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MUME Help

Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ALIAS, MACROS


This command allows you to define abbreviations for long commands frequently used, thus minimizing your typing.

Usage:

alias list aliases
alias <word> delete alias
alias <word> <expansion> define alias
alias please remove all of them (sic!) delete all aliases

You cannot define alias, or any of its abbreviations except a as an alias.

The character & (ampersand) acts as a placeholder for arguments to your alias. The rest of the line (after your alias) is inserted where & is found in the definition.

If <expansion> does not contain any &, any following words will be added to the end of the command.

If <word> starts with % (percent) it is a "keyword alias" which will be expanded whenever a keyword lookup is done to find a character, object, or door.

Some words cannot be used as keyword aliases: words that the look command treats specially (at, around, north, east, …) and some prepositions like in, from, and with.

To inhibit keyword alias expansion, you prepend the word in a command with %.

Examples:

> alias dw drink water
> dw
drink water
> alias ko kill &.orc
> ko 2
kill 2.orc
> alias rb ride behind
> rb gandalf
ride behind gandalf
> alias %o orc
> kill o
kill orc
> alias %sword longsword
> wield sword
wield longsword
> wield %sword
wield sword

See help account for how the account import command can import aliases from other characters in your account.

See also: LABELS

Generated on Fri Feb 18 19:12:30 2022

What is MUME?

MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer text-based online game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth during the epic wars of the late Third Age between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the Free peoples. MUME is completely at no cost and has been continuously running, expanded, and remastered by a community of volunteers since 1991.

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