TriadCity Message of the Day
2004-09-18
Command aliasing has been implemented for your type-saving pleasure.
An alias is a shortcut for a single command and, optionally, its
arguments. Here's an example. Without an alias you Cartographers
would type cartographerspiff to query your pooled rewards.
Instead of that fingerbuster you could define for yourself a simple alias
called cs. The shorter alias would take the place of the
hard-to-type "canonical" command.
Use the
Alias
command to define whatever aliases you like. The example above would
be defined with "alias cs cartographerspiff". You can
define as many aliases as you like, and they're saved for you between
logins.
Aliases can also take the place of commands that include arguments.
Instead of look north you might prefer ln.
Aliases are shared by all your characters. You can't define an alias
that would mask a canonical command or another reserved word. You can modify
an existing alias by simply using Alias a second time. To view your
defined aliases click on the new Aliases tab in the client applet. To delete one,
simply double-click it.
Your alias definitions are saved on the server, and sent to you at login.
If you've defined a million of 'em and you connect via dial-in, you might notice
some short lag while your definitions are received. If you connect via broadband
you'll probably not notice any difference.
Note than an alias is not a macro. You can't use an alias to string together
multiple commands into a single shortcut. For example, if you were to try
alias lookall look up look down look north look east look south look west,
the outcome of using your lookall alias would be the predictable
"if only there were an 'up look down look north look east look south look west'
here to see..." Alias are processed by the server just as commands are: the
first word is the command, everything else is its arguments.
Happy typing!
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