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Note also that only the original TADS 2.0 manual has an index. None of the other files (2.1 update, TADSVER file, etc.) were indiced. However, since this is thing is in an electronic form you can simply use your browser's "Find" command to locate stuff quickly, and I reckon that's as useful.

action
actorAction
actors
adjective
againVerb
article
breakpoints
cantReach
characters (non-player)
commanding actors
compoundWord
contents
daemons
debugger
designing a game
designing a game
doAction
doAction
doDefault
doors
external function declaration
format strings
formatString
game design
game design
goal (of a game)
HAL 9000
indirect function calls
indirect method calls
init
ioAction
ioAction
ioDefault
isHer
isHim
isVisible
keys
location
locationOK
locked doors
Me
Multiple inclusions of the same file
non-player characters
non-player characters
notify
noun
numObj
object collections
obstacles
pardon
parseError
plural
preinit
preparse
prepDefault
preposition
puzzles
questions (for actors)
roomAction
roomCheck
rooms
rooms
screen layout (debugger)
sdesc
setting (of a game)
specialWords
statusLine
strObj
TADSEXIT.H
TADSEXIT.H
talking (to actors)
takeVerb
TESTUX.C
TESTUX.T
thedesc
validDo
validIo
value
varargs functions
variable argument lists
vehicles
verb
verb
watch expressions
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In addition to checking for entries in this Index, readers are encouraged to check the several reference sections of this manual for information on particular items.

• Descriptions of the built-in functions appear in an alphabetical listing in Chapter 5, "Language Reference."
  
• The classes defined in adv.t are described in a listing in Appendix A, "Adventure Definitions"; an alphabetical index to the listing appears at the beginning of that appendix. In addition, the appendix includes a list of the verbs and a list of the prepositions defined in adv.t.
  
• The built-in property names are described in an alphabetical listing in Chapter 4. This chapter also contains an alphabetical list of the objects and functions that game programs are required to define.
  
• Appendix E contains a listing of all of the system error messages, arranged by error number.

/* */ (comment delimiters), 61.
// (comment starter), 61.
* operator, 73.
*= operator, 75.
+ operator, 73.
++ operator, 72.
+= operator, 75.
, operator, 75.
- operator, 73, 74.
- operator, 73.
-1 option, 191.
-= operator, 75.
. operator, 72.
/ operator, 73.
/= operator, 75.
:= operator, 75, 76.
< operator, 74.
<= operator, 74.
<> operator, 74.
= operator, 74.
> operator, 74.
>= operator, 74.
?: operator, 75.
[] operator, 72.
# operator, 72.
& operator, 72, 90, 97, 102.
-1a option, 191.
-1d option, 192.
-1e option, 191, 207.
-1k option, 192.
-ds option, 188, 214, 224.
-i option, 189, 197, 204, 224.
-l option, 189, 197.
-m option, 189, 196, 202, 203.
-mh option, 197, 211.
-ml option, 204, 207.
-mp option, 205.
-ms option, 197, 211.
-o option, 190, 197.
-p option, 190.
-s option, 191.
-t- option, 191.
-tf option, 191, 197.
-ts option, 191, 197, 203.
-u option, 197.
-w option, 191.
-Za option, 191.
#include directive, 8, 60.
..., 69.
abort, 85, 86.
action, 38, 41, 42.
actor, 31, 34, 36, 48.
actorAction, 37, 38, 43.
actors, 108, 147.
add and assign operator, 75.
addition operator, 73.
adesc, 36.
adjective, 10, 32, 43.
adv.t, 8, 17.
Adventure, 1.
againVerb, 48.
alerts, 52.
"all," 33, 41, 44.
ambiguity, 35.
ambiguous objects, 32.
"and," 33, 74.
angle brackets, 60, 65, 189.
argcount, 69, 88, 92.
argument, 20, 24, 61, 68, 69, 77, 85.
article, 10, 30, 35, 36, 163.
ASCII, 7, 60.
askdo, 86.
askfile, 88.
asking questions (of actors), 159.
askio, 86.
assignment operator, 75, 76.
blank line, 21.
braces, 68, 80.
break, 81, 83.
breakpoints, 226.
built-in functions, 88.
built-in property, 42.
buttons, 131.
C language, 10, 15, 19, 20, 218.
cache, 190.
cantReach, 43.
caps, 88.
car, 23, 89.
case, 81.
cdr, 23, 89.
characters (non-player), 108, 147.
classes, 10, 16, 25, 62.
collections of object, 141.
command line editing, 196.
command line recall, 196.
commanding actors, 159.
comma, 33.
comments, 61.
comparison operators, 74.
compile-time error, 202.
compiler, 7, 59.
compoundWord, 31.
concatenating lists, 73.
concatenating strings, 73.
conditional, 75.
CONFIG.TC, 192.
CONFIG.TDB, 225.
configuration file, 192, 225.
conjunction, 75.
contents, 43.
continue, 84.
curly braces, 19.
cvtnum, 89.
cvtstr, 89.
daemon, 39, 52, 92, 95.
datatype, 22, 70, 90, 96, 97.
debugger, 188, 223.
decrement operator, 73.
default sizes, 190.
defined, 90.
designing a game, 105, 181.
direct object, 30, 34, 36, 41, 86, 122.
disambiguation, 39.
divide and assign operator, 75.
division operator, 73.
do-while, 82.
doAction, 38, 43, 123.
doDefault, 41, 44.
doors, 128.
double quotes, 10, 24, 60, 63.
doVerb, 38.
ellipsis, 69.
else, 80.
embedded expressions, 65.
error, 201.
"everything," 33.
exclamation marks, 33.
exit, 37, 85.
expression, 67, 72.
external functions, 217.
fatal error, 201.
find, 90.
firstobj, 91, 95.
for, 76, 82, 84.
format strings, 54.
formatString, 54.
formatter, 53.
forward declaration, 70, 99.
function, 19, 24, 68, 77.
function call, 77.
function pointer, 77.
fuse, 39, 52, 92, 95, 98.
game design, 105, 181.
getarg, 69, 92.
goal (of a game), 107.
goto, 84.
HAL 9000, 214.
"her," 33.
hexadecimal, 63.
"him," 33.
identifiers, 61.
if, 20, 79.
including files, 189.
include path, 60, 189.
increment operator, 72.
incturn, 92.
indirect function calls, 77.
indirect method calls, 77.
indirect object, 31, 34, 36, 86, 123.
inheritance, 11, 16, 25.
inherited, 62, 87.
init, 48, 52.
input, 93.
ioAction, 39, 44, 123.
ioDefault, 41, 44.
ioVerb, 38.
isclass, 93.
isHer, 33, 44.
isHim, 33, 44.
isVisible, 45.
"it," 33, 100.
items, 114.
keys, 130.
label, 84.
ldesc, 8.
length, 22, 89, 94.
line breaks, 53.
list, 22, 66, 89, 91.
list indexing, 22, 72, 89.
local, 20, 61, 68, 71.
location, 10, 26, 45.
locationOK, 45.
locked doors, 130.
logging, 94.
logical negation, 73.
lower, 94.
MAKETRX, 198.
map, 107, 124.
Me, 37, 48.
memory size, 189.
memory usage, 191.
method, 10, 16, 23, 62, 68, 85.
multiple direct objects, 32.
multiple inclusions of a file, 60.
multiple inheritance, 26.
multiplication operator, 73.
multiply and assign operator, 75.
nested room, 136.
newline, 21, 64.
nextobj, 91, 94.
nil, 23, 34, 67, 73, 89, 98.
non-player characters, 108, 147.
not, 73.
notify, 39, 85, 95, 102.
noun, 10, 45.
number, 32, 33, 63.
numObj, 48, 49.
object, 15, 62, 72, 86.
object collections, 141.
object-oriented programming, 15, 23.
objects, 20.
obstacles, 125.
octal numbers, 63.
"of," 32.
options, 188.
or, 74.
order of evaluation, 76.
overriding methods, 11, 16, 62.
pardon, 49.
parseError, 49.
Pascal language, 10, 15, 19, 20.
pass, 85.
pause, 190.
periods, 33.
player command parser, 29, 59.
player's command, 85.
plot, 107, 183.
plural, 32, 45.
portability (of TADS games), 195.
pre-compiled headers, 60, 189.
preinit, 48, 52.
preparse, 29, 52.
prepDefault, 41, 46.
preposition, 10, 31, 35.
property, 9, 21, 72, 86.
property pointer, 78.
proptype, 96.
puzzles, 107, 183.
question marks, 33.
questions (for actors), 159.
quit, 97.
quoted strings, 33.
rand, 97.
randomize, 97.
remdaemon, 97.
remfuse, 98.
resource editor, 219.
restart, 98.
restore, 98, 99.
return, 79.
review mode, 196.
roomAction, 38, 46.
roomCheck, 37, 46.
rooms, 112, 124.
run-time error, 202.
run-time system, 8, 59, 195.
save, 98.
say, 99.
screen layout (debugger), 225.
sdesc, 8, 35.
self, 86.
self-loading game, 198.
semicolon, 33, 63.
setdaemon, 98, 99.
setfuse, 98, 99.
setit, 100.
setscore, 47, 100.
setting (of a game), 108.
setversion, 101.
single-quoted strings, 10, 34, 66.
specialWords, 55.
square brackets, 22, 35, 66.
statements, 70.
statistics, 191.
status line, 47, 100.
statusLine, 46.
std.t, 8.
string, 91, 94.
strObj, 48, 53.
substr, 101.
subtract and assign operator, 75.
subtraction operator, 74.
superclass, 25, 62, 86, 163.
switch, 80, 84.
tab characters, 64.
tads.gam, 195.
TADSEXIT.H, 218.
TADSRSC, 219.
takeVerb, 38, 53.
talking (to actors), 159.
tc, 188.
tdb, 224.
TESTUX.C, 218.
TESTUX.T, 218.
thedesc, 36, 47.
"them," 33.
"then," 33.
tr, 195.
travel, 124.
true, 67, 73, 89.
typographical conventions, 59.
undo, 101.
unnotify, 102.
upper, 102.
user exits, 217.
validDo, 37, 39, 47.
validIo, 37, 39, 47.
value, 48, 53.
varargs functions, 69, 90.
variable argument lists, 69, 90.
vehicles, 130, 136.
verb, 10, 30.
verDoVerb, 38, 39, 41.
verIoVerb, 39.
vocabulary, 10, 26, 34, 66, 175.
vocabulary properties, 35.
warning, 202.
watch expressions, 228.
while, 20, 23, 82.
whitespace, 60, 63.
yorn, 102.