From 9d3425917ff3bc201b48743fa022ca681ddd6d97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PatR Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:32:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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.) --- dat/hh | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/dat/hh b/dat/hh index 17d68bf96..94546065d 100644 --- a/dat/hh +++ b/dat/hh @@ -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)