From 9004f49b014185e34e9c69176c8f05cd2e6ddd5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PatR Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 19:12:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] GENERICUSERS in Guidebook --- doc/Guidebook.mn | 8 ++++++-- doc/Guidebook.tex | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.mn b/doc/Guidebook.mn index 5e64b337c..1494ad7cf 100644 --- a/doc/Guidebook.mn +++ b/doc/Guidebook.mn @@ -4426,8 +4426,9 @@ is used for the role, then a random one will be automatically chosen. .lp "" On some systems, the default is the player's user name; on others, there is no default and the player will be prompted. -The former can made to behave like the latter by specifying a generic name -such as ``player''. The GENERICUSERS= setting in sysconf controls wich +The former can be made to behave like the latter by specifying a generic name +such as ``player''. +The GENERICUSERS= setting in sysconf controls which names are considered generic. Cannot be set with the \(oq\f(CRO\fP\(cq command. .lp "news " @@ -6297,6 +6298,9 @@ escape command (!). The syntax is the same as WIZARDS. EXPLORERS\ =\ A list of users who are allowed to use the explore mode. The syntax is the same as WIZARDS. .lp +GENERICUSERS\ =\ A list of user names that should prompt ``Who are you?'' +rather than become a character's name. +.lp MSGHANDLER\ =\ A path and filename of executable. Whenever a message-window message is shown, NetHack runs this program. The program will get the message as the only parameter. diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.tex b/doc/Guidebook.tex index c52050197..804df47ec 100644 --- a/doc/Guidebook.tex +++ b/doc/Guidebook.tex @@ -4823,7 +4823,7 @@ automatically chosen. On some systems, the default is the player's user name; on others, there is no default and the player will be prompted. The former can made to behave like the latter by specifying a generic name -such as ``player''. The GENERICUSERS= setting in sysconf controls wich +such as ``player''. The GENERICUSERS= setting in sysconf controls which names are considered generic. Cannot be set with the `\texttt{O}' command. %.lp @@ -6916,6 +6916,10 @@ The syntax is the same as WIZARDS. A list of users who are allowed to use the explore mode. The syntax is the same as WIZARDS. %.lp +\item[GENERICUSERS] +A list of user names that should prompt ``Who are you?'' +rather than become a character's name. +%.lp \item[MSGHANDLER] A path and filename of executable. Whenever a message-window message is shown, \textit{NetHack} runs this program. The program will get