X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=super-star-trek.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=sst-doc.xml;h=3a56ba63c84bfbbada067522476d8a07ca98cd2a;hp=1a747808f98a66a1cdf2bbd03140c9ca5d2a8bee;hb=e536fe754b3a9be00dcaee8f6ec50ea2d8c7a184;hpb=7453bc4027cf9dcf29ebae79341070c3bfb30aed diff --git a/sst-doc.xml b/sst-doc.xml index 1a74780..3a56ba6 100644 --- a/sst-doc.xml +++ 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. @@ -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 @@ -1751,12 +1762,18 @@ 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. + +Status report now indicates if dilithium crystals are on board. + + +At Dave's prompting, restored the Space Thingy's original elusive behavior. + Here are some good pages on the history of Star Trek games: