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From: neilg@fraser.sfu.ca (Neil K. Guy)
Subject: Re: Help w/ TADS?
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 16:05:56 GMT
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avif@cs.WPI.EDU (Avram Finkel) writes:

>Satchel: item
>     noun = 'satchel' 'bag'
>     adjective = 'brown' 'Ford's'

>I think the problem is obvious here...  Since TADS uses single quotes as
>delimiters in verb and noun defenitions, this won't work.  Does anybody
>out there know how to get around this?

 You can use the \' sequence; thus: 'Ford\'s' . Looks strange, but it
works for me! This is obliquely referred to on page 66 of the manual.

 - Neil K.

