Game-level entities significant for the A-code kernel 12.73.

Conventions

"Automatic" means that the entity is declared automatically. Automatic entities may be explicitly declared by the program, but if so, must be of the correct type. If an entity of that name is declared as some other type, this is treated as a compilation/translation error.

"Optional" means that the entity may but need not be declared by the program. An entity of that name but of a different type is treated as a compilation/translation werror.

Variables

   STATUS - automatic variable
      Use: 1. Set by the kernel to indicate the number of words
              in the player's command being processed.
           2. Can be set by the program to various values in
              order to pass information to the kernel.
      Flags:
         MOVED - optional flag
            Use: Set by the kernel if player has changed location
                 Cleared by the kernel otherwise
         JUGGLED - optional flag
            Use: Set by the kernel if player's inventiry has changed
                 Cleared by the kernel otherwise
         PLS.CLARIFY - optional flag
            Use: Cleared by the kernel
                 Set by the program in order to trigger orphan processing
                 on next player input.
      States:
         BADSYNTAX - automatic state
            Use: Set by the kernel if the current player command cannot
                 be parsed.
         NO.MATCH - automatic state
            Use: Set by the program to indicate that no abbreviation or
                 approximate matching is to be performed on the next
                 player command.
         NO.AMATCH - automatic state
            Use: Set by the program to indicate that no approximate 
                 matching is to be performed on the next player command.
         -1
            Use: Set by the kernel to signal game restore on start-up.

   HERE - automatic variable
      Use: Set by the kernel to the refno of the player's last location.

   THERE  - automatic variable
      Use: Set by the kernel to the original player's location when 
           relocating the player

   ARG1 - automatic variable
      Use: Set by the kernel to the refno of the player's verb
      States:
         BADWORD - automatic state
            Use: Set by the kernel if the player's word cannot be understood
         AMBIGWORD - automatic state
            Use: Set by the kernel if the player's word can be an
                 abbreviation of more than one vocabulary word
         AMBIGTYPO - automatic state
            Use:Set by the kernel if the player's word can be matched as a
                typo in more than one way
         SCENEWORD - automatic state
            Use: Set by the kernel if the player's word is not found in the
                 vocabulary but matches a word (in excess of three characters)
                 in a latest location description or in a text displayed 
                 since the last move.

   ARG2 - automatic variable
      Use: Set by the kernel to the refno of the player's noun
      States: (as ARG1)

   ARG3 - automatic variable
      Use: At present used solely for EXCEPT processing. If player's
           command is of the form  ALL EXCEPT , ARG3 may
           be set by the kernel to BADWORD, AMBIGWORD or AMBIGTYPO,
           if appropriate.

   CONTEXT - optional variable
      Use: Solely for CGI-mode operation
      Value: If non-zero, indicates the current command to be
             a response to a query, the value (as set by the program)
             indicating the nature of the query.
      Flags:
         PROMPTED - automatic flag
         Use: Set by the kernel if the player has been prompted.

   UNDO.STATUS - optional variable
      Use: undo/redo processing
      UNDO.OFF - automatic flag
         Use: If set, indicates undo/redo commands being inactive
      UNDO.INFO - automatic flag
         Use: Set if undo off by default, permanently unset if
              undo switched on by the program
      UNDO.NONE - automatic flag
         Use: Set if undo/redo is forbidden by the game
      UNDO.TRIM - automatic flag
         Use: Set by the kernel if the level of undo/redo was found
              to be excessive and had to be trimmed to match the
              existing undo histiry
      UNDO.INV - automatic flag
         Use: Set by the kernel if the player's inventory has changed
              as the result of undo/redo.
      UNDO.BAD - automatic flag
         Use: Set by the kernel if undo/redo not possible.

   DWARVEN - optional variable
      Use: If set to non-zero, all text output by the game is shifted 
           circularly one position up in the alphabet and all player 
           input is shifted one position down.
           If set to zero, any portion of game text delimited by %
           signs is output shifted one position up.

   ENTNAME - optional variable
      Use: if pointing to an antity, this is expanded in texts as the
           actual 'primary' name of the entity in question.

   PROMPT - reserved optional variable
      Use: none at present. Reserved for specifying non-standard prompt.

Objects

   ALL, EVERYTHING - optional object
   IT - optional object
      Use: Set by the kernel as a part of default processing (the
           DEFAULT minor directive) if a suitable default is identified.

Object flags

   SCHIZOID - automatic flag
      Use: objects so flagged are deemed by the kernel to be present
           in their ciurrent location as well as in the one with the
           refno one higher than that of the current location.

Places

   INHAND - automatic place
      Use: the location of objects deemed to be in player's hands.

Place flags

   BEEN.HERE - automatic flag
      Use: Set automatically by the kernel when moving the player to
           this location.

Texts

   TYPO - optional text

Optional words

   FIRST.SPECIAL - optional marker verb, should use flags instead
   LAST.SPECIAL - optional marker verb, should use flags instead
      Use: These pseudo-verbs delimit the list of verbs for which
         objects are not to be checked against the vocabulary
         (e.g. verbs such as SAVE, RESTORE, SAY...)

   AGAIN - optional verb
      Use: If given on its own, repeats the previous (possibly compound)
           command. If embedded in a compound command, repeats the 
           preceding simple command within the compound one (NB: it
           is a repeat, not a reset to the previous simple command --
           that would be a loop!)

   EXCEPT, BUT - optional word
      Use: In commands triggering the DOALL loop, specifies the 
           signals the rest of the simple command to be a list of
           objects (comma and/or space separated) to be exempted.

   UNDO - optional verb
      Use: The UNDO player command. Its presence causes UNDO.STATUS
           to be declared, unless already declared by the program.
           (NB: does not force the REDO verb!)

   REDO - optional verb
      Use: The UNDO player command. Its presence causes UNDO and UNDO.STATUS
           to be declared, unless already declared by the program.

   SAY - optional verb
      Use: Used by the kernel to format a special text buffer for the
           special action pre-say (EXEC 27)

   DEFINE - reserved optional verb
   UNDEFINE - reserved reserved verb
      Use: None at present. Reserved for player defining his own command
           abbreviations.