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1.1     ! root        1:        Welcome to HACK!                   ( description of version 1.0.3 )
        !             2: 
        !             3:        Hack is a Dungeons and Dragons like game where you (the adventurer)
        !             4: descend into the depths of the dungeon in search of the Amulet of Yendor
        !             5: (reputed to be hidden on the twentieth level).  You are accompanied by a
        !             6: little dog that can help you in many ways and can be trained to do all
        !             7: sorts of things. On the way you will find useful (or useless) items, (quite
        !             8: possibly with magic properties) and assorted monsters.  You attack a monster
        !             9: by trying to move into the space a monster is in (but often it is much
        !            10: wiser to leave it alone).
        !            11: 
        !            12:        Unlike most adventure games, which give you a verbal description of
        !            13: your location, hack gives you a visual image of the dungeon level you are on.
        !            14: 
        !            15:        Hack uses the following symbols:
        !            16:                A to Z and a to z:  monsters.  You can find out what a letter
        !            17: represents by saying "/ (letter)", as in "/A", which will tell you that 'A'
        !            18: is a giant ant.
        !            19:                - and |  These form the walls of a room (or maze).
        !            20:                .  this is the floor of a room.
        !            21:                #  this is a corridor.
        !            22:                >  this is the staircase to the next level.
        !            23:                <  the staircase to the previous level.
        !            24:                `  A large boulder.
        !            25:                @  You (usually).
        !            26:                ^  A trap.
        !            27:                )  A weapon of some sort.
        !            28:                (  Some other useful object (key, rope, dynamite, camera, ...)
        !            29:                [  A suit of armor.
        !            30:                %  A piece of food (not necessarily healthy ...).
        !            31:                /  A wand.
        !            32:                =  A ring.
        !            33:                ?  A scroll.
        !            34:                !  A magic potion.
        !            35:                $  A pile or pot of gold.
        !            36: 
        !            37: Commands:
        !            38:        Hack knows the following commands:
        !            39:        ?       help: print this list.
        !            40:        Q       Quit the game.
        !            41:        S       Save the game.
        !            42:        !       Escape to a shell.
        !            43:        ^Z      Suspend the game.
        !            44:        <       up: go up the staircase (if you are standing on it).
        !            45:        >       down: go down (just like up).
        !            46:        kjhlyubn - go one step in the direction indicated.
        !            47:                k: north (i.e., to the top of the screen),
        !            48:                j: south, h: west, l: east, y: ne, u: nw, b: se, n: sw.
        !            49:        KJHLYUBN - Go in that direction until you hit a wall or run
        !            50:                into something.
        !            51:        m       (followed by one of kjhlyubn): move without picking up
        !            52:                any objects.
        !            53:        M       (followed by one of KJHLYUBN): Move far, no pickup.
        !            54:        f       (followed by one of kjhlyubn): move until something
        !            55:                interesting is found.
        !            56:        F       (followed by one of KJHLYUBN): as previous, but forking
        !            57:                of corridors is not considered interesting.
        !            58:        i       print your inventory.
        !            59:        I       print selected parts of your inventory, like in
        !            60:                I* - print all gems in inventory;
        !            61:                IU - print all unpaid items;
        !            62:                IX - print all used up items that are on your shopping bill;
        !            63:                I$ - count your money.
        !            64:        s       search for secret doors and traps around you.
        !            65:        ^       ask for the type of a trap you found earlier.
        !            66:        )       ask for current wielded weapon.
        !            67:        [       ask for current armor.
        !            68:        =       ask for current rings.
        !            69:        $       count how many gold pieces you are carrying.
        !            70:        .       rest, do nothing.
        !            71:        ,       pick up some things.
        !            72:        :       look at what is here.
        !            73:        ^T      teleport.
        !            74:        ^R      redraw the screen.
        !            75:        ^P      repeat last message
        !            76:                (subsequent ^P's repeat earlier messages).
        !            77:        /       (followed by any symbol): tell what this symbol represents.
        !            78:        \       tell what has been discovered.
        !            79:        e       eat food.
        !            80:        w       wield weapon. w- means: wield nothing, use bare hands.
        !            81:        q       drink (quaff) a potion.
        !            82:        r       read a scroll.
        !            83:        T       Takeoff armor.
        !            84:        R       Remove Ring.
        !            85:        W       Wear armor.
        !            86:        P       Put on a ring.
        !            87:        z       zap a wand.
        !            88:        t       throw an object or shoot an arrow.
        !            89:        p       pay your shopping bill.
        !            90:        d       drop something. d7a: drop seven items of object a.
        !            91:        D       Drop several things.
        !            92:                In answer to the question "What kinds of things do you
        !            93:                want to drop? [!%= au]" you should give zero or more
        !            94:                object symbols possibly followed by 'a' and/or 'u'.
        !            95:                'a' means: drop all such objects, without asking for
        !            96:                        confirmation.
        !            97:                'u' means: drop only unpaid objects (when in a shop).
        !            98:        a       use, apply - Generic command for using a key to lock
        !            99:                or unlock a door, using a camera, using a rope, etc.
        !           100:        c       call: name a certain object or class of objects.
        !           101:        C       Call: Name an individual monster.
        !           102:        E       Engrave: Write a message in the dust on the floor.
        !           103:                E- means: use fingers for writing.
        !           104:        O       Set options. You will be asked to enter an option line.
        !           105:                If this is empty, the current options are reported.
        !           106:                Otherwise it should be a list of options separated by commas.
        !           107:                Possible boolean options are: oneline, time, news, tombstone,
        !           108:                rest_on_space, fixinvlet, beginner, male, female.
        !           109:                They can be negated by prefixing them with '!' or "no".
        !           110:                A string option is name; it supplies the answer to the question
        !           111:                "Who are you?"; it may have a suffix.
        !           112:                A compound option is endgame; it is followed by a description
        !           113:                of what parts of the list of topscorers should be printed
        !           114:                when the game is finished.
        !           115:                Usually one will not want to use the 'O' command, but instead
        !           116:                put a HACKOPTIONS="...." line in one's environment.
        !           117:        v       print version number.
        !           118: 
        !           119:        You can put a number before a command to repeat it that many times,
        !           120:        as in "20s" or "40.".
        !           121: 
        !           122:        At present, some information is displayed on the bottom line.
        !           123:        (It is expected that this information will go away in future versions.)
        !           124:        You see on what dungeon level you are, how many hit points you have
        !           125:        now (and will have when fully recovered), what your armor class is
        !           126:        (the lower the better), your strength, experience level and the
        !           127:        state of your stomach.
        !           128: 
        !           129:        Have Fun, and Good Hacking!
        !           130: 
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