Inofficial LambdaMOO Beginners Quick Reference ============================================================ This is a compilation of all help topics available to the beginner, together with some short explanation for every item. Type 'help ' to get the info. The items below doubly underlined headers (like this: ========) are help topics only, they cannot be used as a command. summary ============ help -- get helpful texts & command descriptions introduction -- what's going on here and some basic commands index -- index into the help system players -- setting characteristics of yourself movement -- moving yourself between rooms communication -- communicating with other players manipulation -- moving or using other objects miscellaneous -- commands that don't fit anywhere else building -- extending the MOO programming -- writing code in the MOO programming language editors -- editing text and code in the MOO tinymud -- a list of equivalences between MOO and TinyMUD concepts/commands wizards -- what are wizards? wizard-list -- current list of LambdaMOO wizards @arb -- current list of people on the Architecture Review Board LambdaMOO -- the `theme' of LambdaMOO, what new building should be like manners -- the commonly-accepted rules of behavior on this MUD cracking -- policy regarding system security holes help/indices ---------------- help/information/? -- display (hopefully) helpful text index -- list these: lmoo-index -- LambdaMOO-Specific Help Topics (#3223) gen-index -- General Help Topics (#145) full-index -- EVERYTHING system ----------------- @who -- finding out who is currently logged in @lastlog -- finding out when some player last connected to the MOO @wrap -- adding word-wrap to the lines you see @linelength @more [rest|flush] -- display suspended output @pagelength @version -- printing the MOO server version number @memory -- gives info about server memory usage. useless for non-wizards. @uptime -- amount of time since the last restart of the server. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- players ------------ help registration -- explain how to get a character @describe -- setting what others see when they look at you @gender -- changing your player's gender @password -- changing your player's password @sethome -- changing your designated home room @rename -- changing your name and/or aliases @who -- finding out who is currently logged in @lastlog -- finding out when some player last connected to the MOO @quit -- quit playing session movement ------------ go - move home - teleport to your designated home room @go - teleport yourself to a given location @join - teleport yourself to a player's location manipulation ---------------- get/take -- pick an object up and place it in your inventory get/take/remove from -- move object from inside container into your inventory. drop/throw -- remove an object from your inventory and place it in the room put/insert -- take an object from your inventory and place it in a container give/hand -- hand an object to some other player @move to -- teleport an object to a given location @eject -- expel sth unwanted from your room informational ----------------- look -- see what an object looks like inventory -- print list of things carried whereis -- locating other players @examine -- print useful of information about the object @contents -- print contents of an object @locations -- print names and object numbers of all containing objects. @parents -- print names and object numbers of all ancestors. @find # - locate an object by number @find - locate a player @find : - locate a verb on an object in your vicinity communication --------------- say/" -- talking to the other connected players in the room whisper -- talking privately to someone in the same room page -- yelling to someone anywhere in the MOO emote/:/:: -- non-verbal communication with others in the same room news -- reading the wizards' most recent set of general announcements @gripe -- sending complaints to the wizards @typo @bug @idea @suggest @comment -- sending complaints/ideas to the owner of the current room help gagging -- screening out noise generated by certain other players help mail -- the MOO email system... see below help security -- facilities for detecting forged messages and eavesdropping. help notes -- reading, writing, encrypting notes other help is available on ============================== keys -- sort of regular expressions key-representation pronouns -- useful, read this! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- building ============ creation -- making, unmaking, and listing your rooms, exits, and other objects topology -- making and listing the connections between rooms and exits descriptions -- setting the names and descriptive texts for new objects locking -- controlling use of and access to your objects messages -- special descriptive texts containers -- objects that can hold sth (e.g. yourself) rooms -- places creation ------------ @dig -- conveniently building new rooms and exits @create -- making other kinds of objects @recycle -- destroying objects you no longer want @recreate -- This is a combination of @create and @chparent. @quota -- determining how many more objects you can build @count -- determining how many objects you already own @audit -- listing all of your objects @add-owned -- adds an object to your .owned_objects property @sort-owned -- sorts your .owned_objects property @verify-owned -- verifies your .owned_objects property @classes -- listing all of the public classes available for your use @realm -- listing the parenting tree for objects owned by one or more players @move -- moving your objects from place to place topology ----------- @dig -- creating new rooms and exits @add-exit -- adding other players' exits from your rooms @add-entrance -- adding other player's entrances to your rooms @remove-entrance @remove-exit @exits -- listing all of the conventional exits from your rooms @entrances -- listing all of the conventional entrances to your rooms @resident -- listing or changing the residents of your rooms descriptions --------------- @rename -- setting the name and aliases of your objects @describe -- setting what others see when they look at your objects @messages -- listing and setting the other descriptive texts on an object help messages locking ----------- @lock -- restricting use of and access to your objects @unlock -- unrestricting use of and access to your objects messages ============ container-messages -- the messages on objects that can contain other objects exit-messages -- the messages on exit objects thing-messages -- the messages on objects that can be taken and dropped room-messages teleport-messages containers -------------- put -- putting an object into a container remove -- taking an object out of a container @lock_for_open -- setting the lock for opening a container @unlock_for_open -- clearing the lock @create help container-messages @opacity editors ----------- @edit : invokes the Verb Editor (edits verb code) @notedit invokes the Note Editor (edits note text) @notedit . invokes the Note Editor (edits text property) @send invokes the Mailer (edits a mail msg) @answer [] [...] invokes the Mailer (edits a reply) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- more on communication: mail -------- @mail -- seeing a table of contents for a collection of email messages @read -- reading individual messages @next -- reading the 'next' message @prev -- reading the 'previous' message @send -- composing and sending a message to other players @answer/@reply -- replying to one of the messages in a collection @forward -- resending one of the messages in a collection somewhere else @rmmail -- discarding some subset of a collection @unrmmail -- undoing the most recent @rmm on a collection @renumber -- renumbering the messages in a collection @mail-option -- describes and sets various customization flags help zombie-messages help message-sequences help mail-forwarding -- describes mail forwarding help message-sequences -- describes message-sequences arguments to @mail, @read, @rmm, and @answer. For viewing collections other from your own, the following commands are useful: @rn -- list those collections that have new messages on them @subscribe -- indicate that you want @rn to report on a given collection and add yourself to its .mail_notify list @skip -- ignore any remaining new messages in a given collection @unsubscribe -- ignore a given collection entirely from now on. and remove yourself from its .mail_notify list notes -------- read -- reading the text on the note write -- adding text to a note erase -- removing all the text from a note delete -- deleting one line of text from a note @notedit -- general editing on the text of a note encrypt -- restricting who can read a note decrypt -- undoing a previous encryption help letters -- on special 'letter' notes burn -- Destroy the named letter irretrievably. gagging ----------- @gag -- add one or more players to your gag list @ungag -- remove a player from your gag list @listgag/@gaglist -- list the players you currently have gagged spoofing/security ---------------------------- @paranoid -- keeping a record of messages your character hears. @check -- looking at that record to determine responsibility for messages. @sweep -- checking who is listening in on your conversation. help privacy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- policies ============ LambdaMOO -- the `theme' of LambdaMOO, what new building should be like manners -- the commonly-accepted rules of behavior on this MUD cracking -- policy regarding system security holes common_quota quota-policy negative-quota multiple-characters privacy In addition to these help topics, there is a README for NewMOOers. It can be found in The Living Room, use to read it. spelling ----------- @spell a word or phrase - Spell check a word or phrase. @spell thing.prop - Spellcheck property. value must be string or lst of strngs. @spell thing:verb - Spellcheck verb. Only quoted strings in verb are checked. @spellproperties object - Spell check all text properties of an object. @spellmessages object - Spell check only message properties of an object. @cspell word - Spellcheck word, offer suggestions about right spelling. @complete prefix - List all words in dictionary with given prefix. @addword word - Add a word to your personal dictionary. @rmword word - Remove a word from your personal dictionary. @adddict word - Add a word to the global dictionary. @rmdict word - Remove a word from the global dictionary. rooms --------- @rooms - see a list of the rooms you know by name @addr*oom - remember a room by name @rmr*oom - forget about a room's name -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I compiled this for my own use in the first place, but thought that others might like to use it, too, so I posted it. So don't expect too much. If you think it's garbage or have a suggestion, feel free to tell me so. Rainer Blome (Saubstauger) email: blome@namu01.gwdg.de