wconnell
01-19-2001, 06:54 PM
I just installed an upgrade to our Java client. If you have any questions or problems please contact ce@skotos.net. Thank you.
Documentation follows.
(Note: commands are case-sensitive. If a command is shown here in uppercase
letters, you must enter them in uppercase into your keyboard.)
Figuring Castle Time
Even the most adept at math sometimes have trouble mentally switching back
and forth between Castle Marrach's system of bells and their own time zone.
The TIME command will return an approximate Castle Time.
Command usage: TIME
Example: It is 4:28pm where you are in New York. The TIME command yields:
The Castle Marrach time is half past the 1st bell.
Adverb Completion
Before, if you were unsure how to spell an adverb, you could type the first
few letters, hit return, and see a list of possibilities. The only problem
with this was that you then had to start typing all over again. Now, if you
know the first letter or two, you can hit the tab key, and it will call up a
list of adverbs that begin with the letters you have entered.
Example: 'contumeliously' is the adverb you want, but you aren't sure what
the fifth letter is. Typing 'cont' and then hitting the space bar yields:
Possible completions for cont:
contemplatively contemptibly contemptously contemptuosly
contemptuously contentedly contentiously contently continently
contradictorily contrarily contritely contrivedly
contumaciously contumeliously
You can now see that the adverb you want is the last one on the list, and
you can continue typing the next few letters before hitting the enter key;
you only have to hit the return key once instead of twice.
If there is only one possibility, it will be filled in for you when you hit
the tab key. Continuing the example above, typing 'contume' and then hitting
the tab key will spell the whole word out for you.
Currently, the list of adverbs available to the tab key shortcut does not
update itself. If you know that there is an adverb available that does not
appear when you hit the tab key, you can add it to your list with the ADVERB
ADD command.
Command usage: ADVERB ADD <adverb>
Example: ADVERB ADD painstakingly
Note: This does not make available adverbs that do not appear on the master
list. You still need to use the 'idea' command to add new adverbs to that
list. See 'help idea' while online in the game.
To remove adverbs you've added to your list of those that should appear when
you hit the tab key, use ADVERB CLEAR.
Logging
To keep records of what has happened in the game, you can keep a log of
events. The logging commands are: LOGFILE START, LOGFILE LIST, LOGFILE
FLUSH, and LOGFILE STOP.
Command usage: LOGFILE START <filename>
Example: LOGFILE START winterball
This will create a file in your Netscape directory or folder. In this
example, the file is called 'winterball'.
Command: LOGFILE LIST
This will return the name of the current log ('winterball', in the example
above).
Command: LOGFILE FLUSH
This will write all the text that has occurred since you began the log into
your current log file. If you look at your log, and it's not current,
LOGFILE FLUSH will update it.
Command: LOGFILE STOP
This will write to your log file, just like LOGFILE FLUSH, but it will also
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Macros
A macro is a shortcut. If your character tends to perform the same complex
task on a routine basis, you might find these commands helpful: MACRO ADD,
MACRO DELETE, MACRO LIST, MACRO CLEAR, MACRO STORE, and MACRO LOAD.
Command usage: MACRO ADD <macro> <command>
Example: MACRO ADD gs give my first scroll to one courier
The 'gs' is the macro. From now on, when you enter 'gs', the command 'give
my first scroll to one courier' will be executed.
To add line breaks to your macros (good for formatting poems or songs your
character might perform) use <br>.
Example: MACRO ADD potatosong sing "Oh potato,<br>I think you're great,
oh!<br>But while you sate so,<br>Can I fit through the gate? No!"
Typing 'potatosong' yields:
You sing, "Oh potato,
I think you're great, oh!
But while you sate so,
Can I fit through the gate? No!"
You can even create macros that perform multiple commands, using <cr>.
Example: MACRO ADD huz shout "Huzzah!<cr>exclaim "Huzzah!<cr>cheer "Huzzah!"
Typing 'huz' yields:
You shout, "Huzzah!"
You exclaim, "Huzzah!"
You cheer, "Huzzah!"
Note: Many commands cannot be linked this way. Social commands, like the
example above, have a high limit (but please be considerate and restrain
yourself to a readable few). Other commands might link at most two items.
Time delayed commands, such as movement, examining, and dueling, cannot be
top the logging process.
linked at all.
Command usage: MACRO DELETE <macro>
Example: MACRO DELETE potatosong
Deletes the specified macro from your macro list. In this example, the macro
'potatosong' is deleted.
Command: MACRO LIST
Lists all the macros currently available to you.
Command: MACRO CLEAR
Deletes all of the macros from your list.
Command usage: MACRO STORE <filename>
Example: MACRO STORE mymacros
Saves all of your macros into a file located in your Netscape directory or
folder. In this example, the file is named 'mymacros'.
Command usage: MACRO LOAD <filename>
Example: MACRO LOAD mymacros
Macros are not saved when you quit the game. Use the MACRO STORE and MACRO
LOAD commands to keep your macros from one session to the next. These
features are redundant if you are using CONFIG WRITE, CONFIG STORE, CONFIG
READ, and CONFIG OPEN below.
Saving Your Changes
Your self-updated adverb list does not carry over into other sessions. In
order to save
this list and use it again, use CONFIG STORE, CONFIG WRITE, CONFIG OPEN, and
CONFIG READ. These commands can also reactivate your previous log file, and
restore your macro list.
Commands: CONFIG STORE, CONFIG WRITE
Both of these commands create a file in your Netscape directory or folder
that contains additions to your adverb list, as well as the name of the
current log and your macro list. This file will be called
skotos.<charactername>.config, where <charactername> is the name of your
current character.
You may also choose to name your configuration file something else. You may
find this helpful if you've prepared special macros for a special event.
Command Usage: CONFIG STORE <filename>
Command Usage: CONFIG WRITE <filename>
Example: CONFIG WRITE winterball_macros
Commands: CONFIG OPEN, CONFIG READ
Both of these commands open the configuration file in the Netscape directory
or folder. Your adverb list and macro list will both be restored, and if you
were logging, that log file will again become active. This is done
automatically upon logging in, but you may find a need to save and recall a
special set of macros for special occasions. To call up a configuration file
you have named yourself, type the file name after CONFIG OPEN, or CONFIG
READ.
Command Usage: CONFIG OPEN <filename>
Command Usage: CONFIG READ <filename>
Example: CONFIG OPEN winterball_macros
Input Text Editing (PC only)
Instead of using your mouse, or the left and right arrow keys, to edit your
commands, command line editing keystrokes are available.
Commands:
(Note: press both keys at the same time)
Ctrl-f: forward one character, same as the right arrow key.
Ctrl-b: back one character, same as the left arrow key.
Ctrl-a: jumps the cursor to the start of the line.
Ctrl-e: jumps the cursor to the end of the line.
Crtl-d: deletes the character to the right of the cursor.
Ctrl-k: cuts all text you have typed from the cursor to the end of the line.
Ctrl-w: cuts the last word of text you have typed.
Ctrl-y: pastes the text you have cut with Ctrl-k at the cursor.
Crtl-p: previous command, same as the up arrow key.
Crtl-n: next command, same as the down arrow key.
Documentation follows.
(Note: commands are case-sensitive. If a command is shown here in uppercase
letters, you must enter them in uppercase into your keyboard.)
Figuring Castle Time
Even the most adept at math sometimes have trouble mentally switching back
and forth between Castle Marrach's system of bells and their own time zone.
The TIME command will return an approximate Castle Time.
Command usage: TIME
Example: It is 4:28pm where you are in New York. The TIME command yields:
The Castle Marrach time is half past the 1st bell.
Adverb Completion
Before, if you were unsure how to spell an adverb, you could type the first
few letters, hit return, and see a list of possibilities. The only problem
with this was that you then had to start typing all over again. Now, if you
know the first letter or two, you can hit the tab key, and it will call up a
list of adverbs that begin with the letters you have entered.
Example: 'contumeliously' is the adverb you want, but you aren't sure what
the fifth letter is. Typing 'cont' and then hitting the space bar yields:
Possible completions for cont:
contemplatively contemptibly contemptously contemptuosly
contemptuously contentedly contentiously contently continently
contradictorily contrarily contritely contrivedly
contumaciously contumeliously
You can now see that the adverb you want is the last one on the list, and
you can continue typing the next few letters before hitting the enter key;
you only have to hit the return key once instead of twice.
If there is only one possibility, it will be filled in for you when you hit
the tab key. Continuing the example above, typing 'contume' and then hitting
the tab key will spell the whole word out for you.
Currently, the list of adverbs available to the tab key shortcut does not
update itself. If you know that there is an adverb available that does not
appear when you hit the tab key, you can add it to your list with the ADVERB
ADD command.
Command usage: ADVERB ADD <adverb>
Example: ADVERB ADD painstakingly
Note: This does not make available adverbs that do not appear on the master
list. You still need to use the 'idea' command to add new adverbs to that
list. See 'help idea' while online in the game.
To remove adverbs you've added to your list of those that should appear when
you hit the tab key, use ADVERB CLEAR.
Logging
To keep records of what has happened in the game, you can keep a log of
events. The logging commands are: LOGFILE START, LOGFILE LIST, LOGFILE
FLUSH, and LOGFILE STOP.
Command usage: LOGFILE START <filename>
Example: LOGFILE START winterball
This will create a file in your Netscape directory or folder. In this
example, the file is called 'winterball'.
Command: LOGFILE LIST
This will return the name of the current log ('winterball', in the example
above).
Command: LOGFILE FLUSH
This will write all the text that has occurred since you began the log into
your current log file. If you look at your log, and it's not current,
LOGFILE FLUSH will update it.
Command: LOGFILE STOP
This will write to your log file, just like LOGFILE FLUSH, but it will also
s
Macros
A macro is a shortcut. If your character tends to perform the same complex
task on a routine basis, you might find these commands helpful: MACRO ADD,
MACRO DELETE, MACRO LIST, MACRO CLEAR, MACRO STORE, and MACRO LOAD.
Command usage: MACRO ADD <macro> <command>
Example: MACRO ADD gs give my first scroll to one courier
The 'gs' is the macro. From now on, when you enter 'gs', the command 'give
my first scroll to one courier' will be executed.
To add line breaks to your macros (good for formatting poems or songs your
character might perform) use <br>.
Example: MACRO ADD potatosong sing "Oh potato,<br>I think you're great,
oh!<br>But while you sate so,<br>Can I fit through the gate? No!"
Typing 'potatosong' yields:
You sing, "Oh potato,
I think you're great, oh!
But while you sate so,
Can I fit through the gate? No!"
You can even create macros that perform multiple commands, using <cr>.
Example: MACRO ADD huz shout "Huzzah!<cr>exclaim "Huzzah!<cr>cheer "Huzzah!"
Typing 'huz' yields:
You shout, "Huzzah!"
You exclaim, "Huzzah!"
You cheer, "Huzzah!"
Note: Many commands cannot be linked this way. Social commands, like the
example above, have a high limit (but please be considerate and restrain
yourself to a readable few). Other commands might link at most two items.
Time delayed commands, such as movement, examining, and dueling, cannot be
top the logging process.
linked at all.
Command usage: MACRO DELETE <macro>
Example: MACRO DELETE potatosong
Deletes the specified macro from your macro list. In this example, the macro
'potatosong' is deleted.
Command: MACRO LIST
Lists all the macros currently available to you.
Command: MACRO CLEAR
Deletes all of the macros from your list.
Command usage: MACRO STORE <filename>
Example: MACRO STORE mymacros
Saves all of your macros into a file located in your Netscape directory or
folder. In this example, the file is named 'mymacros'.
Command usage: MACRO LOAD <filename>
Example: MACRO LOAD mymacros
Macros are not saved when you quit the game. Use the MACRO STORE and MACRO
LOAD commands to keep your macros from one session to the next. These
features are redundant if you are using CONFIG WRITE, CONFIG STORE, CONFIG
READ, and CONFIG OPEN below.
Saving Your Changes
Your self-updated adverb list does not carry over into other sessions. In
order to save
this list and use it again, use CONFIG STORE, CONFIG WRITE, CONFIG OPEN, and
CONFIG READ. These commands can also reactivate your previous log file, and
restore your macro list.
Commands: CONFIG STORE, CONFIG WRITE
Both of these commands create a file in your Netscape directory or folder
that contains additions to your adverb list, as well as the name of the
current log and your macro list. This file will be called
skotos.<charactername>.config, where <charactername> is the name of your
current character.
You may also choose to name your configuration file something else. You may
find this helpful if you've prepared special macros for a special event.
Command Usage: CONFIG STORE <filename>
Command Usage: CONFIG WRITE <filename>
Example: CONFIG WRITE winterball_macros
Commands: CONFIG OPEN, CONFIG READ
Both of these commands open the configuration file in the Netscape directory
or folder. Your adverb list and macro list will both be restored, and if you
were logging, that log file will again become active. This is done
automatically upon logging in, but you may find a need to save and recall a
special set of macros for special occasions. To call up a configuration file
you have named yourself, type the file name after CONFIG OPEN, or CONFIG
READ.
Command Usage: CONFIG OPEN <filename>
Command Usage: CONFIG READ <filename>
Example: CONFIG OPEN winterball_macros
Input Text Editing (PC only)
Instead of using your mouse, or the left and right arrow keys, to edit your
commands, command line editing keystrokes are available.
Commands:
(Note: press both keys at the same time)
Ctrl-f: forward one character, same as the right arrow key.
Ctrl-b: back one character, same as the left arrow key.
Ctrl-a: jumps the cursor to the start of the line.
Ctrl-e: jumps the cursor to the end of the line.
Crtl-d: deletes the character to the right of the cursor.
Ctrl-k: cuts all text you have typed from the cursor to the end of the line.
Ctrl-w: cuts the last word of text you have typed.
Ctrl-y: pastes the text you have cut with Ctrl-k at the cursor.
Crtl-p: previous command, same as the up arrow key.
Crtl-n: next command, same as the down arrow key.