside rulebook wi 12.16wi 12.18
read (external file) into (table name) phrase wi 23.13
reading see examining
real numbers wi 15.2
arithmetic wi 15.5
conversion to/from numbers wi 15.3
displaying wi 15.4
exponential functions wi 15.6
given by equations wi 15.18
infinite and nonexistent wi 15.3
limits of numeric values wi 15.2
limits of numeric values of units wi 15.10wi 15.14
trigonometric functions wi 15.7
units of measure see units of measure
real square root of (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
Real Time Delays extension rb 12.4
reason the action failed rule global variable wi 12.5wi 12.12wi 19.14
reciprocal of (real number) phrase wi 15.6
reciprocal relations wi 13.6
recording devices implementing rb 9.12
recurring / non-recurring scene property wi 10.4wi 10.7
(phrase (value, value) -> value) reduction of (list of values) phrase wi 22.3wi 22.5
referring to, in understand as wi 17.15
refusal to act
printing a refusal to act in the dark activity wi 18.18
"[regarding number]" say phrase wi 14.5
"[regarding thing]" say phrase wi 14.5wi 14.6
regional-containment relation wi 6.11
regions kind wi 3.4wi 4.1
backdrops in regions wi 3.9
moving a backdrop to a new region wi 8.8
regional containment wi 6.11
rules applying to regions wi 7.11
things in regions wi 6.11
regular expressions wi 18.33wi 20.6wi 20.8wi 20.9
syntax reference wi 20.9
reject the player's command phrase wi 18.33
related by, for understanding things by relations wi 17.16
relation relates... assertion wi 13.5wi 13.12wi 13.13
relates, for arbitrary relation conditions wi 13.14wi 13.15
relates, for finding related values wi 13.13
relations wi 4.6wi 13.3
creating things in relation to wi 4.15wi 4.16
defining wi 13.5wi 13.13
defining prepositions for relations wi 13.10
defining sentence verbs for relations wi 13.9
difference from sentence verbs wi 13.3
distance through wi 13.11
empty / non-empty adjective wi 13.14
expressing conditions wi 13.12
group relations wi 13.7
guidelines for use wi 13.16
indirect wi 13.11
involving values wi 13.13
kinds of relation wi 13.14
paths through wi 13.11
reciprocal relations wi 13.6
relationship to sentence verbs wi 13.8
temporary relations wi 13.15
understanding things by relations wi 17.16
used as values wi 13.14
used in sentences wi 13.1
RELATIONS testing command wi 13.7wi 24.3
release along with... assertion
cover art wi 25.8
an existing story file wi 25.15
a file of description called filename wi 25.7
an interpreter wi 25.11wi 25.12wi 26.3
an introductory booklet wi 25.9
an introductory postcard wi 25.9
the library card wi 25.17
public / private elements wi 25.16wi 25.17
a solution wi 25.16
the source text wi 25.17
a website wi 25.10wi 26.3
Release button user interface wi 2.7wi 25.6
release number bibliographic data wi 18.37wi 25.2
release version of the story wi 2.9wi 25.6rb 13.1
remainder after dividing (arithmetic value) by (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
REMEMBER command rb 5.4
remove entries (number) to (number) in/from (list of values) phrase wi 21.5
remove entry (number) in/from (list of values) phrase wi 21.5
remove (object) from play phrase wi 8.10
remove (value) in/from (list of values) phrase wi 21.5
remove (list of values) in/from (list of values) phrase wi 21.5
repeat through (table name): phrase wi 16.6
repeat through (table name) in (table column) order: phrase wi 16.6
repeat through (table name) in reverse order: phrase wi 16.6
repeat through (table name) in reverse (table column) order: phrase wi 16.6
repeat with (a name not so far used) running from (arithmetic value) to (arithmetic value) phrase wi 11.10
repeat with (a name not so far used) running from (enumerated value) to (enumerated value): phrase wi 11.10
repeat with (a name not so far used) running through (description of values): phrase wi 11.11
repeat with (a name not so far used) running through (list of values): phrase wi 21.4
replace character number (number) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
replace line number (number) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
replace paragraph number (number) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
replace punctuated word number (number) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
replace the punctuated word (text) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
replace the regular expression (text) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
replace the text (text) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
replace the word (text) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
replace unpunctuated word number (number) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
replace (snippet) with (text) phrase wi 18.33
replace word number (number) in (text) with (text) phrase wi 20.8
Replay button user interface wi 1.5wi 1.7
report action rulebook wi 12.2wi 12.9rb 6.3
for other characters wi 12.13
guidelines for use wi 12.21
requiring, in defining actions wi 12.7wi 12.17wi 17.1rb 6.2
resource IDs wi 23.10
RESPONSES testing command wi 14.12wi 24.3
responses library messages wi 14.10rb 6.16
changing wi 14.11
issuing the response text of something activity wi 18.15
listing during development wi 14.12wi 24.3
RESTART command rb 11.6
RESTORE command rb 11.6
Results panel user interface wi 1.6
resume the story phrase wi 9.4
reverse (list of values) phrase wi 21.8
reverse order, for table rows wi 16.6wi 16.11
reversed nouns, in understanding actions wi 17.2
Rideable Vehicles extension wi 3.16rb 8.3
right hand status line text global variable wi 8.3wi 18.23rb 12.2
Roberts, Mike wi 1.2
room description details
printing room description details of something activity wi 18.16rb 3.1
room (direction) from/of (room) phrase wi 6.14
room gone from/to object action variable wi 19.16
room-describing action action name action variable rb 6.9
room-or-door (direction) from/of (room) phrase wi 6.14
rooms kind wi 3.1wi 3.5wi 4.1rb 3.2
adjacent wi 6.14wi 13.8
changing connections between rooms wi 8.5
connections between rooms wi 3.2rb 3.2
creating wi 3.1
descriptions wi 2.12rb 3.1rb 6.4
moving without printing one wi 8.7wi 8.9
divided into smaller areas rb 3.3
grouping into regions wi 3.4wi 6.11
listening to with no object wi 7.7rb 3.8
moving rooms rb 8.2
name of a dark room wi 18.21
one-way connections between rooms wi 3.3
printing the room contents wi 18.26wi 18.27wi 18.28rb 3.1
rules applying to rooms wi 7.11wi 7.13
smelling with no object wi 7.7
things in more than one room wi 3.9rb 3.4rb 3.9
roots, of numbers wi 15.5
ropes implementing rb 10.6
Rossing, Eric rb 1.2
rotate (list of values) phrase wi 21.8
rotate (list of values) backwards phrase wi 21.8
route-finding, fast/slow wi 6.14wi 13.11
rows
choose a/the/-- row number in/from table name phrase wi 16.5
choose a/the/-- row with table column of value in/from table name phrase wi 16.5
number of rows in/from table name phrase wi 16.2
rows, in tables see tables
rule fails phrase wi 19.11
rule succeeds phrase wi 19.11
rule succeeds with result (value) phrase wi 19.13
rulebooks wi 19.1wi 19.2
as a kind of rule wi 19.8
basis of rulebook wi 19.9
defining wi 19.8
empty / non-empty adjective wi 19.8
for actions wi 12.2rb 6.3
for actitivies wi 18.3wi 18.5
for new actions wi 12.9rb 6.2
invoking a rulebook wi 19.8
and abiding by its outcome wi 19.14
multiple action processing rules wi 17.20
order of rules wi 19.2wi 19.4wi 19.6wi 19.16
outcomes wi 19.11wi 19.12wi 19.13
rulebook parameters wi 19.9
stopping execution wi 19.11
variables for rulebooks wi 19.10
rules wi 7.2
abbreviating actions with doing it wi 7.17
access to things referred to in actions wi 12.16wi 12.18
actions referred to in conditions wi 9.12
after rules wi 7.5wi 12.2wi 12.15wi 18.3rb 6.3
applying only when characters are present wi 7.12
applying only while performing activities wi 18.4
applying to all but some actions wi 7.9
applying to arbitrary things wi 7.10
applying to consecutively repeated actions wi 7.17
applying to multiple actions wi 7.8
applying to repeated actions wi 7.16
applying to rooms and regions wi 7.11wi 7.13
arbitrary conditions for rules, using when wi 7.12wi 9.5
arbitrary conditions for rules, using while wi 18.4
before rules wi 7.3wi 12.2wi 12.15wi 18.3rb 6.3
changing conditions of rules wi 19.5
counting repetitions for conditions wi 9.14
counting turns for conditions wi 9.15
creating new kinds of action to reduce redundancy wi 7.15
defining wi 2.2wi 19.3wi 19.7
defining in Inform 6 wi 27.20
failure of rules wi 19.11
for actions found in rulebooks wi 12.2rb 6.3
for activities wi 18.3wi 18.5
for any actor including the player wi 12.14
for exiting wi 7.14
for going, special cases wi 7.13wi 7.14
for new actions wi 12.9rb 6.2
for new actions for other characters wi 12.11
for other characters wi 12.4wi 12.5wi 12.11wi 12.12wi 12.13
for pushing objects to other rooms wi 7.14
for scenes wi 10.2rb 4.4
for senses wi 7.7
for speech wi 7.6
for visibility wi 12.19
guidelines for action rules wi 12.21
in rulebooks wi 19.2
instead rules wi 7.2wi 7.3wi 12.2wi 12.4wi 12.15rb 6.3
invoking a rule wi 19.8
and abiding by its outcome wi 19.14
naming wi 19.3wi 19.7
order in rulebooks wi 19.2wi 19.4wi 19.6wi 19.16
past tense of conditions wi 9.12wi 9.13
perfect tense of conditions wi 9.13
persuasion rules for instructing characters wi 12.4
preamble wi 19.7
reaching inside / outside wi 12.16wi 12.18
removing wi 19.4wi 19.5rb 6.3
replacing wi 19.4wi 19.5rb 6.3
run at beginning of scene wi 10.2rb 4.4
run at beginning of story wi 9.1wi 19.15rb 11.1
run at end of scene wi 10.2rb 4.4
run at end of story wi 9.4wi 19.15rb 11.6
run every turn wi 9.5rb 7.2
success of rules wi 19.11wi 19.13
unsuccessful attempts by other characters wi 12.5
RULES testing command wi 24.3rb 6.2
Rules page of Index panel user interface wi 19.6wi 19.16
running from, looping through values wi 11.10
running through, looping through objects wi 11.11
Rushton, Brian wi 1.2
S
sack object see hold-all
same property as wi 6.7
say "['re]" say phrase wi 14.8
say "['ve]" say phrase wi 14.8
say "[(list of values) in brace notation]" say phrase wi 21.3
say "[(real number) in decimal notation]" say phrase wi 15.4
say "[(real number) in scientific notation]" say phrase wi 15.4
say "[(number) in words]" say phrase wi 5.4
say "[(time) in words]" say phrase wi 9.7
say "[(column name) in/from table (table name)]" say phrase wi 16.4
say "[(real number) to (number) decimal places in decimal notation]" say phrase wi 15.4
say "[(real number) to (number) decimal places in scientific notation]" say phrase wi 15.4
say "[(real number) to (number) decimal places]" say phrase wi 15.4
say "[(list of objects) with definite articles]" say phrase wi 21.3
say "[(list of objects) with indefinite articles]" say phrase wi 21.3
say "[']" say phrase wi 5.2
say "[(sayable value)]" say phrase wi 5.3
say "[a (object)]" say phrase wi 5.3
say "[A (object)]" say phrase wi 5.3
say "[a list of (description of objects)]" say phrase wi 5.5
say "[A list of (description of objects)]" say phrase wi 5.5
say "[a list of (description of objects) including contents]" say phrase wi 5.5
say "[adapt (verb)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[adapt (verb) from (narrative viewpoint)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[adapt (verb) in (grammatical tense)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[adapt (verb) in (grammatical tense) from (narrative viewpoint)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[an (object)]" say phrase wi 5.3
say "[An (object)]" say phrase wi 5.3
say "[apostrophe/']" say phrase wi 5.2
say "[are]" say phrase wi 14.2
say "[aren't]" say phrase wi 14.8
say "[as decreasingly likely outcomes]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[at random]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[bold type]" say phrase rb 12.1
say "[bold type]" say phrase wi 5.9
say "[bracket]" say phrase wi 5.2
say "[can see]" say phrase wi 14.2
say "[can touch]" say phrase wi 14.2
say "[can't]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[can]" say phrase wi 14.2wi 14.7
say "[carry]" say phrase wi 14.2
say "[close bracket]" say phrase wi 5.2
say "[command clarification break]" say phrase wi 5.8
say "[conditional paragraph break]" say phrase wi 5.8
say "[could]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[couldn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[current table row]" say phrase wi 16.4
say "[cycling]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[don't]" say phrase wi 14.8
say "[else]" say phrase wi 5.6
say "[end if]" say phrase wi 5.6
say "[end unless]" say phrase wi 5.6
say "[first time]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[fixed letter spacing]" say phrase rb 12.1
say "[fixed letter spacing]" say phrase wi 5.9
say "[have]" say phrase wi 14.2
say "[haven't]" say phrase wi 14.8
say "[here]" say phrase wi 14.1
say "[if (a condition)]" say phrase wi 5.6
say "[in random order]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[infinitive of (verb)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[is-are a list of (description of objects)]" say phrase wi 5.5
say "[is-are list of (description of objects)]" say phrase wi 5.5
say "[is-are the list of (description of objects)]" say phrase wi 5.5
say "[it]" say phrase wi 14.5
say "[italic type]" say phrase rb 12.1
say "[italic type]" say phrase wi 5.9
say "[line break]" say phrase wi 5.8
say "[list of (description of objects)]" say phrase wi 5.5
say "[list of description]" say phrase wi 6.1
say "[may]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[mayn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[might]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[mightn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[must]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[mustn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[negate (verb)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[negate (verb) from (narrative viewpoint)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[negate (verb) in (grammatical tense)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[negate (verb) in (grammatical tense) from (narrative viewpoint)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[no line break]" say phrase wi 5.8
say "[now]" say phrase wi 14.1
say "[one of]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[only]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[or]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[otherwise/else if (a condition)]" say phrase wi 5.6
say "[otherwise/else unless (a condition)]" say phrase wi 5.6
say "[otherwise]" say phrase wi 5.6
say "[our]" say phrase wi 14.4
say "[paragraph break]" say phrase wi 5.8
say "[past participle of (verb)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[possessive]" say phrase wi 14.6
say "[present participle of (verb)]" say phrase wi 14.9
say "[purely at random]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[put]" say phrase wi 14.3
say "[quotation mark]" say phrase wi 5.2
say "[regarding number]" say phrase wi 14.5
say "[regarding thing]" say phrase wi 14.5wi 14.6
say "[roman type]" say phrase rb 12.1
say "[roman type]" say phrase wi 5.9
say "[row (number) in/from table (table name)]" say phrase wi 16.4
say "[run paragraph on with special look spacing]" say phrase wi 5.8
say "[run paragraph on]" say phrase wi 5.8
say "[s]" say phrase wi 5.4
say "[should]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[shouldn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[sticky random]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[stopping]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[text of (external file)]" say phrase wi 23.14
say "[text of (response)]" say phrase wi 14.10
say "[the (object)]" say phrase wi 5.3
say "[The (object)]" say phrase wi 5.3
say "[the list of (description of objects)]" say phrase wi 5.5
say "[The list of (description of objects)]" say phrase wi 5.5
say "[the/-- banner text]" say phrase wi 18.37
say "[the/-- complete list of extension credits]" say phrase wi 27.6
say "[the/-- list of extension credits]" say phrase wi 27.6
say "[the/-- player's surroundings]" say phrase wi 8.3
say "[their]" say phrase wi 14.5
say "[then at random]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[then purely at random]" say phrase wi 5.7
say "[there]" say phrase wi 14.5
say "[they]" say phrase wi 14.2wi 14.5
say "[those]" say phrase wi 14.6
say "[unless (a condition)]" say phrase wi 5.6
say "[us]" say phrase wi 14.4
say "[variable letter spacing]" say phrase rb 12.1
say "[variable letter spacing]" say phrase wi 5.9
say "[we]" say phrase wi 14.4
say "[wear]" say phrase wi 14.2
say "[won't]" say phrase wi 14.8
say "[would]" say phrase wi 14.7
say "[wouldn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
"[sayable value]" say phrase wi 5.3
sayable value wi 22.1wi 22.6
scaled at wi 15.10
scaled up / down by wi 15.9wi 15.10
scenery thing property wi 3.8
backdrops made automatically scenery wi 3.9
scenes wi 10.1
beginning when play begins wi 10.6
conditions for scenes wi 10.4
descriptions displayed when scene begins wi 10.2
Entire Game wi 10.3
for the passage of story time rb 4.1
linking to other scenes wi 10.5wi 10.6wi 10.7wi 10.8
no way to force scenes to begin / end wi 10.9
properties of scenes wi 10.2wi 10.4
recurring scenes wi 10.4wi 10.7
rules run at beginning wi 10.2rb 4.4
rules run at end wi 10.2rb 4.4
scripting story events in scenes rb 4.2
times of scenes beginning/ending wi 10.3
variations in ending wi 10.8
SCENES testing command wi 10.3wi 24.3rb 13.1
Scenes page of Index panel user interface wi 10.3wi 10.9
scientific notation wi 15.2wi 15.4
scope wi 17.7wi 18.29rb 3.6rb 5.5
SCOPE testing command wi 24.4
score number global variable wi 8.3wi 9.2rb 11.4
scoring wi 9.2rb 11.4
enabling wi 2.12wi 9.2
in status line wi 8.3
maximum score wi 9.2
ranking table wi 9.3
reporting at end of story rb 11.6
reporting during story wi 9.2rb 11.4rb 11.5
scoring use option wi 2.12wi 9.2rb 11.4
screen top wi 8.3wi 18.23rb 12.2
SCRIPT ON/OFF command see TRANSCRIPT ON/OFF
searching action rb 6.6
second noun part of (action) phrase wi 12.20
second noun object global variable wi 7.10
second person singular / plural wi 14.1
section of source text wi 2.5
see relation verb see visibility
seed the random-number generator with (number) phrase wi 8.18
seldom / usually, in assertions wi 4.3
senses wi 7.7rb 3.8
sentence case
text in sentence case phrase wi 20.4
sentence verbs wi 13.1wi 13.2
as values wi 14.9
defining for properties wi 15.12
defining for relations wi 13.9
defining for relations with prepositions wi 13.10
difference from relations wi 13.3
predefined wi 13.8
serial comma use option wi 2.12wi 2.13wi 5.5wi 21.3
set pronouns from (object) phrase wi 17.18
set the locale priority of object to number phrase wi 18.27
setting action variables rulebook wi 12.10
Short, Emily wi 1.2wi 2.10wi 18.37wi 25.9wi 27.4wi 27.7rb 3.5rb 4.5rb 6.13
shorthand see abbreviations
"[should]" say phrase wi 14.7
"[shouldn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
show relation (relation of values to values) phrase wi 13.7
SHOWHEAP testing command wi 24.4
showme (value) phrase wi 11.4
SHOWME testing command wi 2.7wi 24.2wi 24.3wi 24.4rb 13.1
showme the contents of (table name) phrase wi 16.4
SHOWVERB testing command wi 24.4
siblings, in containment hierarchy wi 8.17
silently try (action) phrase wi 7.4wi 12.1
sine of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
singular-named / plural-named thing property wi 3.18
Skein panel user interface wi 1.7wi 25.16rb 13.1
Skeleton Keys extension rb 9.2
slash see punctuation: slash
sleeping action rb 6.11
slow route-finding use option wi 6.14
for particular relations wi 13.11
smelling action wi 7.7
smoke implementing rb 10.1
snippets wi 17.5wi 18.33
some
article wi 3.18
in descriptions wi 6.15
somebody, in descriptions wi 6.2
someone
in actions wi 12.12wi 12.13
in descriptions wi 6.2
someone grammar token wi 17.1wi 17.4
something
in descriptions wi 6.2
naming value of wi 8.15
something grammar token wi 17.1wi 17.2wi 17.4
something new, in understanding actions wi 17.3
something preferably held grammar token wi 17.4
something related by relation grammar token wi 17.16
somewhere, in descriptions wi 6.2
sort (list of values) phrase wi 21.8
sort (table name) in (table column) order phrase wi 16.11
sort (list of objects) in (property) order phrase wi 21.8
sort (table name) in random order phrase wi 16.11
sort (list of values) in random order phrase wi 21.8
sort (table name) in reverse (table column) order phrase wi 16.11
sort (list of values) in reverse order phrase wi 21.8
sort (list of objects) in reverse (property) order phrase wi 21.8
sound name wi 23.10
sounds wi 23.7rb 12.5
accessibility text wi 23.9
as values wi 23.10
declaring wi 23.8
formats allowed wi 23.7
placing in materials folder wi 23.8
source text
releasing with the story wi 25.17
subdivisions wi 2.5wi 2.6wi 2.9wi 25.6
spaces vs tabs in tables wi 9.3wi 16.1
spaces, in list constants, after commas wi 21.2
specification of thing property wi 27.10
spec specifies a unit assertion wi 15.8
Spencer, Henry wi 20.6
square brackets see punctuation: square brackets
square root of (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
Standard Rules extension wi 27.2wi 27.14
standing see exiting
starting conditions wi 2.1wi 3.1
scenes that begin at the beginning wi 10.6
setting in when play begins wi 9.1rb 11.1
status line wi 8.3wi 18.23rb 12.2
stop phrase wi 11.13
stop the action phrase wi 7.3wi 19.11
using instead see (instead), to stop the action
stored actions wi 12.20
story description bibliographic data wi 25.2
story structure rb 4.6
beginning wi 9.1rb 11.1 ; see also initial state of the world
changing viewpoint rb 5.6
characterization rb 5.3rb 7.10
cut scenes rb 4.5rb 7.12
dialogue rb 7.6rb 7.9
dynamic plot management rb 4.6
ending wi 9.4rb 11.6 ; see also end of story
flashbacks rb 4.5
providing background information rb 5.4
scenes in different environments rb 4.4
scenes with scripted events rb 4.2
story tense tense global variable wi 14.1
story viewpoint narrative viewpoint global variable wi 14.1
string see ropes (implementing)
strings of characters see text
subheadings wi 2.5wi 2.6wi 2.9wi 25.6
substituted / unsubstituted text adjective wi 20.7
substituted form of (text) phrase wi 20.7
success
for actions wi 7.1wi 12.2
for persuasion wi 12.4
for rules wi 19.11wi 19.13
sufficient / insufficient light, there is sufficient / insufficient light visibility rules outcome phrase wi 12.19
SUPERBRIEF room descriptions use option wi 2.12rb 6.4rb 11.5
superlatives
of numbers using adjectives wi 6.8
of numbers with units using adjectives wi 15.12
supplying a missing noun/second noun activity wi 17.1
support relation wi 8.13wi 13.4
supporter in question object global variable wi 12.18
supporters kind wi 3.5wi 13.4rb 8.4
carrying capacity wi 3.19
default immobility wi 3.7
mentioned because of supported things wi 3.8
support relation see support
switched on / off device property wi 3.14rb 9.8rb 10.7
symbols see characters (letters)
symmetric relation adjective wi 13.14
synonyms wi 12.7rb 6.2
T
table name wi 16.15
Table of Final Question Options rb 11.6
tables wi 9.3wi 16.1
adding rows wi 16.10
amending tables wi 16.19
blank columns wi 16.8wi 16.10
blank entries wi 16.7wi 16.10
blank rows wi 16.9wi 16.10
changing entries wi 16.4
choosing rows wi 16.5
continuing tables wi 16.18
creating multiple things with a table wi 16.16
defining wi 16.1
defining a kind of value with a table wi 16.17
defining multiple kinds with a table wi 16.16
describing things listed in tables wi 16.12
empty / non-empty adjective wi 16.9
formatting wi 16.1
looking up by cross-reference wi 16.3
looking up by row number wi 16.2
ranking score wi 9.3
reading / writing to data files wi 23.13
removing rows wi 16.10
repeating through wi 16.6
sorting tables wi 16.11
tabs in formatting tables wi 9.3wi 16.1
topic columns wi 16.13
used as values wi 16.15
tabs vs spaces, in tables of source text wi 9.3wi 16.1
tabs, for indentation of source text wi 11.7wi 11.9
taking action wi 7.1rb 6.8
implicit taking wi 12.17wi 18.34rb 6.8
taking inventory action rb 6.7
tangent of (real number) phrase wi 15.7
Tarbert, Mike rb 1.2
tasting action wi 7.7
telemetry recordings use option wi 2.13
telephones implementing rb 9.10
televisions implementing rb 9.9
telling actor about action wi 7.6
templates, for web pages for the story wi 25.13wi 25.14
templates, Inform 6 template layer wi 27.26rb 6.3
Temple, Erik wi 1.2rb 12.4
temporary variables wi 11.15
displaying wi 20.7
tense
of conditions in rules wi 9.12wi 9.13
of standard responses wi 14.1rb 5.6
Tessman, Kent wi 1.2
TEST testing command wi 2.8wi 24.2
test test name with commands assertion wi 2.8wi 24.2
test version of the story wi 2.9wi 24.5rb 13.1
testing commands wi 2.9rb 13.1
ABSTRACT command wi 24.4
ACTIONS command wi 7.1wi 12.1wi 12.5wi 12.12wi 24.3rb 10.10rb 13.1
checking story correctness in the Index wi 24.1
comments in transcripts from beta testers wi 17.21wi 24.7rb 13.1
defining wi 2.9wi 24.5rb 13.1
GONEAR command wi 24.4
PURLOIN command wi 2.8wi 24.4
RANDOM command wi 24.3
RELATIONS command wi 13.7wi 24.3
RESPONSES command wi 14.12wi 24.3
RULES command wi 24.3rb 6.2
SCENES command wi 10.3wi 24.3rb 13.1
SCOPE command wi 24.4
SHOWHEAP command wi 24.4
SHOWME command wi 2.7wi 24.2wi 24.3wi 24.4rb 13.1
SHOWVERB command wi 24.4
TEST command wi 2.8wi 24.2
TRACE command wi 24.4
TREE command wi 24.4
text wi 5.1wi 20.1
accessibility text for figures and sounds wi 23.9
changing case wi 20.4
counting characters / words / paragraphs / lines wi 20.3
displaying wi 5.1
empty / non-empty adjective wi 6.5wi 20.3
in properties wi 3.10
indexed text, now the same as text wi 20.1
lower case wi 20.4
matching wi 20.5
memory limits wi 20.2
reading / writing / appending to data files wi 23.14
recording from the player's command rb 2.3
regular expressions wi 18.33wi 20.6wi 20.8wi 20.9
replacing parts of a text wi 20.8
substituted / unsubstituted adjective wi 20.7
substitutions see text substitutions
upper case wi 20.4
when text substitutions are substituted wi 20.7
Z-machine limitations wi 20.2wi 20.4
text grammar token wi 17.5
in understanding mistakes wi 17.21
text files see files (data files)
text matching regular expression phrase wi 20.6
text matching subexpression (number) phrase wi 20.6
text substitutions wi 3.14rb 2.1
defining wi 5.13
enumerated values wi 4.9
lists wi 5.5wi 21.3
new kinds of value wi 4.9
numbers wi 5.3wi 5.4
punctuation wi 5.2
random variations wi 5.7
real numbers wi 15.4
sayable values wi 22.1wi 22.6
sequential variations wi 5.7
text wi 5.1
things wi 5.3
units of measure wi 15.8wi 15.11wi 15.15
values wi 5.3
variations wi 5.6
when text is substituted wi 20.7
that varies, in defining global variables wi 4.12
that, adaptive pronouns in displayed text wi 14.6
that, in description clauses wi 6.9
(name of kind) that/which/who relates to (value) by (relation of values to values) phrase wi 13.13
(name of kind) that/which/whom (value) relates to by (relation of values to values) phrase wi 13.13
"[the object]" say phrase wi 5.3
the / a / an wi 3.18wi 5.3wi 5.5
"[their]" say phrase wi 14.5
THEM, in player commands wi 17.18rb 2.2
"[there]" say phrase wi 14.5
there is sufficient / insufficient light visibility rules outcome phrase wi 12.19
there is, declaring existence wi 6.10
"[they]" say phrase wi 14.2wi 14.5
things kind wi 3.1wi 3.5wi 4.1
changing location of wi 8.7wi 8.8wi 8.9
changing multiples with now wi 8.11
counting wi 8.16
creating wi 3.1
in Inform 6 wi 27.21
multiple identical things with counts wi 4.14
multiple things with a table wi 16.16
using plurals wi 4.4
using relations wi 4.15wi 4.16
displaying wi 5.3
immobile
because they're supporters wi 3.7
fixed in place wi 3.6wi 8.7
moving anyway wi 8.7
scenery wi 3.8
in more than one room wi 3.9
kinds of wi 4.1wi 4.2wi 4.4
location of wi 3.25
parts of wi 4.15
parts of things wi 3.23
pushable between rooms wi 3.16wi 7.14rb 6.9
references to descriptions wi 6.1
referring to arbitrary things in rules wi 7.10
removing from play wi 8.10
starting out of play wi 3.25wi 6.10wi 8.10
things grammar token wi 17.4
things inside grammar token wi 17.4
THINK ABOUT command rb 5.4
third person singular / plural wi 14.1
this is the name rule... assertion wi 19.3wi 19.7
this is, in naming phrases wi 22.3
Thompson, Ken wi 20.6
Thornton, Adam wi 1.2
"[those]" say phrase wi 14.6
through relation verb wi 3.12
time rb 3.9rb 4.1
calculations wi 9.9wi 9.10
clocks implementing rb 9.11
comparing wi 9.9
conditions and rules referring back in time wi 9.13
counting actions with for the Nth time wi 7.16rb 11.4
counting conditions with for the Nth time wi 9.14
displaying approximations wi 9.8
displaying times wi 9.7
events in the future wi 9.11
not passing for out of world actions wi 12.15
scene beginning/ending times wi 10.3
scripting story events by time rb 4.3
time of day wi 9.6
timed input rb 12.4
waiting intervals of time rb 6.11
time grammar token wi 17.9
time of day time global variable wi 8.2wi 8.3wi 9.6wi 9.7
time period grammar token wi 17.9
time since (scene) began phrase wi 10.3
time since (scene) ended phrase wi 10.3
time when (scene) began phrase wi 10.3
time when (scene) ended phrase wi 10.3
(arithmetic value) times (arithmetic value) phrase wi 15.5
title bibliographic data wi 2.5wi 18.37wi 25.2
title case
text in title case phrase wi 20.4
to be see is
to decide what/which value assertion wi 11.17
to decide whether/if assertion wi 11.16
to phrase name... assertion wi 11.2wi 19.7
to say substitution... assertion wi 5.13
(arithmetic value) to the nearest (arithmetic value) phrase wi 9.8wi 15.5
(real number) to the nearest whole number phrase wi 15.3
(real number) to the power (real number) phrase wi 15.6
to V is a verb assertion wi 14.3wi 14.7
(name of kind) to which/whom (value) relates by (relation of values to values) phrase wi 13.13
together
group description of objects together phrase wi 18.13
tokens of grammar see grammar tokens
topic understood snippet global variable wi 17.5
topics
in table columns wi 16.13
understanding wi 17.5
total (arithmetic values valued property) of (description of values) phrase wi 15.17
touchability relation wi 6.13
in action processing sequence wi 12.2wi 12.16
requirement in defining actions wi 12.7wi 12.17wi 12.18
touchable / untouchable thing adjective wi 6.13
touching action wi 7.7
TRACE testing command wi 24.4
TRANSCRIPT ON/OFF command wi 24.7rb 11.5
transcripts
creating with the TEST command wi 2.8
translates as... assertion
actions wi 27.22
global variables wi 27.22
kinds wi 27.21
properties wi 27.21wi 27.22
rules wi 27.20
things wi 27.21
understanding grammar tokens wi 27.23
Unicode characters wi 27.25
use options wi 27.18
transparent / opaque container property wi 3.6wi 3.15rb 9.2
Treaty of Babel wi 25.5
TREE testing command wi 24.4
true / false wi 11.5
truncate (list of values) to (number) entries/entry phrase wi 21.10
truncate (list of values) to the first (number) entries/entry phrase wi 21.10
truncate (list of values) to the last (number) entries/entry phrase wi 21.10
truth state wi 11.5
try (action) phrase wi 7.4wi 12.1
in asking action see asking (actor) to try
try actor trying action phrase wi 12.6
try silently (action) phrase wi 7.4
turn count number global variable wi 5.4wi 8.3wi 9.5
turn sequence rulebook wi 19.15
turning devices on / off wi 3.14rb 9.8rb 10.7
turns
counting actions with for the Nth turn wi 7.17
counting conditions with for the Nth turn wi 9.15
events in the future wi 9.11
not passing for out of world actions wi 12.15
not passing for specific actions rb 4.1
rules run every turn wi 9.5
turn sequence wi 19.15
using time of day instead of turns wi 9.6
twice, counting conditions wi 9.14
type-checking wi 8.1wi 8.4
for global variables wi 4.12
for temporary variables wi 11.15
in conditions wi 11.6
in grammar tokens wi 17.14
in input grammar wi 17.6
in lists wi 21.1
in phrase definitions wi 11.3
in phrases that decide values wi 11.17
in tables wi 16.1wi 16.4
of relation types wi 13.14
of units of measure wi 15.8wi 15.19wi 15.20
types see kinds
U
unabbreviated object names use option wi 3.2
understand nothing as action assertion wi 17.3
understand nouns as thing assertion wi 17.8wi 17.11wi 17.15wi 17.16
understand property as describing/referring to thing assertion wi 17.15
understand the command verb as verb assertion wi 17.2
understand verb as action assertion wi 12.7wi 12.8wi 17.1wi 17.2wi 17.3rb 6.2
understand verb as something new assertion wi 17.3
understand words as a mistake assertion wi 17.21rb 5.3
understanding wi 12.7wi 17.1rb 2.2
adding synonyms for verbs wi 17.2
alternatives to standard parsing rb 6.18
arbitrary objects wi 17.4
arbitrary text wi 17.5
for conversations and consulting wi 7.6
choosing between multiple grammar lines wi 17.22
conditionally wi 17.17rb 2.2
deciding whether ALL includes something wi 18.36rb 6.15
disambiguation see disambiguation: of player commands
error messages for parsing errors wi 18.35rb 6.17
grammar tokens see grammar tokens
kinds of things wi 17.11
limiting cases where understand rules apply wi 17.17rb 2.2
mistakes wi 17.21rb 5.3
noun-first sentences wi 17.10
numbers wi 17.6wi 17.9
numbers with units wi 15.16
precedence of commands understood wi 17.22
properties as describing things wi 17.15
recording the player's command rb 2.3
relations as describing things wi 17.16
removing existing definitions of verbs wi 17.3
requirements for objects in actions wi 12.7wi 12.17wi 12.18rb 6.2
sentences without verbs wi 17.10
special processing of keyboard input wi 18.33
synonyms wi 17.8wi 17.12
as grammar tokens wi 17.13
for things and values wi 17.11
things
by properties wi 17.15
by relations wi 17.16
kinds of things wi 17.11
not in scope with any wi 17.7rb 5.5
specific things wi 17.8
values wi 17.11
grammar tokens producing values wi 17.14
kinds of value wi 17.9
numbers wi 17.6
verbs wi 12.7wi 12.8wi 17.1wi 17.2wi 17.3rb 6.2
when clauses for wi 17.17
with Inform 6 functions wi 27.23
(kind) understood kind of value global variable wi 17.9
undescribed / described thing property wi 3.24
UNDO command wi 2.12rb 7.5rb 11.2rb 11.6
undo prevention use option wi 2.12rb 7.5rb 11.2
Unicode see characters (letters)
"[unicode character]" say phrase wi 5.11wi 25.2
Unicode Character Names / Full Character Names extension wi 27.25
unindexed, headings in extensions wi 27.10
units of measure wi 4.5wi 15.1wi 15.8
arithmetic wi 15.19
averages wi 15.17
defining wi 15.8wi 15.9wi 15.10wi 15.14wi 15.15
displaying wi 15.8wi 15.11wi 15.15
for capacity of containers rb 10.5
Metric Units extension wi 15.13wi 15.18wi 15.20
multiple notations for a unit wi 15.9wi 15.10wi 15.11
multiplication of units wi 15.20
totals wi 15.17
understanding wi 15.16
with multiple numeric components wi 15.14wi 15.15
unless (a condition): phrase wi 11.6
unless (a condition) , (a phrase) phrase wi 11.6
unlikely / possible / likely, it is unlikely / possible / likely does the player mean outcome phrase wi 17.19
unlit / lit thing property wi 3.15rb 3.7
unlocked / locked container/door property wi 3.13rb 9.2
unlocks relation verb wi 3.13
unmarked for listing / marked for listing thing property wi 18.25rb 3.1
unmentioned / mentioned thing property wi 18.24wi 18.26wi 18.28rb 3.1
unopenable / openable container property wi 3.6rb 9.2
unpunctuated word number (number) in (text) phrase wi 20.3
unsubstituted / substituted text adjective wi 20.7
unsuccessful attempt by rulebook wi 12.5wi 12.12
not used for spontaneous actions wi 12.6
untouchable / touchable thing adjective wi 6.13
update backdrop positions phrase wi 8.8
upper case
text in upper case phrase wi 20.4
"[us]" say phrase wi 14.4
USE command rb 6.17
use options wi 2.12
active / inactive adjective wi 27.18
catalogue
abbreviated room descriptions wi 2.12
American dialect wi 2.12wi 2.13wi 5.4
authorial modesty wi 27.6
BRIEF room descriptions wi 2.12rb 6.4
DICT_WORD_SIZE rb 2.2
dynamic memory allocation wi 20.2
engineering notation wi 15.2
fast route-finding wi 6.14
full-length room descriptions wi 2.12
Inform 6 memory limits wi 2.14
maximum text length wi 20.2
maximum things understood at once wi 4.14
memory economy wi 2.14
scoring wi 2.12wi 9.2rb 11.4
the serial comma wi 2.12wi 2.13wi 5.5wi 21.3
slow route-finding wi 6.14
SUPERBRIEF room descriptions wi 2.12rb 6.4
telemetry recordings wi 2.13
unabbreviated object names wi 3.2
undo prevention wi 2.12rb 7.5rb 11.2
VERBOSE room descriptions wi 2.12rb 6.4
defining in Inform 6 wi 27.18
use options... assertion wi 2.12
user interface wi 1.3
facing pages layout wi 1.3
Go button wi 1.4
Index panel wi 1.6
Actions page wi 12.5wi 12.21wi 17.1wi 17.2wi 17.3wi 24.3
checking story correctness wi 24.1
Contents page wi 2.6wi 23.5wi 27.10
Kinds page wi 4.1wi 4.6wi 4.8wi 4.11wi 4.12wi 27.10
Map page wi 2.7wi 3.4wi 3.26wi 25.18
Phrases page wi 2.2wi 11.2
Rules page wi 19.6wi 19.16
Scenes page wi 10.3wi 10.9
Release button wi 2.7wi 25.6
Replay button wi 1.5wi 1.7
Results panel wi 1.6
Skein panel wi 1.7wi 25.16rb 13.1
using doors, in route-finding wi 6.14
usually / seldom, in assertions wi 4.3
V
value properties wi 3.10wi 4.6
changing wi 8.5
defining wi 4.8wi 4.9wi 4.10
numeric comparatives, adjectives for wi 6.7wi 15.12
numeric magnitudes, adjectives for wi 6.6
numeric superlatives, adjectives for wi 6.8wi 15.12
used as adjectives wi 6.3
values
actions as values wi 12.20
basis of rulebooks wi 19.9
constant see constant values
descriptions as values wi 22.2
displaying wi 4.9wi 5.3
figures as values wi 23.10
in relations wi 13.13
kinds of kinds of value wi 22.1wi 22.6
kinds of value wi 4.5wi 4.9wi 4.10
comparisons wi 11.18
default values wi 4.11
defining with a table wi 16.17
understanding wi 17.9wi 17.14
phrases as values wi 22.3
produced by rulebooks wi 19.13
relations as values wi 13.14
sounds as values wi 23.10
tables as values wi 16.15
truth state values wi 11.5
understanding wi 17.6
varying see variables: global
variables
changing global variables wi 8.1
changing temporary variables wi 11.15
for actions wi 12.10
for activities wi 18.6
for rulebooks wi 19.10
global wi 4.12
defining in Inform 6 wi 27.22
kind variables wi 22.1wi 22.7
temporary wi 11.15
displaying wi 20.7
various, in defining relations wi 13.5
various-to-one relation adjective wi 13.14
various-to-various relation adjective wi 13.14
"['ve]" say phrase wi 14.8
vehicles kind wi 3.16rb 8.1
moving rooms rb 8.2
rules for going by vehicles wi 7.14
the verb V means relation assertion wi 13.9
the verb V means property assertion wi 15.12
the verb to be P means relation assertion wi 13.10
VERBOSE room descriptions use option wi 2.12rb 6.4rb 11.5
verbs
adaptive verbs in displayed text wi 14.2
as values wi 14.9
defining adaptive displayable verbs wi 14.3
meaningful / meaningless adjective wi 14.9
modal / non-modal adjective wi 14.7wi 14.9
sentence verbs see sentence verbs
understanding verbs in player's command see understanding
VERIFY command wi 24.4rb 11.5
VERSION command wi 18.37wi 23.12wi 26.5wi 27.5wi 27.6rb 11.5
version number of extension wi 27.6
version number of story see release number
very likely / unlikely see likely / possible / unlikely, it is likely / possible / unlikely (does the player mean)
Vesine, Justin de wi 1.2
victory wi 9.4wi 18.38wi 18.39rb 11.6
virtual machine wi 2.14wi 23.3
character set limits wi 20.4
extensions for Z-machine / Glulx only wi 27.7
Glulx see Glulx
memory limits wi 2.14wi 20.2wi 21.10
multimedia support wi 23.1rb 12.5
numeric limits wi 11.10wi 15.2wi 15.10wi 15.14
starting the virtual machine activity wi 18.40
Z-machine see Z-machine
visibility rulebook wi 12.19
visibility relation wi 6.13
in action processing sequence wi 12.2
requirement in defining actions wi 12.7wi 12.17wi 12.19wi 17.1
rules for determining darkness wi 12.19
visible / invisible thing adjective wi 6.13
volume of source text wi 2.5
Vorple system extension wi 25.12
W
waiting action rb 6.11
walkthrough, generated from Skein wi 25.16
was, for past conditions wi 9.13
water see liquids (implementing)
"[we]" say phrase wi 14.4
"[wear]" say phrase wi 14.2
wearable thing property wi 3.20rb 9.3
wearing relation wi 3.20wi 8.7wi 13.4
when condition
arbitrary conditions for rules wi 7.12wi 9.5wi 19.7
arbitrary conditions for understand wi 17.17
when play begins rulebook wi 8.2wi 9.1wi 19.15rb 11.1
printing the banner text activity wi 18.37
when play ends rulebook wi 9.4wi 19.15rb 11.6
amusing a victorious player activity wi 18.39
printing the player's obituary activity wi 18.38
when scene begins / ends wi 10.2
whether or not (a condition) phrase wi 11.5
which
asking which do you mean activity wi 18.31
which varies, in defining global variables wi 4.12
which, in description clauses wi 6.9
while (a condition): phrase wi 11.9
while condition
arbitrary conditions for rules wi 18.4wi 19.7
who, in description clauses wi 6.9
whole number
real number to the nearest whole number phrase wi 15.3
Wild, Campbell wi 1.2
Willis, Dannii wi 1.2
windows, extra story windows rb 12.5
winning the story wi 9.4wi 18.38wi 18.39rb 11.6
with nouns reversed wi 17.2
within relation verb see containment
without leading zeroes, when defining units wi 15.15
without printing a room description wi 8.7wi 8.9
woman kind wi 3.17wi 4.1
"[won't]" say phrase wi 14.8
word number (number) in (text) phrase wi 20.3
worn relation verb see wearing
worn thing adjective wi 3.20wi 8.13
"[would]" say phrase wi 14.7
"[wouldn't]" say phrase wi 14.7
write (external file) from (table name) phrase wi 23.13
write (text) to (external file) phrase wi 23.14
writing a paragraph about activity rb 3.1
writing a paragraph about wi 18.24rb 3.1
X
XYZZY wi 3.1wi 17.1wi 20.5wi 26.6wi 26.8rb 6.13
Y
yes phrase wi 11.16
YES, querying yes/no wi 11.5
YES, responding to a character rb 7.7
you, adaptive pronouns in displayed text wi 14.4
yourself person constant wi 3.24wi 6.13wi 8.9
Z
Z-machine wi 2.14wi 23.3
character set limits wi 20.2wi 20.4
extensions for Z-machine only wi 27.7
memory limits wi 2.14wi 20.2wi 21.10
no support for multimedia wi 23.1rb 12.5
numeric limits wi 11.10wi 15.2wi 15.10wi 15.14
real numbers not available wi 15.2