more user help

A couple of additional things witnessed in between the frequent adds
shown by youtube (top prize goes to the recurring popup ad advertising
popup blocking).

He knew that ^D meant a control character but thought that he had to
type Ctrl+Shift+d instead of just being able to type Ctrl+d.  And he
had no idea what "meta key" meant.  (I don't think I've ever seen a
key labeled that myself.)
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@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ V history display game history
# introduces an extended command (#? for a list of them)
& what-does describe the command a keystroke invokes
Control characters are depicted as '^' followed by a letter. Depress Ctrl
or Control like a shift key then type the letter. Control characters are
case-insensitive; ^D is the same as ^d, Ctrl+d is same as Ctrl+Shift+d.
Game commands:
^D kick kick (a door, or something else)
^T 'port teleport (if you can)
@@ -91,8 +95,9 @@ _ travel move via a shortest-path algorithm to a point on the map
: look look at what is here
; farlook look at what is somewhere else by selecting a map symbol
Keyboards that have a meta key can also use these extended commands
via the meta modifier instead of the # prefix:
Keyboards that have a meta key (some use Alt for that, so typing Alt as a
shift plus 'e' would generate 'M-e') can also use these extended commands
via the meta modifier as an alternative to using the # prefix:
M-? display extended command help (if the platform allows this)
M-2 twoweapon toggle two-weapon combat (unless number_pad is enabled)