doc/nethack.6: Respell playername option argument

Spell it as a hyphenated noun phrase.  Use an ellipsis instead of
pluralization to mark its repeatability.  Slightly recast its
description.
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G. Branden Robinson
2026-05-06 04:53:12 -05:00
parent 4a76d66ad9
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@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ nethack \- Exploring The Mazes of Menace
.br
[
.B \-u
.I playername
.I player-name
]
[
.BR \-X " | " \-D
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ Also
.I race
]
[
.I playernames
]
.I player-name\*_\c
\&.\|.\|.]
.PP
.B nethack
[
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ to a string consisting of an @ character followed by the path and filename.
.PP
The
.B \-u
.I playername
.I player-name
option supplies the answer to the question "Who are you?".
It overrides any name from the options or configuration file, USER, LOGNAME,
or getlogin(), which will otherwise be tried in order.
@@ -251,11 +251,12 @@ so you can have several saved games under different names.
Conversely, you must use the appropriate player name to restore a saved game.
.PP
A
.I playername
.I player-name
suffix can be used to specify the profession, race, alignment and/or gender
of the character.
The full syntax of the playername that includes a
suffix is "name\-ppp\-rrr\-aaa\-ggg".
The full syntax of a
.I player-name
including a suffix is "name\-ppp\-rrr\-aaa\-ggg".
"ppp" are at least the first three letters
of the profession (this can also be specified using a separate
.B \-p