The TADS Author’s Manual 2.5.5

Copyright © 1987 - 2001 by Michael J. Roberts.
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Welcome to the HTML version of the Text Adventure Development System (TADS) documentation.

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TADS Overview Documentation

• TADS Overview Documentation - an introduction to TADS
  

TADS Author’s Manual, Version 2.5.5

• Copyright and Licence
  

• Preface: Introduction
  
• Chapter One: Sample Game
  
• Chapter Two: About Object-Oriented Programming
  
• Chapter Three: Introduction to the Language
  
• Chapter Four: Parsing Fundamentals
  
• Chapter Five: Advanced Parsing Techniques
  
• Chapter Six: The Parsing Sequence
  
• Chapter Seven: Parser Summary and Quick Reference
  
• Chapter Eight: Language Reference
  
• Chapter Nine: Designing your First Game
  
• Chapter Ten: Advanced Techniques
  

• Appendix A: Standard Adventure Definitions
  
• Appendix B: Musings on Writing Style
  
• Appendix C: The Compiler
  
• Appendix D: The Run-Time System
  
• Appendix E: Errors
  
• Appendix F: External Functions
  
• Appendix G: Debugger
  

• Converting an existing game to HTML-TADS
  

• Index. (not up to date)