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: nw, u: ne, b: sw, n: se.
   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!
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