title: How do I tell Inform 7 not to parse something?
body: <p>I am at my wit's end. I've tried everything I can think of and I can't find the answer to this anywhere online. A previous question I asked got one response, the person who answered said that I hadn't told I7 to not parse the line. He then suggested that I use 'Questions' by Michael Callaghan but this caused my game to crash on startup (runtime error).</p>
  
  <p>I've found one way of accomplishing this but I can't tell I7 to resume normal parsing afterwards.</p>
  
  <p>My code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"The Children of Tragedy" by Luke Tooze
  
  Chapter 1 - Beginning
  
  The player's forename is an indexed text that varies. The player's full name is an indexed text that varies.
  
  When play begins:
      now parsing is disabled;
      say "The heat is unbearable.[paragraph break]You pull as hard as you can on her limp arm but the bookshelf is far too heavy.[line break]You barely notice as the fireman rips you from her and hoists you onto his shoulder.";
      now the command prompt is "What is your name? &gt; ".
  
  To decide whether collecting names:
      if the command prompt is "What is your name? &gt; ", yes;
      no.
  
  After reading a command when collecting names:
      now the player's full name is "[the player's command in title case]";
      now the player's forename is word number 1 in the player's full name;
      now the command prompt is "Are you male or female? &gt; ".
  
  Gender is a kind of value. The genders are masculine, feminine, and unknown. Understand "male", "man", "boy" or "m" as masculine. Understand "female", "woman", "girl" or "f" as feminine.
  
  A person has a gender. The gender of the player is unknown.
  
  To decide whether the gender of the player is unknown:
      if the command prompt is "Are you male or female? &gt; ", yes;
      no.
  
  After reading a command when the gender of the player is unknown:
      if the player's command includes "[gender]":
          now the gender of the player is the gender understood;
          if the gender of the player is masculine, now the player is male;
          if the gender of the player is feminine, now the player is female;
          now the command prompt is "&gt; ";
          say "Thank you, [player's forename].[paragraph break]";
          say "[banner text]";
          move the player to the bed;
          reject the player's command.
  
  Instead of looking when collecting names: do nothing.
  Rule for printing the banner text when collecting names: do nothing.
  Rule for constructing the status line when collecting names: do nothing.
  Instead of looking when the gender of the player is unknown: do nothing.
  Rule for printing the banner text when the gender of the player is unknown: do nothing.
  Rule for constructing the status line when the gender of the player is unknown: do nothing.
  </code></pre>