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index fd03ba6..2af003c 100644
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+++ b/sst-doc.xml
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ Full commands: SRSCAN
-If you are using the screen-oriented interface, it should never
-be necessary to call this command explicitly; a short-range scan will
-always be present on the screen.
+If you are using the screen-oriented interface, this command is
+suppressed; instead, a short-range scan will always be present on the
+screen.
The short-range scan gives you a considerable amount of information
about the quadrant your starship is in. A short-range scan is best
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ Mnemonic: STATUS
Shortest abbreviation: ST
+
+If you are using the screen-oriented interface, this command is
+suppressed; instead, a full status report will always be present on the
+screen.
+
This command gives you information about the current state of your
starship as follows:
@@ -491,10 +496,10 @@ Mnemonic: LRSCAN
Shortest abbreviation: L
-
-If you are using the screen-oriented interface, it should never
-be necessary to call this command explicitly; a long-range scan will
-always be present on the screen.
+
+If you are using the screen-oriented interface, this command is
+suppressed; instead, a long-range scan will always be present on the
+screen.
A long-range scan gives you general information about where you are
and what is around you. Here is an example output.
@@ -1005,13 +1010,13 @@ Klingons.
Call Starbase for Help
-Mnemonic: CALL
+Mnemonic: MAYDAY
(No abbreviation)
[Originally, this command was called HELP
, but
these days it might be misinterpreted as built-in
-documentation!]
+documentation! In some later versions it was CALL.]
When you get into serious trouble, you may call starbase for
help. Starbases have a device called a long-range transporter
@@ -1257,6 +1262,11 @@ Shortest abbreviation: REQ
Full command: REQUEST <ITEM>
+
+If you are using the screen-oriented interface, this command is
+suppressed; instead, a full status report will always be present on the
+screen.
+
This command allows you to get any single piece of information
from the <STATUS> command. <ITEM> specifies which
information as follows:
@@ -1281,6 +1291,7 @@ information as follows:
SHIELDS SHIELDS S
KLINGONS LEFTKLINGONS K
TIME LEFT TIME TI
+BASES LEFT BASES BA
@@ -1498,7 +1509,6 @@ The emeritus game is strictly for masochists.
------ ------------ -----------
ABANDON ABANDON shuttle craft
C CHART (none)
- CALL CALL (for help) subspace radio
CO COMPUTER computer
CR CRYSTALS (none)
DA DAMAGES (none)
@@ -1510,6 +1520,7 @@ The emeritus game is strictly for masochists.
I IMPULSE <MANUAL> <DISPLACEMENT> impulse engines
IMPULSE AUTOMATIC <DESTINATION> impulse engines and computer
L LRSCAN long-range sensors
+ MAYDAY MAYDAY (for help) subspace radio
MI MINE (none)
M MOVE <MANUAL> <DISPLACEMENT> warp engines
MOVE AUTOMATIC <DESTINATION> warp engines and computer
@@ -1720,8 +1731,8 @@ quadrants introduced into many BASIC versions.
url='http://developer.berlios.de/projects/sst/'>project
site.
-After I launched the Berlios project, Stas Sergeev contacted me
-me. We worked together to merge in his changes.
+After I launched the Berlios project, Stas Sergeev contacted me.
+We worked together to merge in his changes.
Modifications I've made:
@@ -1751,14 +1762,17 @@ written to and read from disk as one blob. The write gives it an
an identifiable magic number and the thaw logic checks for same.
-I made the internal pager work, nd in the process got rid of a number
+I made the internal pager work, and in the process got rid of a number
of platform dependencies in the code.
-The HELP/CALL/SOS command is now MAYDAY. SOS and CALL are still accepted.
+The HELP/CALL/SOS command is now MAYDAY.
+
+
+Status report now indicates if dilithium crystals are on board.
-Status report now indicates if dilithium crystals arre on board.
+At Dave's prompting, restored the Space Thingy's original elusive behavior.