Commands

The first word is the command. Aliases may sit against the text, so 'hello is say and !hello is shout. x needs a space, so x Bea is examine and xBea is not. A command name still needs a space before its text. Matching is case-sensitive. commands lists every alias first, then every command name, each group in alphabetical order. It and help show only what the player's rank may use. A command above the player's rank replies No such command '<word>', the same as an unknown word.

say, emote, and think go to the other people in the same room, and the sender gets their own copy. shout goes to every player who is in a room. tell <name> <message> goes to that one player, in whichever room they are in. . and > are the same command. .Bea hello and > Bea hello are tell. remote <name> <message> emotes to that one player. You see You emote: Ada smiles to Bea. They see Ada smiles to you. , and < are the same command. ,Bea smiles and < Bea smiles are remote. A player who has not joined a room is not found.

who lists each player who is in a room, in a frame with the name, the room players see, and an idle clock after 10 seconds. w is the same command. wplease is not. connections lists every open socket for super users and the admin. The columns are Name, Hostname, IP Address, and Type. A socket with no name yet shows <pending>. A typed name is shown, including during the password. Type is telnet or ssh. conns is the same command.

look shows the room name, description, exits, and who else is there. examine <name> shows a framed profile. Someone in a room gets their rank, this login, total login, and idle. Idle of 10 seconds or less says Not idle at all. me is yourself. A name matches in any case, including a connected newbie. A saved player who is not here gets the logout frame. Examining yourself also adds the terminal size. A super user or the admin also sees Logged in from or Last from. recap <name> changes the capitalisation of your own name.

alarm <minutes> counts down in seconds and tells you when it reaches zero. Typing a command sets that idle time back to zero. After each command, the player gets a prompt, What? >, including when the command failed. prompt <prompt> replaces that line. It is for residents and above, and a resident's prompt is kept for the next login. help lists the command names. ? is the same command, so ? say is help say. help <command> shows the write-up from the help file, including for an alias such as help '. A missing topic replies help for <topic> not found.

Command	Aliases	Rank	Effect
say	', ", `	Newbie	Say to the room
emote	:, ;	Newbie	Emote to the room
think	~	Newbie	Think to the room
shout	!	Resident	Shout to every room
tell	., >	Newbie	Tell one player
remote	,, <	Newbie	Emote to one player
go		Newbie	Move through an exit
join		Newbie	Move to that player's room
main		Newbie	Move to the start room
map		Newbie	3 by 3 map, current room in the centre
look		Newbie	Room, exits, and who else is here
password		Newbie	Replace your saved password
who	w	Newbie	Names, rooms, and idle
examine	x	Newbie	Framed profile, here or logged out
recap		Newbie	Change the capitalisation of your name
alarm		Newbie	Countdown in minutes
prompt		Resident	Set the line you type at
term_width		Newbie	Set this connection's frame width
time		Newbie	Current time and server uptime
help	?	Newbie	List commands, or show one write-up
version		Newbie	The package version
commands		Newbie	Every command word and alias
quit		Newbie	Goodbye!, then disconnect
resident		Super User	Save a connected newbie as a resident
nuke		Super User	Delete a saved player
disconnect		Super User	Disconnect a player of lower rank
su		Super User	Speak on the super-user channel
se		Super User	Emote on the super-user channel
st		Super User	Think on the super-user channel
lsu	staff	Newbie	Super users and the admin
lsn		Super User	Connected newbies
connections	conns	Super User	Every socket
promote		Admin	Make a resident a super user
demote		Admin	Make a super user a resident
shutdown		Admin	Count down, then stop the server

A command with no text, where text is required, replies with that command's syntax, such as Syntax: tell <name> <message>. An unknown word replies No such command '<word>'.

When a named player joins or leaves, that room sees [<name> has connected] or [<name> has disconnected].