6.13.1 Using the Editor in Midkemia
For things like letters, journals, and the like, we have the Midkemian editor!
The in-game editor is visable when not using one of the Iron Realms clients -
Nexus (HELP NEXUS) or Flash (HELP FLASH).
The main help in the editor reads as follows:
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Main Help
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This is the main help screen. All commands are entered on the
beginning of a new line and are preceeded by a '*'. (e.g. *quit on
a line by itself)
Currently, there are the following commands :
*help, *quit, *save, *more, *echo, *clear, *line,
*insertline, *deleteline, *overwrite, *insert, *replace
For more information on a particular command type *help <command>.
(e.g. *help *quit) on a line by itself.
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Save (*save, *s)
Usage: *save
This will end the current editing session and bypass the question
of whether you want to save, and simply save your work.
More (*more, *m)
Usage: *more
This will display any text that hasn't been displayed because of
the set screen length. It only displays text if there is text to
be displayed.
Echo (*echo, *e)
Usage: *echo
This will display any text that is in the current session so you
can see exactly what is written.
Clear Text (*clear)
Usage: *clear
This will erase all the text that is in the current session. It
will ask you if you are sure before doing so.
Go to Line (*line, *l)
Usage: *line <line>
This will set the current editing line to the line specified by
<line>. <line> may be the number of the line to go to, or one
of the words "start" or "end". Each of which goes to the
corresponding line.
Insert blank line (*insertline, *il)
Usage: *insertline
This will insert a blank line after the current line.
Delete current line (*deleteline, *dl)
Usage: *deleteline [<line>]
This will permanently delete the current line (or the line
specified).
Set Overwrite mode (*overwrite)
Usage: *overwrite
This sets the current method of editing to overwrite, which means
that any lines that may be below the current line will be replaced
with any new lines that are typed.
Set Insert mode (*insert)
Usage: *insert
This sets the current editing mode to inserting, which will insert
new text in front of any lines that may be below the current line.
Replace line (*replace, *r)
Usage: *replace <line> <text>
This will replace the given line number with the text given. <line>
must be a number.