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                   Welcome to the TADS (Text Adventure
                 Development System) documentation in HTML.

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These files were converted from TeX and Ami Pro format into HTML by
N. K. Guy, tela design, as a public service for the interactive fiction
community. Copyright with these files remains in its entirety with their
author, Michael J. Roberts. THE READER ASSUMES FULL RISK AND
RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF THESE FILES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS TELA
DESIGN LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, RESULTING FROM USE OF
THIS DOCUMENTATION.

For more information on the copyright status of these files please
consult the file "LICENCE.HTM"


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There. Now that that quasi-legal nastiness is out of the way, we can
move on to more fun things. These files represent the entire TADS
documentation supplied by TADS' publisher, High Energy Software, when
TADS was still a shareware product. Now that TADS is a freeware program,
author Mike Roberts has made the documentation available online. These
files are a direct HTML translation.

Please note that much of the translation work had to be done manually
for aesthetic consistency and so on. As a result some conversion errors
may have crept in along the way. If you find any problems, *please* drop
me a line. My email address is:

  tela@tela.bc.ca

The latest, and hopefully most accurate, version of these files will be
kept online at:

  http://www.tela.bc.ca/tela/tads-manual/

Note that that URL points to a version of the manual that uses curved
(typographical) quotation marks. This archive contains a version of the
manual that uses plain quotation marks, because many Web browsers don't
support them. (they aren't officially part of HTML) If you prefer the
plain version use this URL:

  http://www.tela.bc.ca/tela/tads-manual/plain/

You'll also be able to find various versions of the TADS documentation
in various formats in the IF-archive, at:

  ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/programming/tads/manuals/

That site is in Germany. If you find the connection a little slow the US
mirror for the site is:

  ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/doc/misc/if-archive/programming/tads/manuals/

and the Canadian mirror is:

  ftp://ftp.io.org/pub/mirrors/if-archive/programming/tads/manuals/


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In addition to the manual tela design also maintains the TADS Page,
which is intended to be a central index of TADS resources on the Web.
Its URL is:

  http://www.tela.bc.ca/tela/tads/

Feel free to email me with any comments or suggested links.


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Have fun!

  - N. K. Guy, October 29. 1996