!, ending sentences  2.3, 5.2

"[']" say phrase  5.2

"  

defining texts  2.3, 3.1, 5.1, 5.2

not usable in unit notations  15.14

"[bold type]" say phrase  12.1

"[fixed letter spacing]" say phrase  12.1

"[italic type]" say phrase  12.1

"[roman type]" say phrase  12.1

"[variable letter spacing]" say phrase  12.1

', meaning "  2.3, 5.2, 25.2

(arithmetic value) * (arithmetic value) phrase  15.5

(arithmetic value) + (arithmetic value) phrase  15.5

--  

optional words in phrase definitions  11.3

optional words in Understand grammar  17.12

--, as a blank table entry  16.7

--, separating cases  11.8

(arithmetic value) - (arithmetic value) phrase  15.5

->, in phrase kinds  22.3

.  

before text substitutions  5.6

ending sentences with line breaks  2.3, 5.2, 5.8

(arithmetic value) / (arithmetic value) phrase  15.5

/  

separating synonymous words in grammar  17.4, 17.12, 17.13

separating synonymous words in phrase definitions  11.3

separating synonymous words in topics  16.13

:  6.4, 11.2, 11.7, 11.16, 19.3

,  

comma replacing colon  7.2

displaying serial comma  2.12, 5.5

in list constants, requiring spaces  21.2

separating phrase options  11.14

?, ending sentences  2.3, 5.2

[ ]  

comments  2.3

text substitutions  2.3, 5.1, 5.2

(+ +), for including Inform 7 code in Inform 6  27.19

(- -), for including Inform 6 code in Inform 7  27.15, 27.19

( )  

for calling values  8.15

for defining mistakes  17.21

for implicit multiplication  15.18

for phrase parameters  11.3

in parser clarifications  18.30

in response names  14.10

{ }  

for constant lists  21.2

for including Inform 7 expressions in Inform 6  27.15

|, for paragraph break  2.3

A&E example  7.13 ex 101, 3.2 ex 101

a / an / the  3.18, 5.3, 5.5

AARP-Gnosis example  18.5 ex 335, 9.6 ex 335

abandon the (activity) activity phrase  18.7

abandon the (activity on values) activity with (value) phrase  18.7

abbreviated room descriptions use option  2.12

abbreviations  

chains of equality tests  11.8

object names  3.2

property names, omitting of the  8.6

rule actions with doing it  7.17

abide by (rule) phrase  19.14

abide by (values based rule producing values) for (value) phrase  19.14

able to see relation verb  seevisibility

able to touch relation verb  seetouchability

The Abolition of Love example  13.10 ex 231, 7.16 ex 231

About Inform's regular expression support example  20.6 ex 414, 1.4 ex 414

About the examples example  1.1 ex 1, 1.1 ex 1

absolute value of (real number) phrase  15.6

ABSTRACT testing command  24.4

accented letters  seecharacters (letters)

Access All Areas example  19.5 ex 398, 10.10 ex 398

access, deny / allow access (reaching inside / outside) outcome phrase  12.18

accessibility text for figures and sounds  23.9

Actaeon example  17.7 ex 302, 7.13 ex 302

action name  12.20

action name part of (action) phrase  12.20

action of (an action) phrase  12.20

action processing rulebook  19.15

actions  7.1, 12.1, 12.21

applying to multiple objects  17.4, 6.15

as conditions  9.12

as values  12.20

continue the action phrase  7.3, 7.5

defining new actions  12.7, 6.1

defining new actions in Inform 6  27.22

exiting  7.14

going, special cases  7.13, 7.14

guidelines for action rules  12.21

instructing other characters  

persuasion rules  12.4

unsuccessful attempts  12.5

instructing other people  12.3, 7.14

involving senses  7.7, 3.8

involving speech  7.6

irregular verbs in action names  12.8

multiple action processing  17.20

new kinds of action  7.15

not the same as activities  18.1

out of world  12.15, 12.21

performing with try  7.4, 12.1, 12.6

processing sequence  12.2, 19.15, 6.3

pushing objects to other rooms  7.14

reaching inside / outside rules  12.16, 12.18

reactions by other characters  7.3

redirecting actions  6.14

referring to current action with action  12.7

requirements for actions  12.16, 12.17, 12.18, 12.19, 6.2

rules applying only when characters are present  7.12

rules applying to rooms and regions  7.11, 7.13

rules applying under arbitrary conditions, using when  7.12

rules for actions found in rulebooks  12.2, 6.3

rules for all but some actions  7.9

rules for any actor (including the player)  12.14

rules for consecutive repetitions  7.17

rules for multiple actions  7.8

rules for new actions  12.9, 6.2

rules for other characters  12.4, 12.5, 12.11, 12.12, 12.13

rules for repetitions  7.16

spontaneous by other people  12.6

stop the action phrase  7.3

stored actions  12.20

suppressing success messages with try silently  7.4, 12.1

understanding as mistakes  17.21, 5.3

understanding in player's command  17.1

using after rules to change output  7.5

using before rules to test or change outcomes first  7.3

using instead rules to change outcome  7.2

variables for actions  12.10

ACTIONS testing command  7.1, 12.1, 12.5, 12.12, 24.3, 10.10, 13.1

Actions page of Index panel user interface  12.5, 12.21, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 24.3

active / inactive (use option) adjective  27.18

activities  18.1, 18.2

abandoning  18.7, 18.25

beginning/ending by hand  18.7

catalogue  18.8

amusing a victorious player  18.39

asking which do you mean  18.31

choosing notable locale objects for something  18.27

clarifying the parser's choice of something  18.30

constructing the status line  18.23

deciding the concealed possessions of something  3.24, 18.9

deciding the scope of something  18.29, 5.5

deciding whether all includes  18.36, 6.15

grouping together something  18.14

implicitly taking something  12.17, 18.34, 6.8

issuing the response text of something  18.15

listing contents of something  18.13

listing nondescript items of something  18.25, 3.1

printing a locale paragraph about  18.28, 3.1

printing a number of something  18.12

printing a parser error  18.35

printing a refusal to act in the dark  18.18

printing inventory details of something  18.17

printing room description details of something  18.16, 3.1

printing the announcement of darkness  18.19

printing the announcement of light  18.20

printing the banner text  18.37

printing the description of a dark room  18.22

printing the locale description of something  18.26

printing the name of a dark room  18.21

printing the name of something  18.10

printing the player's obituary  18.38

printing the plural name of something  18.11

reading a command  18.33

starting the virtual machine  18.40

supplying a missing noun/second noun  18.32

writing a paragraph about  18.24, 3.1

checking for ongoing activities in rules  18.4

defining  18.5

empty / non-empty adjective  18.5

golden rules for constructing  18.2, 18.7

not the same as actions  18.1

rules for activities  18.3

variables for activities  18.6

Actor's Studio example  12.20 ex 221, 9.12 ex 221

actor part of (action) phrase  12.20

actor — person action variable  12.3, 12.14, 14.4

actors  seecharacters (people)

adaptive displayed text  14.2, 2.1

contractions  14.7, 14.8

pronouns  14.2, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.8

verbs  14.2, 14.3

add (list of values) at entry (number) in/from (list of values) phrase  21.5

add (list of values) to (list of values) phrase  21.5

add (value) at entry (number) in/from (list of values) phrase  21.5

add (value) to (list of values) phrase  21.1, 21.5

adjacency relation  6.14, 13.8

adjacent (room) adjective  6.14

adjectives  6.3

defining  6.4

with Inform 6  27.24

with to decide whether  11.16

for numeric quantities  6.6, 6.7, 6.8

for numeric quantities with units  15.12

for values  6.5

in descriptions  6.2

adverbs  6.18

(time) after (time) phrase  9.9

(name of kind) after (enumerated value) phrase  11.18

after (action) rulebook  7.5

guidelines for use  12.21

in action processing sequence  12.2, 6.3

not used for out of world actions  12.15

after (activity) rulebook  18.3

after, ordering for rules  19.4

Aftershock example  18.5 ex 336, 9.9 ex 336

Age of Steam example  10.3 ex 156, 4.4 ex 156

Ahem example  11.3 ex 169, 2.1 ex 169

Air Conditioning is Standard example  18.24 ex 354, 4.3 ex 354

Albaugh, Lea  25.9

Alias example  15.2 ex 253, 9.10 ex 253

Alien Invasion Part 23 example  23.13 ex 439, 11.1 ex 439

all except, in descriptions  6.16

all, in descriptions  6.15

ALL, including things in  18.36, 6.15

All Roads Lead to Mars example  6.14 ex 78, 3.2 ex 78

allow access (reaching inside / outside) outcome phrase  12.18

almost all, in descriptions  6.15

Alpaca Farm example  17.2 ex 289, 6.17 ex 289

Alpha example  20.6 ex 413, 13.1 ex 413

alter the multiple object list to (list of objects) phrase  17.20

always / never, in assertions  4.3

always, in defining constant values  4.13

amended, for tables  16.19

American dialect use option  2.12, 2.13, 5.4

AMUSING  9.4, 18.39, 11.6

amusing a victorious player activity  18.39

an / a / the  3.18, 5.3, 5.5

Anchorite example  17.2 ex 290, 6.10 ex 290

animals kind  3.17, 4.1, 8.3

rideable  3.16, 8.3

announcement of darkness –– printing the announcement of darkness activity  18.19

announcement of light –– printing the announcement of light activity  18.20

Annoyotron Jr example  9.15 ex 153, 7.2 ex 153

anonymously abide by (rule) phrase  19.14

anonymously abide by (values based rule producing values) for (value) phrase  19.14

another, in defining relations  13.6

answering (actor) action  7.6, 17.10

Ant-Sensitive Sunglasses example  18.1 ex 334, 3.1 ex 334

Anteaters example  12.20 ex 222, 6.14 ex 222

[any] grammar token  17.7, 5.5

[anybody] grammar token  17.7

anybody, in descriptions  6.2

[anyone] grammar token  17.7

anyone, in descriptions  6.2

[anything] grammar token  17.7

anything, in descriptions  6.2

[anywhere] grammar token  17.7

anywhere, in descriptions  6.2

apostrophe  seepunctuation: apostrophe, meaning quotation mark

appearance  seedescriptions (displayed)

append (text) to (external file) phrase  23.14

Apples example  18.31 ex 368, 6.17 ex 368

(phrase nothing -> value) applied phrase  22.3

(phrase value -> value) applied to (value) phrase  22.3

(phrase (value, value) -> value) applied to (value) and (value) phrase  22.3

(phrase (value, value, value) -> value) applied to (value) and (value) and (value) phrase  22.3

(phrase value -> value) applied to (list of values) phrase  22.5

apply (phrase nothing -> nothing) phrase  22.3

apply (phrase value -> nothing) to (value) phrase  22.3

apply (phrase (value, value) -> nothing) to (value) and (value) phrase  22.3

apply (phrase (value, value, value) -> nothing) to (value) and (value) and (value) phrase  22.3

applying to, in defining actions  12.7, 17.1

Approximate Metric Units extension  15.13

arccosine of (real number) phrase  15.7

arcsine of (real number) phrase  15.7

arctangent of (real number) phrase  15.7

"[are]" say phrase  14.2

"[aren't]" say phrase  14.8

arguments  seeparameters

arithmetic  seecalculation

arithmetic value  22.1, 22.6

The Art of Noise example  7.7 ex 95, 3.8 ex 95

articles  3.18

displaying and capitalizing  7.10

as something new  17.3

asking (actor) about action  7.6

asking (actor) to try action  12.3

asking the player yes/no  11.5

asking which do you mean activity  18.31

Aspect example  17.15 ex 311, 9.9 ex 311

assemblies  4.15, 5.1, 9.8

assertions  2.1, 3.1

plural  4.4

at least relation verb  15.5

at least, in descriptions  6.16

at most relation verb  15.5

at most, in descriptions  6.16

at (time)... assertion  9.11, 19.7, 4.3

(rule) at (time) phrase  9.11

audio  seesounds

author bibliographic data  2.5, 18.37, 25.2

of an extension  27.4

authorial modesty use option  27.6

Babel, Treaty of Babel  25.5

back side of (object) phrase  3.12

backdrops kind  3.9, 3.4, 3.9

changing the location of backdrops  8.8

Bad Hair Day example  7.2 ex 85, 5.3 ex 85

Baedeker example  25.23 ex 445, 13.2 ex 445

Ballpark example  5.4 ex 60, 2.1 ex 60

banner text  18.37, 25.4, 11.1, 11.5

Baritone, Bass example  17.11 ex 309, 5.2 ex 309

Barter Barter example  12.12 ex 207, 7.4 ex 207

Basic Screen Effects extension  27.7, 4.5

basis of rulebook  19.9

Battle of Ridgefield example  18.38 ex 383, 11.6 ex 383

Bay Leaves and Honey Wine example  25.23 ex 447, 13.2 ex 447

Beachfront example  7.12 ex 98, 6.6 ex 98

Bee Chambers example  8.11 ex 125, 3.2 ex 125

Beekeeper's Apprentice example  5.8 ex 68, 6.5 ex 68

(time) before (time) phrase  9.9

(name of kind) before (enumerated value) phrase  11.18

before (action) rulebook  7.3

guidelines for use  12.21

in action processing sequence  12.2, 6.3

not used for out of world actions  12.15

before (activity) rulebook  18.3

before, ordering for rules  19.4

begin, in phrases  11.7, 11.9

begin the (activity) activity phrase  18.7

begin the (activity on values) activity with (value) phrase  18.7

beginning of scene  seescenes: rules run at beginning

beginning of story  seeinitial state of the world

Being Peter example  19.12 ex 404, 7.10 ex 404

Being Prepared example  4.15 ex 56, 9.3 ex 56

Belfry example  3.18 ex 31, 7.1 ex 31

Beneath the Surface example  13.10 ex 233, 6.6 ex 233

best route from (object) to (object) phrase  6.14

best route from (object) to (object) through (description of objects) phrase  6.14

The Best Till Last example  17.20 ex 327, 6.15 ex 327

Beverage Service example  8.10 ex 122, 10.2 ex 122

bibliographic data  2.5, 18.37, 25.2, 25.4, 25.15, 25.17, 11.5

Bibliophilia example  17.17 ex 324, 9.6 ex 324

Bic example  3.1 ex 2, 13.1 ex 2

The Big Sainsbury's example  18.34 ex 377, 4.1 ex 377

Big Sky Country example  9.4 ex 138, 11.6 ex 138

Bikini Atoll example  18.37 ex 382, 11.1 ex 382

binary, when declaring data files  23.12

Blackout example  20.8 ex 418, 2.1 ex 418

blank entries in tables  seetables: blank entries

Blank, Marc  2.13

blank out (a table entry) phrase  16.10

blank out the whole of (table) phrase  16.10

blank out the whole row phrase  16.10

blank out the whole (table column) column in (table) phrase  16.10

Blankness example  18.40 ex 387, 12.2 ex 387

Blink example  27.30 ex 453, 2.1 ex 453

blorb file  23.6, 23.10, 25.4, 25.7

blurb bibliographic data  seestory description

body parts  4.15, 5.1

Bogart example  13.10 ex 234, 9.3 ex 234

book of source text  2.5

books (implementing)  9.6

consulting  7.6, 9.6

with pages  9.6

Bosch example  12.20 ex 219, 11.4 ex 219

Boston Cream example  12.6 ex 190, 7.15 ex 190

Bowler Hats and Baby Geese example  10.4 ex 159, 4.2 ex 159

boxed quotations  5.12

brace notation –– "[(list of values) in brace notation]" say phrase  21.3

braces  seepunctuation: curly braces

brackets  seepunctuation: brackets

break phrase  11.12

breakable things (implementing)  10.4

breaks  seeparagraph breaks

Bribery example  19.3 ex 392, 7.4 ex 392

BRIEF room descriptions use option  2.12, 6.4, 11.5

Brooks, Frederick P.  1.1

Brown example  3.23 ex 36, 9.7 ex 36

Bruneseau's Journey example  9.13 ex 150, 10.8 ex 150

bugs in Inform  2.15

Bumping into Walls example  7.13 ex 102, 6.9 ex 102

burning action  10.8

buying action  9.4

Cactus Will Outlive Us All example  12.20 ex 220, 6.14 ex 220

calculation  10.11

arithmetic  15.5

arithmetic with units  15.19, 15.20

average of a numeric property  15.17

conversion during calculations  15.3

decrementing  8.12, 11.18

exponential functions  15.6

given by equations  15.18

incrementing  8.12, 11.18

logarithms  15.6

rounding to the nearest multiple  9.8, 15.5

rounding to the nearest whole number  15.3, 15.6

total of a numeric property  15.17

trigonometric functions  15.7

with time  9.9, 9.10

called  

in creating assemblies  4.16

in creating rooms  3.2

in creating things  3.5

in defining action variables  12.10

in defining activity variables  18.6

in defining adjectives  6.4

in defining relations  13.5, 13.6, 13.12

in defining rulebook variables  19.10

in describing things  8.15, 11.11

Camp Bethel example  5.7 ex 67, 7.2 ex 67

"[can't]" say phrase  14.7

"[can]" say phrase  14.2, 14.7

"[can see]" say phrase  14.2

"[can touch]" say phrase  14.2

Candy example  8.19 ex 133, 9.1 ex 133

Capital City example  20.4 ex 411, 12.2 ex 411

Carnivale example  12.16 ex 212, 3.4 ex 212

carried (thing) adjective  3.20, 8.13

Carroll, Lewis  5.12

"[carry]" say phrase  14.2

carry out (action) rulebook  12.2, 12.9, 6.3

guidelines for use  12.21

carry out the (activity) activity phrase  18.5

carry out the (activity on values) activity with (value) phrase  18.5

carrying relation  3.20, 8.7, 8.13, 13.4

requirement in defining actions  12.7, 12.17

carrying capacity of (container/supporter/person) property  3.19, 10.5

avoid overflowing player's capacity using a hold-all  3.21

case sensitivity  

checking texts  20.4

in matching texts  20.5

in real number constants  15.2

in regular expressions  20.6

in text substitutions  5.13

in text substitutions with lists  5.5

in text substitutions with objects  5.3, 7.10

in text substitutions with pronouns  14.4, 14.5, 14.6

Casino Banale example  18.27 ex 360, 5.5 ex 360

Cater, John  23.10

Cave-troll example  20.8 ex 423, 6.17 ex 423

ceiling of (real number) phrase  15.6

Celadon example  13.4 ex 224, 6.8 ex 224

Centered example  8.3 ex 115, 12.2 ex 115

chance  seerandomness

Chanel Version 1 example  27.28 ex 452, 12.1 ex 452

change  seenow (a condition)

change (direction) exit of (room) to nothing/nowhere phrase  8.5

change (direction) exit of (room) to (room) phrase  8.5

change (list of values) to have (number) entries/entry phrase  21.10

Change of Basis example  4.7 ex 47, 6.11 ex 47

change the text of the player's command to (text) phrase  18.33

Channel 1 example  17.15 ex 313, 9.9 ex 313

Channel 2 example  17.15 ex 316, 9.9 ex 316

chapter of source text  2.5

character number (number) in (text) phrase  20.3

characters (letters)  5.11

capital letters as kind variables  22.7

counting  20.3

in text values  20.1

replacing in text  20.8

special / accented  5.10

special meanings in regular expressions  20.6, 20.9

Unicode (arbitrary symbols)  5.11, 12.1

defining new names for  27.25

characters (people)  

accepting gifts  7.4, 9.4

acting spontaneously  12.6, 7.2

characterization  7.10

combat  7.5

dialogue  seedialogue

giving instructions to other characters  12.3, 7.14

goal-seeking  7.15

groups of people  7.16

Inanimate Listeners extension  7.7

memory  seeknowledge (in story world)

moving around  7.13

names and titles  7.1

persuading  12.4

reacting to each other  7.16

reacting to the player's actions  7.3

reporting unsuccessful actions  12.5

rules applying only when characters are present  7.12

scripted conversations  7.12

check (action) rulebook  12.2, 12.9, 6.3

for other characters  12.12

guidelines for use  12.21

Cheese-makers example  10.9 ex 168, 7.8 ex 168

Chimento, Philip  1.2

choose a/the/-- blank row in/from (table name) phrase  16.10

choose a/the/-- random row in/from (table name) phrase  16.5

choose a/the/-- row (number) in/from (table name) phrase  16.5

choose a/the/-- row with (table column) of (value) in/from (table name) phrase  16.5

choosing notable locale objects for something activity  18.27

Chronic Hinting Syndrome example  18.10 ex 341, 7.11 ex 341

Cinco example  17.16 ex 319, 9.2 ex 319

Circle of Misery example  21.11 ex 431, 8.4 ex 431

Claims Adjustment example  17.16 ex 322, 9.12 ex 322

clarifying the parser's choice of something activity  18.30

Cloak of Darkness example  17.2 ex 291, 3.7 ex 291

clocks (implementing)  9.11

closed / open (container/door) property  3.6, 3.13, 3.15, 9.2

clothing  seewearing

Cloves example  18.33 ex 373, 6.18 ex 373

Clueless example  9.1 ex 135, 7.1 ex 135

colon  seepunctuation: colon

columns, in tables  seetables

combat  7.5

comma  seepunctuation: comma

command prompt — text global variable  8.2, 9.7

commands (of the player)  seeunderstanding

comments  

in source text  2.3

in transcripts from beta testers  17.21, 24.7, 13.1

comparisons  

counting  6.16

equality  11.6; see alsoequality

of enumerated values  11.18

of numbers  15.5

of numbers using adjectives  6.7

of numbers with units using adjectives  15.12

of text  20.5

with regular expressions  20.6

compass directions  seedirections

Complimentary Peanuts example  18.33 ex 376, 7.8 ex 376

components  3.23

breaking apart  10.4

for kinds  4.15

incorporation relation  seeincorporation

of bodies  5.1

of machines  9.8

concealed possessions  3.24, 18.9

concealed (thing) adjective  3.24, 18.9

concealment relation  3.24, 13.4, 18.9

in a room  seehiding things from room descriptions by making them scenery

under other things  seehiding things under other things

condition, naming properties  4.10

conditions  

changing conditions of rules  19.5

defined by phrases  11.5

defining with to decide whether  11.16

equality  11.6

expressed as relations  13.12

for activity rules  18.4

for rules  7.12, 9.5, 19.5, 19.7

for scenes  10.4

for understand  17.17, 2.2

historical  9.13

number of times  9.14

number of turns  9.15

warning concerning variables and other varying qualities  9.13, 9.15

testing  11.6

with otherwise/else  11.8

connections between rooms  3.2, 3.2

changing  8.5

doors  3.12, 3.5

inconsistent directions  3.3

one-way  3.3

rules applying to map connections  7.13

to nowhere  3.3

consents –– if player consents phrase  11.5

constant values  4.13

constructing the status line activity  18.23

consulting (thing) about action  7.6

container in question — object global variable  12.18

containers kind  3.5, 8.4, 9.2

carrying capacity  3.19, 10.5

containment relation  seecontainment

enterable  3.6

liquids in containers  10.2

locked  3.13

open / closed  3.6, 3.15

pockets in clothing  9.3

transparent / opaque  3.6, 3.15

vehicle as kind of container  3.16

containment relation  6.11, 8.13, 13.4

hierarchy, low-level interface  8.17

indirect  3.25, 6.11

placing the contents of something in scope  18.29

Contents page of Index panel user interface  2.6, 23.5, 27.10

continue the action phrase  7.3, 7.5, 19.11

continue the activity phrase  18.5

continued, for tables  16.18

contractions, adaptive contractions in displayed text  14.7, 14.8

Control Center example  5.5 ex 61, 9.8 ex 61

conversation  seedialogue

Copper River example  18.28 ex 362, 3.1 ex 362

Cornelson, David  1.2

corresponding to, in tables  16.3

cosine of (real number) phrase  15.7

Costa Rican Ornithology example  7.6 ex 94, 9.6 ex 94

"[could]" say phrase  14.7

"[couldn't]" say phrase  14.7

counted loops  11.10

counting  6.16

actions with for the Nth time  7.16, 11.4

actions with for the Nth turn  7.17

characters / words / paragraphs / lines  20.3

conditions with for the Nth time  9.14

conditions with for the Nth turn  9.15

moves along a route  6.14

steps in an indirect relation  13.11

things  8.16

cover art  25.8

The Cow Exonerated example  20.7 ex 417, 10.8 ex 417

The Crane's Leg 1 example  4.9 ex 52, 5.6 ex 52

The Crane's Leg 2 example  19.3 ex 390, 5.6 ex 390

creating  seedefining

Croft example  12.10 ex 202, 6.8 ex 202

Crowther, Will  3.1

Crusoe example  18.5 ex 337, 6.5 ex 337

cube root of (arithmetic value) phrase  15.5

Curare example  22.2 ex 438, 2.1 ex 438

curly braces  seepunctuation: curly braces

current action phrase  12.20

cut (snippet) phrase  18.33

Daly, Liza  1.2

damaging things (implementing)  10.4

dark / lighted (room) property  3.15, 3.7

The Dark Ages Revisited example  12.9 ex 194, 3.7 ex 194

darkness  3.15, 6.13, 3.7

printing a refusal to act in the dark activity  18.18

printing the announcement of darkness activity  18.19

printing the announcement of light activity  18.20

printing the description of a dark room activity  18.22

printing the name of a dark room activity  18.21

rules to change perception of  12.19

testing whether in darkness  11.5

data files  seefiles (data files)

A Day For Fresh Sushi example  7.16 ex 112, 7.3 ex 112

Day One example  10.4 ex 160, 4.2 ex 160

Dearth and the Maiden example  7.15 ex 109, 5.3 ex 109

death  9.4, 18.38, 18.39, 11.6

debug version (of the story)  seetest version (of the story); test version (of the story)

debugging commands  seetesting commands

decide no phrase  11.16

decide on (value) phrase  11.17

decide yes phrase  11.16

deciding the concealed possessions of something activity  3.24, 18.9

deciding the scope of something activity  18.29, 5.5

deciding whether all includes activity  18.36, 6.15

decimals  seereal numbers

say "[(real number) in decimal notation]" phrase  15.4

say "[(real number) to (number) decimal places]" phrase  15.4

decrease (a stored value) by (value) phrase  8.12

decrement (a stored value) phrase  8.12

default outcome of a rulebook  19.11, 19.12

default properties of kinds  4.3; see alsokinds: default values of kinds

default value of (name of kind) phrase  4.11

defining  

action variables  12.10

actions  12.7, 6.1

activities  18.5

activity variables  18.6

adaptive displayable verbs  14.3

adjectives  6.4

for numeric quantities  6.6, 6.7, 6.8

for numeric quantities with units  15.12

for values  6.5

with to decide whether  11.16

constant values  4.13

data files  23.12

directions  3.26

either/or properties  4.7

equations for values with units  15.18

figures  23.5

global variables  4.12

grammar tokens  17.13

producing values  17.14

Inform 6 entities  seeInform 6 inclusions

input grammar  17.1

kinds  4.1

multiply using tables  16.16

kinds of thing  4.1, 4.2, 4.4

kinds of value  4.5, 4.9, 4.10

defining with a table  16.17

lists  21.2

by description  21.6, 21.7

phrases  11.2

plurals  4.4, 2.2

prepositions for relations  13.10

previewing  23.5

relations  13.5, 13.13

relations expressing conditions  13.12

rooms  3.1

rulebook variables  19.10

rulebooks  19.8

rules  2.2, 19.3, 19.7

sentence verbs for properties  15.12

sentence verbs for relations  13.9

sounds  23.8

tables  16.1

temporary variables  11.15

testing commands  2.9, 13.1

text substitutions  5.13

things  3.1

multiply using tables  16.16

multiply with counts  4.14

using plurals  4.4

using relations  4.15, 4.16

units of measure  15.8, 15.9, 15.10

units of measure with parts  15.14, 15.15

value properties  4.8, 4.9, 4.10

definite articles  

when creating things  3.18

when displaying lists  5.5, 21.3

when displaying things  5.3

definition assertion  6.4, 19.7

for numeric quantities  6.6, 6.7, 6.8

for values  6.5

with phrase logic  11.16

(real number) degrees phrase  15.7

Delayed Gratification example  19.2 ex 389, 6.11 ex 389

deleting things from the world  8.10

Delicious, Delicious Rocks example  12.9 ex 196, 9.1 ex 196

Democratic Process example  7.3 ex 86, 6.8 ex 86

deny access (reaching inside / outside) outcome phrase  12.18

Depth example  15.20 ex 268, 10.5 ex 268

described / undescribed (thing) property  3.24

describing, in understand as  17.15

description of a dark room –– printing the description of a dark room activity  18.22

description of (room) property  3.10, 3.11

description of (scene) property  10.2

description of (thing) property  3.11

descriptions (displayed)  

activities  

choosing notable locale objects for something  18.27

grouping together something  18.14

listing contents of something  18.13

listing nondescript items of something  18.25, 3.1

printing a locale paragraph about something  18.28, 3.1

printing a number of something  18.12

printing inventory details of something  18.17

printing room description details of something  18.16, 3.1

printing the description of a dark room  18.22

printing the locale description of something  18.26

printing the name of something  18.10

printing the plural name of something  18.11

writing a paragraph about  18.24, 3.1

default descriptions using new kinds  4.2

full-length room descriptions / abbreviated room descriptions  2.12

hiding things from room descriptions  3.8

initial appearance of thing  3.11, 8.5, 3.1

miscellaneous things in room  18.25, 3.1

notable things in room  18.24, 3.1

room contents  18.26, 18.27, 18.28, 3.1, 6.4

room descriptions with substituted text  5.1

scene descriptions  10.2

varying with properties  3.14

descriptions (references to things)  6.1

adjectives for magnitude  6.6

adjectives for values  6.5

as values  22.2

comparative adjectives  6.7

complex phrases  6.9

counting  6.16

defining adjectives for descriptions  6.4

determiners (all / none)  6.15

existence  6.10

listed in table  16.12

non-existence  6.10, 6.12

relative  6.9

superlative adjectives  6.8

syntax  6.2

determiners (all / none)  6.15

devices kind  3.14, 9.8, 10.7

displaying the on/off state  6.5

dialogue  7.6

ASK / TELL  7.6, 7.7, 7.8

keyword-based dialogue  7.8

menu-based dialogue  7.8

scripted conversations  7.12

simple terms  7.7

structure of conversation  7.9

with inanimate objects  7.7

DICT_WORD_SIZE use option  2.2

Dimensions example  15.12 ex 258, 10.5 ex 258

Dinner is Served example  12.18 ex 217, 3.6 ex 217

direction of (door) from (room) phrase  3.12

directions kind  3.2, 3.5, 3.26, 4.1, 3.2, 6.9

defining  3.26

finding adjacent rooms  6.14

shipboard directions, FORE/AFT/PORT/STARBOARD  8.2

disambiguation  

of player commands  17.19, 6.17

displaying parser's chosen thing  18.30

printing disambiguation request  18.31

of source text  2.6

precedence of phrase definitions  22.9, 22.10

precedence of rules  19.2, 19.4, 19.6, 19.16

Disenchantment Bay 1 example  3.7 ex 14, 1.3 ex 14

Disenchantment Bay 2 example  3.8 ex 15, 1.3 ex 15

Disenchantment Bay 3 example  3.9 ex 17, 1.3 ex 17

Disenchantment Bay 4 example  3.11 ex 18, 1.3 ex 18

Disenchantment Bay 5 example  3.12 ex 20, 1.3 ex 20

Disenchantment Bay 6 example  3.13 ex 23, 1.3 ex 23

Disenchantment Bay 7 example  3.14 ex 25, 1.3 ex 25

Disenchantment Bay 8 example  3.16 ex 28, 1.3 ex 28

Disenchantment Bay 9 example  3.17 ex 30, 1.3 ex 30

Disenchantment Bay 10 example  3.20 ex 33, 1.3 ex 33

Disenchantment Bay 11 example  3.21 ex 34, 1.3 ex 34

Disenchantment Bay 12 example  3.23 ex 37, 1.3 ex 37

display (figure name) phrase  23.6

display the boxed quotation (text) phrase  5.12

displaying descriptions  seedescriptions (displayed)

distance  

measuring with number of moves  6.14

measuring with number of steps  13.11

(arithmetic value) divided by (arithmetic value) phrase  15.5

do nothing phrase  11.1

Do Pass Go example  8.18 ex 129, 9.5 ex 129

does the player mean rulebook  17.19

doing it, a repeated action  7.17

doing something / anything, describing actions  7.9

"[don't]" say phrase  14.8

Don Pedro's Revenge example  8.2 ex 113, 7.5 ex 113

door (direction) from/of (room) phrase  6.14

doors kind  3.12, 3.5

locked  3.13

rules for going through doors  7.14

double-dash  seepunctuation: double-dash

Down Below example  3.14 ex 26, 3.7 ex 26

Down in Oodville example  17.9 ex 304, 6.18 ex 304

drinking action  10.2

dropping action  6.8

Dubai example  16.3 ex 271, 8.2 ex 271

duplicates  4.14

taken from a dispenser  10.3

during (scene)  10.4, 19.7

dynamic memory allocation use option  20.2

e — real number constant  15.2

each, in descriptions  6.15

each other, in defining relations  13.6, 13.7

Early Childhood example  4.14 ex 55, 9.7 ex 55

eating action  3.22, 9.1

Eddystone example  12.17 ex 213, 3.4 ex 213

edible / inedible (thing) property  3.22, 9.1

editing  26.2

either/or properties  3.6, 4.6

changing  8.4

defining  4.7

used as adjectives  6.3

electricity (implementing)  10.7

Electrified example  19.15 ex 407, 10.7 ex 407

else (a phrase) phrase  11.8

else if (a condition) phrase  11.8

else unless (a condition) phrase  11.8

Elsie example  9.13 ex 151, 3.5 ex 151

Emma example  18.24 ex 353, 7.16 ex 353

Empire example  9.11 ex 145, 8.2 ex 145

empty / non-empty adjective  

for activities  18.5

for lists  21.1, 21.2

for relations  13.14

for rulebooks  19.8

for tables  16.9

for texts  6.5, 20.3

enclosure relation  3.25

end if  11.7

end, in phrases  11.7, 11.9

end of scene  seescenes: rules run at end

end of story  9.4, 18.38, 18.39, 11.6

end the (activity) activity phrase  18.7

end the (activity on values) activity with (value) phrase  18.7

end the story phrase  9.4, 11.6

end the story finally phrase  9.4, 11.6

end the story finally saying (text) phrase  9.4, 11.6

end the story saying (text) phrase  9.4, 11.6

end while  11.9

ended –– if (scene) has ended phrase  10.4

Endurance example  19.15 ex 409, 4.1 ex 409

engineering notation use option  15.2

English  

defining plural forms  4.4, 2.2

displaying numbers in words  5.4

displaying simple plurals  5.4

displaying times in words  9.7

forms for sentence verbs  13.9

forms of to be  13.10

irregular verbs  12.8, 13.9

narrative viewpoint, of standard responses  14.1, 5.6

really understanding  2.16

simple superlative forms  6.8

tense  

of conditions in rules  9.12, 9.13

of standard responses  14.1, 5.6

enterable (container) property  3.6, 9.2

vehicles made automatically enterable  3.16

entering action  6.10

Entire Game — scene constant  10.3

Entrapment example  10.2 ex 155, 4.2 ex 155

Entrevaux example  10.6 ex 163, 4.4 ex 163

entries, in tables  seetables

Entropy example  11.18 ex 182, 10.9 ex 182

entry (number) of (list)  21.9

enumerated value  22.1, 22.6; see alsokinds: of value

Epistemology extension  5.5

EPS file  seeindex map: customizing for release

equality relation  13.8

equations, for values with units  15.18

Equipment List example  11.14 ex 177, 6.7 ex 177

equivalence (relation) adjective  13.14

equivalent to (unit)  15.10

error messages  

abject failures of Inform  2.15

for player commands  18.35, 6.17

for source text  2.4

Escape example  3.12 ex 21, 3.6 ex 21

Escape from the Seraglio example  19.15 ex 410, 6.15 ex 410

Euler, Leonhard  15.2

Eve, Eric  1.2, 5.5

even / odd (number) adjective  4.6, 6.5

events in the future  9.11

every  

creating assemblies  4.15, 4.16, 5.1

in descriptions  6.15

every turn rulebook  9.5, 7.2

not for out of world actions  12.15

everywhere, placing backdrops  3.9, 8.8

exactly  

counting conditions  9.14, 9.15

in descriptions  6.16

examining action  6.5

handling READ separately  9.6

except  

describing actions  7.9

in descriptions  6.16

exclamation mark  seepunctuation: exclamation mark, ending sentences

existence  

descriptions of any such thing  6.2

testing that such a thing exists  6.10

existent / nonexistent (real number) adjective  15.3

exiting action  7.14, 6.9, 6.10

exits  seeconnections between rooms

exponential of (real number) phrase  15.6

extend (list of values) to (number) entries/entry phrase  21.10

extensions  

built-in extensions  27.3

Inform 6 code in extensions  27.14

Inform 6 template layer  27.26, 6.3

installing  2.10, 27.3

licensing of use  27.1, 1.1

listing credits for  27.6, 11.5

project-specific extensions  27.3

specific extensions  

Approximate Metric Units  15.13

Basic Screen Effects  27.7, 4.5

Epistemology  5.5

Inanimate Listeners  7.7, 9.6

Locksmith  2.10, 2.11, 3.5, 9.2

Metric Units  15.13, 15.18, 15.20

Mistype  6.17

Object Response Tests  24.6

Punctuation Removal  6.13, 7.1, 7.7

Real Time Delays  12.4

Rideable Vehicles  3.16, 8.3

Skeleton Keys  9.2

Standard Rules  27.2, 27.14

Unicode Character Names  5.11, 27.25

Unicode Full Character Names  5.11, 27.25

Vorple system  25.12

using  2.11

using specific versions  27.6

writing  

author bibliographic data  27.4

documenting  27.11, 27.12

example  27.5

for a specific virtual machine  27.7

giving examples  27.12

including other extensions  27.8, 27.9

modifying other extensions  27.9

version number  27.6

external files  seefiles (data files)

Extra Supplies example  8.10 ex 124, 10.3 ex 124

The Eye of the Idol example  18.25 ex 357, 3.1 ex 357

Eyes, Fingers, Toes example  21.11 ex 432, 9.2 ex 432

Fabrication example  15.20 ex 269, 9.4 ex 269

Fabulich, Dan  1.2

The Facts Were These example  21.10 ex 430, 6.15 ex 430

failure  

for actions  7.1, 12.2

for persuasion  12.4

for rules  19.11

Fallout Enclosure example  3.23 ex 35, 9.2 ex 35

false / true  11.5

Farewell example  16.15 ex 281, 7.8 ex 281

fast route-finding use option  6.14

for particular relations  13.11

Fate Steps In example  12.13 ex 209, 4.6 ex 209

feelies  25.7

Feline Behavior example  19.13 ex 405, 8.3 ex 405

female / male / neuter (person) property  3.17

Ferragamo Again example  11.3 ex 170, 7.10 ex 170

The Fibonacci Sequence example  21.11 ex 433, 10.11 ex 433

Fido example  20.8 ex 419, 8.3 ex 419

The Fifth Body example  23.14 ex 443, 9.6 ex 443

Fifty Times Fifty Ways example  5.13 ex 72, 2.1 ex 72

Fifty Ways to Leave Your Larva example  5.13 ex 71, 2.1 ex 71

figure name  23.10

figures  23.2, 12.5

accessibility text  23.9

as values  23.10

cover art  25.8

declaring  23.5

displaying  23.6

formats allowed  23.4

placing in materials folder  23.4

files (compiling)  

blorb file  seeblorb file

extensions  2.10, 27.3

materials folder  seematerials folder

Options.txt  2.13

files (data files)  23.11, 12.5

declaring  23.12

exchanging with other programs  23.12, 23.15

loading initial state from a data file  11.1

reading / writing / appending text  23.14

reading / writing tables  23.13

storing records of death in a data file  11.6

filter to (description of values) of (list of values) phrase  22.5

Final Question Options –– Table of Final Question Options  11.6

Finality example  18.38 ex 384, 11.6 ex 384

finally, ending the story  9.4, 18.39, 11.6

FIND  5.4

Fine Laid example  7.4 ex 88, 6.14 ex 88

Finishing School example  6.4 ex 73, 5.3 ex 73

finite / infinite (real number) adjective  15.3

fire (implementing)  10.8

first, listed first in rulebook  19.4, 19.7

First Name Basis example  3.5 ex 11, 2.2 ex 11

first person singular / plural  14.1

first thing held by (object) phrase  8.17

first time, counting actions  7.16

first time, counting conditions  9.14

first value of (name of kind) phrase  11.18

Fisher, David  1.2

fixed in place / portable (thing) property  3.6, 3.7, 8.7

Flashlight example  12.19 ex 218, 6.6 ex 218

Flathead News Network example  23.15 ex 444, 12.5 ex 444

Fleming, Ian  6.10

floating-point  seereal numbers

floor of (real number) phrase  15.6

Flotation example  19.9 ex 402, 10.2 ex 402

fluids  seeliquids (implementing)

follow (rule) phrase  19.8

follow (values based rule producing values) for (value) phrase  19.9

fonts  

fixed-width / variable-width  5.9, 12.1

italic / bold / roman  5.9, 12.1

food  3.22, 9.1

Food Network Interactive example  16.18 ex 284, 11.3 ex 284

footnotes (implementing)  12.3

for (activity) rulebook  18.3

For Demonstration Purposes example  13.13 ex 239, 7.14 ex 239

for release only  2.9, 25.6, 13.1

Fore example  3.26 ex 42, 8.2 ex 42

Formal syntax of sentences example  13.2 ex 223, 1.4 ex 223

Formicidae example  21.6 ex 427, 6.15 ex 427

Four Cheeses example  13.6 ex 226, 9.10 ex 226

Four Stars 1 example  18.22 ex 349, 3.7 ex 349

Four Stars 2 example  18.29 ex 364, 3.8 ex 364

The Fourth Body example  23.14 ex 442, 9.6 ex 442

fragile things (implementing)  10.4

Fragment of a Greek Tragedy example  18.33 ex 374, 6.18 ex 374

Frizz example  12.7 ex 192, 10.2 ex 192

from now –– (rule) in (number) turn/turns from now phrase  9.11

from now –– (rule) in (time) from now phrase  9.11

from –– inside / outside from  3.2

front side of (object) phrase  3.12

Frozen Assets example  15.19 ex 264, 9.4 ex 264

full-length room descriptions use option  2.12

Full Moon example  10.4 ex 157, 3.9 ex 157

full stop  seepunctuation: full stop

Fun with Participles example  14.3 ex 245, 2.1 ex 245

Further Reasons Why All Poets Are Liars example  12.10 ex 199, 3.3 ex 199

future / present / past tense  14.1

future events  9.11

Galactic Patrol  20.6

game structure  seestory structure

games, dice and cards (implementing)  9.5

Garibaldi 1 example  3.12 ex 22, 3.5 ex 22

Garibaldi 2 example  5.9 ex 69, 12.1 ex 69

gases (implementing)  10.1

Generation X example  12.5 ex 188, 7.14 ex 188

genre bibliographic data  25.2, 25.3

Get Axe example  12.12 ex 206, 6.10 ex 206

Get Me to the Church on Time example  4.4 ex 46, 9.3 ex 46

Ginger Beer example  18.29 ex 365, 9.11 ex 365

given, in calculations with equations  15.18

giving it to action  7.4

global constants  seeconstant values

global variables  seevariables: global

Glulx  2.14, 23.3

extensions for Glulx only  27.7

memory limits  2.14, 20.2, 21.10

no character set limits  20.4

numeric limits  11.10, 15.2, 15.10, 15.14

real numbers available  15.2

required for multimedia  23.1, 12.5

Glulx resource ID of (figure name) phrase  23.10

Glulx resource ID of (sound name) phrase  23.10

Go button user interface  1.4

Goat-Cheese and Sage Chicken example  16.14 ex 280, 11.4 ex 280

God's own teacup  16.18

going action  7.13, 6.9

default failure response  7.13

going by action  7.14

going from action  7.13

going nowhere action  7.13

going through action  7.14

going to action  7.13

going with action  7.14

other characters moving around  7.13

rules for going by vehicles  7.14

rules for going through doors  7.14

rules for going to and from places  7.13

rules for going with pushed things  7.14

going on (activity) adjective  18.2

GONEAR testing command  24.4

Gopher-wood example  3.18 ex 32, 7.1 ex 32

The Gorge at George example  17.21 ex 330, 7.6 ex 330

grammar of player's command  seeunderstanding

grammar tokens  17.1, 17.4, 6.2

defining  17.13

defining in Inform 6  27.23

for kinds of value  17.9, 17.11

for numbers  17.6, 17.9

for rooms  17.7, 5.5

for text  17.5

for things not in scope  17.7, 5.5

producing values  17.14

Graph-theory view of relations example  13.16 ex 244, 1.4 ex 244

graphics  seefigures

greater than relation verb  15.5

Grilling example  7.2 ex 84, 10.9 ex 84

group (description of objects) together phrase  18.13

group (description of objects) together as (text) phrase  18.13

group (description of objects) together giving articles phrase  18.13

group relations  13.7

grouping together something activity  18.14

Guided Tour example  18.23 ex 351, 12.2 ex 351

had been, for past conditions  9.13

handled (thing) property  3.11

The Hang of Thursdays example  11.18 ex 183, 4.1 ex 183

happened –– if (scene) has happened phrase  10.4

happening (scene) adjective  10.4

Happy Hour example  18.25 ex 356, 7.16 ex 356

Hardy, Thomas  4.5

has relation verb  seepossession

has been, for past conditions  9.13

has, for defining properties  4.8

Hatless example  8.11 ex 126, 11.1 ex 126

A Haughty Spirit example  11.17 ex 181, 3.6 ex 181

"[have]" say phrase  14.2

"[haven't]" say phrase  14.8

Hays Code example  18.9 ex 338, 9.3 ex 338

Hayseed example  7.4 ex 89, 3.5 ex 89

Hazel, Philip  20.6

headings  2.5, 2.6, 2.9, 25.6

in extension documentation  27.12

in extensions  27.9, 27.10

headline bibliographic data  18.37, 25.2

heat  

on fire  10.8

too hot to touch  10.9

held by –– first thing held by (object) phrase  8.17

held by –– next thing held after (object) phrase  8.17

held in relation verb  seecontainment

held (thing) adjective  3.20, 8.13

help systems  11.3

HER, in player commands  17.18, 2.2

hiding things carried by other characters  3.24, 18.9

hiding things from room descriptions by making them scenery  3.8

hiding things under other things  6.6

Higher Calling example  8.15 ex 128, 3.5 ex 128

HIM, in player commands  17.18, 2.2

hint systems  11.3

historical conditions  9.13

times  9.14

turns  9.15

warning concerning variables and other varying qualities  9.13, 9.15

History Lab example  14.9 ex 250, 2.1 ex 250

Hohmann Transfer example  18.22 ex 348, 3.7 ex 348

hold-all  3.21

holder of (object) phrase  8.17

Hot Glass Looks Like Cold Glass example  17.21 ex 331, 10.9 ex 331

Hotel Stechelberg example  6.14 ex 79, 3.4 ex 79

Hour of the Wren example  9.11 ex 146, 4.3 ex 146

(number) hours phrase  9.8

hours part of (time) phrase  9.10

Hover example  3.16 ex 29, 8.1 ex 29

Hudsucker Industries example  18.11 ex 342, 9.2 ex 342

A Humble Wayside Flower example  13.12 ex 237, 7.1 ex 237

Hunter, Andrew  1.2

Hymenaeus example  17.15 ex 312, 3.7 ex 312

hyperbolic arccosine of (real number) phrase  15.7

hyperbolic arcsine of (real number) phrase  15.7

hyperbolic arctangent of (real number) phrase  15.7

hyperbolic cosine of (real number) phrase  15.7

hyperbolic sine of (real number) phrase  15.7

hyperbolic tangent of (real number) phrase  15.7

The Hypnotist of Blois example  12.4 ex 186, 7.14 ex 186

I Didn't Come All The Way From Great Portland Street example  21.11 ex 434, 6.14 ex 434

Ibid. example  17.6 ex 300, 12.3 ex 300

IDE interface  seeuser interface

Identity Theft example  20.7 ex 415, 5.2 ex 415

if (a condition) phrase  2.2, 8.11, 8.13, 11.6

with generic conditions  8.14

with otherwise/else  11.8

if (a condition) , (a phrase) phrase  11.6

if a paragraph break is pending phrase  5.8

if a random chance of (number) in (number) succeeds phrase  8.18

if (action) involves (object) phrase  12.20

if action requires a carried noun phrase  12.7

if action requires a carried second noun phrase  12.7

if action requires a touchable noun phrase  12.7

if action requires a touchable second noun phrase  12.7

if action requires light phrase  12.7

IF Archive web site  26.4, 26.5

if (external file) exists phrase  23.13

if handling (activity) activity phrase  18.7

if handling (activity on values) activity with (value) phrase  18.7

if in darkness phrase  11.5

If It Hadn't Been For... example  16.9 ex 273, 9.12 ex 273

if (name of kind) relates to (value) by (relation of values to values) phrase  13.13

if player consents phrase  11.5

if ready to read (external file) phrase  23.15

if rule failed phrase  19.11

if rule succeeded phrase  19.11

if (scene) has ended phrase  10.4

if (scene) has happened phrase  10.4

if (scene) has not ended phrase  10.4

if (scene) has not happened phrase  10.4

if (snippet) does not include (topic) phrase  18.33

if (snippet) does not match (topic) phrase  18.33

if (snippet) includes (topic) phrase  18.33

if (snippet) matches (topic) phrase  18.33

if story has ended phrase  9.4

if story has ended finally phrase  9.4

if story has not ended phrase  9.4

if story has not ended finally phrase  9.4

if (text) exactly matches the regular expression (text) phrase  20.6

if (text) exactly matches the text (text) phrase  20.5

if (text) is in lower case phrase  20.4

if (text) is in upper case phrase  20.4

if (text) matches the regular expression (text) phrase  20.6

if (text) matches the text (text) phrase  20.5

if there is (a table entry) phrase  16.7

if there is no (a table entry) phrase  16.7

if (time) is after (time) phrase  9.9

if (time) is before (time) phrase  9.9

if (value) is phrase  11.8

if (value) is listed in (list of values) phrase  21.4

if (value) is not listed in (list of values) phrase  21.4

if (value) matches (description of values) phrase  22.2

if (value) relates to (name of kind) by (relation of values to values) phrase  13.13

IFDB web site  25.8, 26.4, 26.5

IFID bibliographic data  23.12, 23.15, 25.5, 26.5, 11.5

ifwiki web site  26.6, 1.2

Igpay Atinlay example  20.8 ex 420, 2.3 ex 420

images  seefigures

immobile things  

fixed in place  3.6, 8.7

moving anyway  8.7

scenery  3.8

supporters made automatically immobile  3.7

implicitly taking something activity  12.17, 18.34, 6.8

improper-named / proper-named (thing) property  3.18

in relation verb  seecontainment

In Fire or in Flood example  19.8 ex 400, 10.8 ex 400

in groups, in defining relations  13.7

in, location conditions for rules  7.11, 7.13

(text) in lower case phrase  20.4

(text) in sentence case phrase  20.4

in the presence of  7.12, 18.29

(rule) in (time) from now phrase  9.11

(text) in title case phrase  20.4

(rule) in (number) turn/turns from now phrase  9.11

(text) in upper case phrase  20.4

inactive / active (use option) adjective  27.18

Inanimate Listeners extension  7.7, 9.6

include (extension) by (extension author) assertion  2.11

incorporation relation  3.23, 4.15, 8.13, 13.4

increase (a stored value) by (value) phrase  8.12, 9.2

increment (a stored value) phrase  8.12

indefinite article of (object) property  3.18

indefinite articles  

when creating things  3.18

when displaying lists  5.5, 21.3

when displaying things  5.3

indentation of source text  11.7, 11.9

index of source text  seeheadings

index map  3.2, 3.4, 3.26, 3.2

customizing for release  25.18, 13.2

Index panel user interface  1.6

Actions page  12.5, 12.21, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 24.3

checking story correctness  24.1

Contents page  2.6, 23.5, 27.10

Kinds page  4.1, 4.6, 4.8, 4.11, 4.12, 27.10

Map page  2.7, 3.4, 3.26, 25.18

Phrases page  2.2, 11.2

Rules page  19.6, 19.16

Scenes page  10.3, 10.9

indexed text, now the same as text  seetext

indirect containment  3.25, 6.11

Indirection example  17.1 ex 286, 3.2 ex 286

inedible / edible (thing) property  3.22, 9.1

Infiltration example  9.14 ex 152, 3.1 ex 152

infinite / finite (real number) adjective  15.3

Infocom  2.12, 9.3, 25.7, 12.2, 12.3

inform7.com web site  2.15, 27.3

Inform 6  1.1, 2.14, 27.14

Inform 6 Designer's Manual  18.29, 27.21, 27.23, 27.27

Inform 6 equivalent  

attributes  4.7

BeforeParsing  18.33

box  5.12

break  11.12

child  8.17

classes  4.1

clothing  3.20

code blocks  11.7

constants  4.13

continue  11.12

daemons  9.5

darkness  12.19

each_turn  9.5

for  11.10

functions  11.2

functions with optional parameters  11.14

functions with parameters  11.3

global variable  4.12

IndirectlyContains  3.25

initial  3.11

local variables  11.15

meta  12.15

objectloop  11.11

parent  8.17

procedures  11.2

properties  4.8

return  11.13

return value  11.17

rtrue/rfalse  11.16

SACK_OBJECT  3.21

scope rules  12.16, 12.18, 18.29

sibling  8.17

switch/case  11.8

switchable  3.14

synonyms  12.7

timers  9.11

verbs  12.7

while  11.9

with_key  3.13

Inform 6 inclusions  27.14

actions  27.22

adjectives  27.24

classes  27.21

global variables  27.22

grammar tokens  27.23

Inform 6 template layer  27.26, 6.3

long sections of code  27.19

objects  27.21

phrase elements  27.28, 27.29, 27.30

phrase options  27.17

phrases  27.15

phrases to decide a value  27.16

phrases to decide whether/if  27.16

properties  27.21, 27.22

rules  27.20

understanding grammar  27.23

use options  27.18

information  seeknowledge (in story world)

Ingold, Jon  1.2

initial appearance of (thing) property  3.11, 8.5

initial location of player  3.1

initial state of the world  2.1, 3.1

scenes that begin at the beginning  10.6

setting in when play begins  9.1, 11.1

initially, in defining global variables  4.12

inserting it into action  6.8

inside relation verb  seecontainment

inside from  3.2

instead of (action) rulebook  7.2, 7.3

as failure of persuasion  12.4

guidelines for use  12.21

in action processing sequence  12.2, 6.3

not used for out of world actions  12.15

instead of, replacing rules  19.4

instead, to stop the action  7.3, 12.9, 19.11, 6.3

instructing other characters  12.3, 7.14

insufficient / sufficient light, there is insufficient / sufficient light (visibility rules) outcome phrase  12.19

integers  seenumbers

interface  seeuser interface

Interrogation example  13.4 ex 225, 10.10 ex 225

intfiction forum web site  24.8, 26.2

introduction  seeinitial state of the world

Introduction to Juggling example  16.16 ex 283, 9.4 ex 283

introductory booklet and postcard  25.9

inventory details –– printing inventory details of something activity  18.17

inventory –– taking inventory action  6.7

invisible / visible (thing) adjective  6.13

IPA example  9.6 ex 141, 4.3 ex 141

IQ Test example  12.6 ex 189, 7.15 ex 189

is  2.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.8

equality relation  seeequality

Ish. example  17.5 ex 296, 11.3 ex 296

issuing the response text of something activity  18.15

"[it]" say phrase  14.5

it does / it does not (deciding whether all includes) outcome phrase  18.36

IT, in player commands  17.18, 2.2

it, in source text  11.16

it is likely / possible / unlikely (does the player mean) outcome phrase  17.19

itch.io  26.3, 26.6

item described — object global variable  17.17, 2.2

Jamaica 1688 example  18.38 ex 385, 11.6 ex 385

Jerome, Jerome K.  2.5, 25.2

Jokers Wild example  16.11 ex 275, 9.5 ex 275

Kesserich, Sonja  1.2

keyword-style parsing  6.18

Kinder, David  1.2

kinds  3.5, 4.1, 22.1

catalogue  

animal  3.17

backdrop  3.9; see alsobackdrops

container  3.5; see alsocontainers

device  3.14, 9.8, 10.7

direction  3.5, 3.26

door  3.12; see alsodoors

man  3.17

person  3.17; see alsoperson

player's holdall  3.21

region  3.4; see alsoregions

room  3.5; see alsorooms

supporter  3.5; see alsosupporters

thing  3.5; see alsothings

vehicle  3.16, 8.1

woman  3.17

default properties  4.3

default values of kinds  4.8, 4.11, 4.12, 22.4

defining  4.1

in Inform 6  27.21

kinds of thing  4.1, 4.2, 4.4

kinds of value  4.5, 4.9, 4.10

defining with a table  16.17

multiple kinds with a table  16.16

documenting in extensions  27.10

enumerated values  4.5, 4.9, 4.10

hierarchy of kinds  4.1

in phrase parameters  11.3, 22.8

kind variables  22.1, 22.7

must define before using  4.2

of action  7.15

of description  22.2

of kinds  22.1, 22.6

of list  21.1, 21.2

of phrase  22.3

default values for  22.4

of relation  13.14

of thing  4.1

of value  4.1, 4.5

of values with units of measure  15.8

uses of new kinds  4.2

Kinds page of Index panel user interface  4.1, 4.6, 4.8, 4.11, 4.12, 27.10

Kiwi example  18.28 ex 361, 8.4 ex 361

Kleene, Stephen  20.6

Knight, Cedric  6.17

knowledge (in story world)  

other characters' knowledge  7.11

player's knowledge  5.4, 5.5

Knuth, Donald  1.1

Kyoto example  19.11 ex 403, 10.4 ex 403

Labrande, Hugo  1.2

Labyrinth of Ghosts example  23.13 ex 440, 11.6 ex 440

Lakeside Living example  17.22 ex 333, 10.2 ex 333

Lanista 1 example  8.18 ex 130, 7.5 ex 130

Lanista 2 example  17.3 ex 293, 7.5 ex 293

last, listed last in rulebook  19.4, 19.7

last value of (name of kind) phrase  11.18

latest parser error — command parser error global variable  18.35

Latin Lessons example  18.32 ex 371, 7.14 ex 371

Latris Theon example  12.3 ex 185, 7.13 ex 185

Laura example  3.11 ex 19, 2.2 ex 19

laws for sorting rulebooks  19.6, 19.16

Le Guin, Ursula K.  3.12

Lead Cuts Paper example  15.12 ex 259, 10.5 ex 259

leading zeroes, when defining units  15.15

Lean and Hungry example  6.13 ex 76, 7.2 ex 76

Lebling, Dave  2.5, 2.13

The Left Hand of Autumn example  17.4 ex 295, 6.5 ex 295

left hand status line — text global variable  8.3, 18.23, 12.2

Leinonen, Juhana  1.2, 24.6, 25.12

Lemonade example  15.19 ex 266, 10.2 ex 266

Leopard-skin example  21.10 ex 429, 6.14 ex 429

less than relation verb  15.5

less than, in descriptions  6.16

let (a name not so far used) be (description of relations of values to values) phrase  13.15

let (a name not so far used) be given by (equation name) phrase  15.18

let (a name not so far used) be (name of kind) phrase  11.15

let (a name not so far used) be (value) phrase  11.15

let (a temporary named value) be given by (equation name) phrase  15.18

let (a temporary named value) be (value) phrase  11.15

Lethal Concentration 1 example  15.8 ex 255, 10.1 ex 255

Lethal Concentration 2 example  15.8 ex 257, 10.1 ex 257

letters  seecharacters (letters)

Lies example  17.13 ex 310, 6.10 ex 310

light  3.15, 6.13, 3.7

lack of  seedarkness

printing the announcement of light activity  18.20

requirement in defining actions  12.7, 12.17

rules to override sufficiency of  12.19

lighted / dark (room) property  3.15, 3.7

likely / possible / unlikely, it is likely / possible / unlikely (does the player mean) outcome phrase  17.19

limits  

for extending lists  21.10

for manipulating text  20.2

of Inform 6 compiler  2.14

of numeric values  11.10, 15.2

of numeric values of units  15.10, 15.14

of scene changing mechanism  10.9

of story file  2.14

on changing lists being repeated through  21.4

line breaks  5.6, 5.8

counting lines in text  20.3

in formatting tables  16.1

produced by sentence-ending punctuation  2.3, 5.2, 5.8

line number (number) in (text) phrase  20.3

liquids (implementing)  10.2

"[list of (description)]" say phrase  6.1

list of (description of values) phrase  21.6

list of (name of kind) that/which/who relate to (value) by (relation of values to values) phrase  13.13