I7 index

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Built from this list compiled by Sean Barrett a.k.a. nothings. Sorted and wikified by David Welbourn. Caveat: only covers chapters 2 to 8, 10 to 12.

Key:

• numbers indicate sections; text between section numbers describe index entries for that section
• "foo, bar" means that "bar" should be part of a sub-index for "foo"; if foo has only one sub-index entry, Just do it in comma format, otherwise, make an indented listing?
• "foo/bar" means "foo/bar" should be the actual text part of the index entry
• "foo / bar" means "foo" and "bar" are conceptually two separate entries, although if they are a subindex entry and the index entry has few sub-entries, they may not be worth splitting
• "see also bar" means it should keep its own entry but also cross-reference the "see also" target
• "Inform 6 equivalent" is used to isolate together all the things that are Inform 6 and not Inform 7, but it might still be useful to spread them throughout the index instead of concentrating them?
• "BUG" denotes things that might be or definitely are bugs in the docs

A

• abbreviated room descriptions §2.14
• abbreviations:
  • for property names §4.15
  • property names §7.6
  • rule actions with "doing it" §6.19
• accented letters → see characters
• "access", "deny"/"allow" §11.15
• "action" §11.7
• action, out of world §11.13
  • rule limitations §11.17
• "action out of world" §11.13
• ACTIONS §11.5
• actions:
  • as conditions §8.13
  • "check" rules for other people §11.11
  • defining new §11.7
  • guidelines for rules §11.17
  • instructing other people §11.3
    • persuasion rules §11.4
    • unsuccessful attempts §11.5
  • introduction §6.3
  • new kinds §6.17
  • overview §11.1
  • performing actions as if typed by the player §11.6
  • performing with "try" §6.6
  • processing sequence §11.2
  • reaching inside rules §11.14
  • referring to current action with "action" §11.7
  • "report" rules for other people §11.12
  • rules for all but some §6.11
  • rules for consecutive repetitions §6.19
  • rules for found in rulebooks §11.2
  • rules for multiple §6.10
  • rules for new actions §11.9
  • rules for other people §11.10
  • rules for repetitions §6.18
  • spontaneous by other people §11.6
  • "stop the action" / "continue the action" §6.5
  • suppressing success messages with "try silently" §6.6
  • using After rules to change output §6.7
  • using Before rules to test or change outcomes first §6.5
  • using Instead rules to change outcome §6.4
• "adjacent" §5.7
  • arbitrary relations §12.12
• adjectives §5.3
  • defining §5.4
  • defining new §10.13
• "after" §6.7
  • find successor value of a new kind/enumerated type §10.15
  • for time of day §8.10
  • guidelines for use §11.17
• after, see also rules §6.7
• "all" §5.8
• "all except" §5.9
• "allow access" §11.15
• "always" §4.2
• "animal" §3.16
• animals, rideable §3.15
• "another" §12.6
• "anybody" §5.2
• "anyone" §5.2
• "anything" §5.2
• "anywhere" §5.2
• "appearance", "initial" §7.5
• appearance → see description
• articles §3.17
  • displaying / capitalizing §6.12
• ASK §6.8
• "asking" §11.3
• assemblies §4.5
• assertions §2.1, §3.1
  • plural §4.3
• "at least" §5.9
• author §2.5
• "award" §8.2

B

• "back side" §3.12
• backdrops §3.9
• "before" §6.5
  • find previous value of a new kind/enumerated type §10.15
  • for time of day §8.10
  • guidelines for use §11.17
• before, see also rules §6.5
• "begin", in phrases §10.7
• "begins", "when play" §7.2
• "best route" §5.7
  • arbitrary relations §12.12
• book §2.5
• books, consulting §6.8
• "boxed quotation", "display" §8.4
• breaks:
  • line §4.11, §4.12
  • paragraph §4.11, §4.12, §6.2
• brief room descriptions §2.14
• BUG: "+", not introduced until 13.2 (claims "at the start of this chapter") §10.15
• BUG: "now" - using "now" before it's defined in 7.10 §7.7
• "by" §6.16

C

• calculation, addition §10.15
• calculation, incrementing §10.15
• "called" §3.2, §7.13
  • in relation definitions §12.5
• "carried by" §7.11
• "carry out" §11.2, §11.9
  • guidelines for use §11.17
• "carrying" §7.11
• carrying §3.19
• "carrying capacity" §3.18
• carrying capacity, avoid overflowing player's using a hold-all §3.20
• "chance" §7.16
• "change" §7.1
  • for either/or properties §7.4
  • for value properties §7.5
  • versus "let" §10.12
• changing:
  • arbitrary changes with "now" §7.10
  • "worn" property §7.7
• chapter §2.5
• characters:
  • conversing with ASK/TELL §6.8
  • special / accented §2.12
  • unicode / arbitrary §2.13
• "check" §11.2, §11.9
  • for other people §11.11
  • guidelines for use §11.17
• code, omitting from release version §2.9
• comma, displaying serial §2.14
• command prompt, changing §7.2
• commands, out of world §11.13
• comments §2.3
• comparing, equality/identity §10.5
• comparisons, counting §5.9
• components §3.21
  • for kinds §4.5
• "conceal" §12.4
• "concealed", see also hiding §3.22
• "condition" §4.16
• conditions:
  • defining new with "to decide" §10.13
  • equality/identity §10.5
  • expressed as relations §12.13
  • historical §8.14
  • historical number of times §8.15
  • historical number of turns §8.16
  • in phrases §10.4, §10.5
    • "otherwise"/"else" §10.8
  • warning concerning variables and other varying qualities in historical §8.16
• connections §3.2
  • doors §3.12
  • inconsistent directions §3.3
  • one-way §3.3
  • to nowhere §3.3
• CONSULT §6.8
• container §3.5
  • carrying capacity §3.18
• "contained in" §7.11
• containment, indirect §3.23
• containment hierarchy, low-level interface §7.15
• "contains" §7.11
• contents §2.6
• "continue the action" §6.5
• counted loops §10.9
• counting §5.9
  • things §7.14
• counts, creating things with §4.4
• creating:
  • initial relation states §12.10
  • initial state of the world §2.1, §3.1

D

• "dark" §5.6
• dark, "in darkness" condition §10.4
• darkness, rules to change perception of §11.16
• "death" §8.5
• debugging commands:
  • ACTIONS §11.5
  • SCENES §9.3
  • RELATIONS §12.7
  • SHOWME §2.7
  • TEST §2.8
• debugging, writing test code §2.9
• "decide", yes/no §10.13
• "decide on", arbitrary kinds §10.14
• default, properties §4.2
• definite articles §3.17
• "Definition" §10.13, §5.4
• deleting, things with "remove" §7.9
• "deny access" §11.15
• "description" §3.10, §3.11
• descriptions:
  • (displayed):
    • creating default using new kinds §4.1
    • full-length room / abbreviated room §2.14
    • hiding things from room §3.8
    • room with substituted text §4.8
  • in inventory listings §3.11
  • initial appearance of thing §3.11
  • (references to things) §5.1
    • complex phrases §5.5
    • summary §5.10
    • syntax §5.2
  • varying with properties §3.14
• determiners §5.8
• "device" §3.14
• direction §3.5
• directions §3.2
• disabling scoring §2.14
• disabling undo §2.14
• disambiguation:
  • multiple phrase definitions §10.16, §10.17
  • using headings §2.6
• "display the boxed quotation" §8.4
• displaying:
  • American dialect §2.14
  • lists §4.10
  • plurals §4.9
  • serial comma §2.14
  • text with "say" §6.2
• distance, measuring with "number of moves" §5.7
• "doing anything" §6.11
• "doing it" §6.19
• "doing something" §6.11
• doors §3.12
• double-quotes, displaying §2.3
• duplicates §4.4

E

• "each" §5.8
• "each other" §12.6
• "else" §10.8
• "enclosed" §3.25
• "enclosure" §3.25
• "end", in phrases §10.7
• "[end if]" §4.11
• "end the game" §8.5
• English:
  • defining plural form §4.3
  • determiners §5.8
  • displaying regular plurals §4.9
  • irregular verbs §11.8
  • specifying forms for sentence verbs §12.9
• enumerations → see kinds, enumerated values
• events, in the the future §8.12
• "every" §5.8
• "every turn" §8.6
• "exactly" §5.9, §8.16
• "except" §5.9
• extensions:
  • installing §2.10
  • using §2.11

F

• "fails", persuasion §11.4
• failure, for actions §6.3
• "first thing held by" §7.15
• "fixed in place" §3.6
• fixed-letter spacing §4.13
• fonts, fixed-width / variable-width §4.13
• fonts, italic / roman §4.13
• "from" §3.2
• "front side" §3.12
• full-length room descriptions §2.14
• future events §8.12

G

• generalities §5.8
• "going" §6.15
• going:
  • default failure message §6.15
  • rules for doors §6.16
  • rules for overriding §6.15
  • rules for pushing when §6.16
  • rules for vehicles §6.16
• "going by" §6.16
• "going through" §6.16
• "going with" §6.16
• "groups", relations "in" §12.7

H

• "had been" §8.14
• "has been" §8.14
• headings §2.5
  • why §2.6
• hiding, things from room descriptions by making them scenery §3.8
• historical conditions §8.14
  • times §8.15
  • turns §8.16
  • warning concerning variables and other varying qualities in historical §8.16
• hold-all §3.20
• "holder of" §7.15

I

• "[if]" §4.11
• "if" §10.5, §10.8
• immobile things:
  • "fixed" §3.6
  • "scenery" §3.8
  • supporters made automatically §3.7
• "in" §7.11
• "in darkness" §10.4
• "in groups" §12.7
• "in the presence of" §6.14
• "in words" §4.9
• indefinite articles §3.17
• index, contents §2.6
• indirect containment §3.23
• Inform 6 equivalents:
  • "box" §8.4
  • classes §4.1
  • code blocks §10.7
  • "concealed", note about §10.11
  • daemons §8.6
  • "each_turn" §8.6
  • functions §10.2
  • functions with optional parameters §10.11
  • functions with parameters §10.3
  • local variables §10.12
  • meta §11.13
  • methods §10.16
  • objectloop §10.10
  • "return" §10.14
  • "rtrue"/"rfalse" §10.13
  • SACK_OBJECT §3.20
  • scope rules §11.14
  • statements §10.1
  • "switchable" §3.14
  • synonyms §11.7
  • "transparent" §3.21
  • verbs §11.7
  • "YesOrNo" §10.4
  • ????????????? i forget §8.12
• "initial appearance" §7.5
• initial appearance §3.11
• initializing:
  • relations in the world §12.10
  • the world §2.1, §3.1
  • using plurals §4.3
• "inside" §7.11
• "instead" §6.4, §6.5
• "instead", guidelines for use §11.17
• instead, see also rules §6.4
• instructing, other people §11.3
• "insufficient light" §11.16
• "inventory listing" §3.11
• "invisible" §5.6
• italics §4.13

K

• kinds §3.5
  • actions §6.17
  • animal §3.16
  • backdrops §3.9
  • container §3.5
  • creating new §4.1
  • default properties §4.2
  • definition of §4.1
  • devices §3.14
  • direction §3.5
  • distinguished from properties §4.1
  • doors §3.12
  • enumerated values §4.14, §4.15
  • enumerated values for single thing §4.16
  • man §3.16
  • new value kinds §4.15
  • new value kinds for sing thing §4.16
  • person §3.16
  • room §3.5
  • supporter §3.5
  • thing §3.5
  • values §4.14
  • vehicles §3.15
  • woman §3.16

L

• "less than" §5.9
• letters → see characters
• lexicon §5.10
• light, rules to override sufficiency of §11.16
• limits §2.15
  • English understanding §2.16
• line breaks → see breaks
• "listening" §6.9
• lists §4.10
• "location" §3.23
• location
  • changing things' §7.7
  • changing with "now" §7.10
  • checking whereabouts generally §7.12
  • checking whereabouts specifically §7.11
  • low-level interface to §7.15
  • see also rooms §3.9
• "lockable" §3.13
• locks, properties §3.13
• loops
  • counted §10.9
  • in phrases §10.6
  • through objects §10.10
• losing §8.5

M

• "man" §3.16
• map §3.2
• "matching key" §3.3
• memory limits §2.15
• monospaced §4.13
• "more than" §5.9
• "move" §7.7
  • the player §7.8

N

• "name", "printed" §7.5
• names, for things named generally §7.13
• natural language §2.16
• "nearest" §8.9
• "never" §4.2
• "next step" §12.12
• "next thing held after" §7.15
• NO, querying yes/no §10.4
• non-existence, starting things out of play §3.23
• "noun" §6.12
  • "nouns revered" §15.2
  • "Supplying a missing noun/second noun" §16.22
• "now" §7.10
  • for relations §12.10
• "nowhere" §6.15
• npc, giving instructions to §11.3
• "number" §4.7
• "number of" §7.14
• "number of steps" §12.12

O

• object loops §10.10
• objects:
  • creating / initial state §3.1
  • see also things §3.6
• omitting code, for release version §2.9
• "on" §7.11
• "on top of" §7.11
• "only" §8.16
• "open" / "closed" §3.6
• "openable" §3.6
• options §2.14
  • for phrases §10.11
• other people → see npc
• "[otherwise]" §4.11
• "otherwise" §10.8
• "out of world" §11.13
• outline §2.6

P

• paragraph breaks → see breaks
• parsing §11.7
• part §2.5
• "part of" §3.21, §7.11
• past tense §8.13
• pathfinding §5.7
  • arbitrary relations §12.12
• pattern matching, phrase definitions §10.3
• people, see also npc §11.3
• perfect tense §8.13
• "person" §3.16
• person, see also npc §11.3
• "person reaching" §11.15
• "persuasion" §11.4
• phrase options §10.11
• phrasebook §10.2
• phrases:
  • defining multiple variations and precedence §10.16
  • defining new §10.2
  • defining new with parameters §10.3
  • defining options for small variations §10.11
  • definition §10.1
  • definitions that decide a value §10.14
  • lists of §6.1
  • temporary variables for §10.12
• places → see rooms
• "play begins", "when" §7.2
• "play ends" §8.5
• player, changing location of §7.8
• "player consents" §10.4
• player's hold-all §3.20
• "player's surroundings" §7.3
• "plural" §4.3
• plurals, displaying §4.9
• "points", "award" §8.2
• "portable" §3.7
• possessions §3.19
  • hold-all §3.20
• precedence of multiple phrase definitions §10.16
• prepositions, defining §12.11
• "presence" §6.14
• "printed name" §7.5
• printing, with "say" §6.2
• "printing a room description", "without" §7.8
• "printing the name of" §16.9
• prompt, changing §7.2
• pronouns §3.16
  • "it" §10.13
  • "something" etc. §5.2
• proper names §3.17
• properties:
  • as adjectives §5.3
  • changing either/or §7.4
  • changing location of things §7.7
  • changing multiple things with "now" §7.10
  • changing values §7.5
  • creating either/or §4.6
  • creating value §4.7
  • dependence on kind §3.7
  • distinguished from kinds §4.1
  • either/or §3.6
  • holding text §3.10
  • shorthand names for §4.15
• "property" §4.7
• property, shorthand name for §7.6
• proportional spacing §4.13
• punctuation §2.3
  • apostrophes §2.3
  • colon §10.13, §10.2, §6.1
  • comma replaces colon §6.4
  • double quotes §2.3
  • full stop §2.3
  • full stop with text substitutions §4.11
  • quotation marks §3.1, §4.8, §6.2
  • semicolon §6.1
  • square brackets §2.3, §4.8, §4.9
• "pushable between rooms" §3.15
• pushing, rules for §6.16
• pushing objects §3.15

Q

• quantifiers:
  • existential §5.2
  • universal §5.8
• querying yes/no with "player consents" §10.4
• quotations, displaying in boxes §8.4

R

• "random" §7.16, §7.17
• random:
  • chance §7.16
  • enumerated values §7.16
  • new value kinds §7.16
  • number §7.16
  • things §7.17
• "random-number generator", "seed" §7.16
• rankings, table by scores §8.3
• "reach inside" §11.14
• "reach outside" §11.14
• reachability, rules for changing §11.15
• reciprocal relations §12.6
• regions §3.4
  • backdrops in §3.9
  • using in rules §6.13
• "relates" §12.5, §12.13
• relations:
  • changing with "now" §12.10
  • defining new §12.5
  • defining prepositions for§12.11
  • defining sentence verbs for §12.9
  • difference from sentence verbs §12.3
  • expressing conditions §12.13
  • expressing conditions involving values §12.14
  • groups §12.7
  • guide to usage §12.15
  • in groups §12.7
  • indirect§12.12
  • initializing §12.10
  • involving values §12.14
  • overview §12.3
  • predefined:
    • carrying §12.4
    • conceal §12.4
    • containment §12.4
    • part of §12.4
    • support §12.4
    • to have §12.4
    • wearing §12.4
  • reciprocal §12.6
  • relationship to sentence verbs §12.8
  • used in sentences §12.1
• release version §2.9
• "remove", "from play" §7.9
• "repeat" §10.9
  • "running through" §10.10
• "repeatedly" §10.6
• "report" §11.2, §11.9
• reversed ("nouns revered") §15.2
  • for other people §11.12
  • guidelines for use §11.17
• "requires" §11.7
• rideable, vehicle / animal §3.15
• "[roman type]" §4.13
• room §3.5
• rooms:
  • adjacent §5.7
  • connections §3.2
  • creating / initial state §3.1
  • descriptions §2.14
  • grouping into regions §3.4
  • one-way connections §3.3
  • things in more than one §3.9
• "rule" §11.14
• "rule for" §11.15
• rulebooks:
  • for actions §11.2
  • for new actions §11.9
• rules:
  • "report" for other people §11.12
  • abbreviating actions with "doing it" §6.19
  • access to things referred to in actions §11.14
  • actions referred to in §8.13
  • After §6.7
  • applying to all but some actions §6.11
  • applying to multiple actions §6.10
  • arbitrary conditions for using "when" §6.14
  • at end of game §8.5
  • at start of game §8.1
  • Before §6.5
  • changing reachability §11.15
  • changing visibility §11.16
  • "check" for other people §11.11
  • counting times for §8.15
  • counting turns for §8.16
  • create new action kinds to reduce redundancy §6.17
  • every turn §8.6
  • for actions found in rulebooks §11.2
  • for going by vehicles §6.16
  • for going through doors §6.16
  • for new actions §11.9
  • for new actions for other people §11.10
  • for pushing objects to other rooms §6.16
  • for senses §6.9
  • guidelines for actions §11.17
  • implicit constraint to player for actions §11.10
  • Instead §6.4
  • introduction §6.4
  • limiting to rooms and regions §6.13
  • limiting to when characters are present §6.14
  • making / creating §2.2
  • past tense §8.13, §8.14
  • persuasion rules for asking people §11.4
  • reaching inside §11.14
  • repeated actions §6.18
  • repeated actions consecutively §6.19
  • special rules for "going" §6.15
  • unsuccessful attempts by other people §11.5
• "running through" §10.10

S

• "[s]" §4.9
• "say" §6.2
• "scenery" §3.8
• scenery, see also backdrops §3.9
• scenes §9.1, §9.2, §9.3, §9.4, §9.5, §9.6, §9.7, §9.8
• "score" §8.2
• score:
  • disabling §2.14, §8.2
  • maximum §8.2
  • ranking table §8.3
• screen top §7.3
• scripts, creating with TEST command §2.8
• "second noun" §6.12
• section §2.5
• "seed", "random-number generator" §7.16
• "seldom" §4.2
• senses §6.9
• sentence verbs §12.10
  • defining §12.9
  • difference from relations §12.3
  • form §12.2
  • overview §12.1
• shorthand → see abbreviations
• SHOWME §2.7
• siblings, in containment hierarchy §7.15
• silent, exceptions for silence for actions by other people §11.12
• "silently" §6.6
• "smelling" §6.9
• "somebody" §5.2
• "someone" §5.2
• "something" §5.2
  • in conditions §7.12
  • naming value of §7.13
• "somewhere" §5.2
• source, subdivisions §2.5
• source code, ordering requirements for kinds §4.1
• starting condition §2.1, §3.1
  • relations §12.10
• status line §7.3
• "steps" §12.12
• "stop the action" §6.5
• subheadings §2.5
• "succeeds", persuasion §11.4
• success, for actions §6.3
• "sufficient light" §11.16
• "supported by" §7.11
• supporters §3.5
  • carrying capacity §3.18
  • default immobility §3.7
• "supporting" §7.11
• "surroundings", "player's" §7.3
• switching, on/off §3.14
• symbols → see characters
• synonyms §11.7

T

• tables:
  • introduction §8.3
  • ranking score §8.3
• "tasting" §6.9
• TELL §6.8
• temporary variables §10.12
• tense, present/past/perfect §8.13
• TEST §2.8
• text lists §4.10
• text substitutions §3.14
  • enumerated values §4.15
  • in "say" §6.2
  • new value kinds §4.15
  • numbers §4.9
  • strings §4.8
  • variations §4.11
• "then" §10.5
• thing §3.5
• thing, referring to unknown things in rules §6.12
• things:
  • changing location of §7.7
  • changing location of player §7.8
  • changing multiples with "now" §7.10
  • checking general location §7.12
  • checking specific location §7.11
  • counting §7.14
  • creating multiple identical things with counts §4.4
  • immobile as "fixed" §3.6
  • immobile as "scenery" §3.8
  • immobile because they're supporters §3.7
  • in more than one room §3.9
  • limiting action definitions to particular types of §11.7
  • location of §3.23
  • parts of §3.21
  • references to §5.1
  • removing from play §7.9
  • starting out of play §3.23
• "through" §6.16
• "time":
  • counting actions with "for the..." §6.18
  • counting conditions with "for the..." §8.15
• time:
  • assembling from numbers §8.11
  • calculations §8.10
  • comparing §8.10
  • components as numbers §8.11
  • conditions and rules referring back in §8.14
  • displaying §8.8
  • displaying approximaions §8.9
  • events in the future §8.12
• "time of day" §8.7, §8.8
• title §2.5
• "to" §10.2
• "to decide":
  • "what"/"which" / arbitrary kinds §10.14
  • yes/no §10.13
• "to the nearest" §8.9
• "to try" §11.3
• "touchable" §5.6
• "touching" §6.9
• "transparent" / "opaque" §3.6
• "try" §6.6
• "try silently", place in processing sequence §11.2
• turning, on/off §3.14
• "turns":
  • counting actions with "for the" §6.19
  • counting conditions with "for the" §8.16
• turns:
  • events in the future §8.12
  • rules for processing every turn §8.6
  • using time of day instead of/as well §8.7
• typechecking §7.1, §7.4, §10.15
  • in conditions §10.5
  • in phrase definitions §10.3

U

• "understand" §11.7, §11.8
• understanding, arbitrary text for conversations and consulting §6.8
• undo, disabling §2.14
• "unsuccessful attempt" §11.5
• "untouchable" §5.6
• "use" §2.14
• "using doors" §5.7
• "usually" §4.2

V

• values:
  • used in relations §12.14
  • varying §4.17
• variable §4.17
• variable letter spacing §4.13
• variables:
  • changing §7.1
  • temporary §10.12
• "varies" §7.1
• "various" §12.5
• "vehicles" §3.15
• verbose room descriptions §2.14
• verbs, defining new sentence verbs §12.9
• verbs, sentence → see sentence verbs
• "via" §12.12
• "victory" §8.5
• "visible" §5.6
• visibility, rules for determining darkness §11.16
• volume §2.5

W

• "was" §8.14
• wearing, "wear" / "wearable" / "wearing" §3.19
• "when play begins" §7.2, §8.1
• "when play ends" §8.5
• "when" §6.14
• whereabouts, checking §7.11
• "while" §10.6
• winning §8.5
• "with" §6.16
• "within" §7.11
• "without printing a room description" §7.8
• "which" §5.5
• "who" §5.5
• "woman" §3.16
• "worn" §7.7

Y

• YES, querying yes/no §10.4
• "YOURSELF" §5.6