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                          Original version - Eric S. Raymond
              (Edited and expanded for 3.7 by Mike Stephenson and others)
 
-                                  January 30, 2023
+                                  February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           you have seen on the current dungeon level; as you  explore  more
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
                you have available for spell casting.  Again,  resting  will
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           ing  a  `*'  lists  your  entire  inventory,  so  you can see the
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
                for  which  one to take off.  (Note that this treats a cloak
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
                that   redundant,   such   as  Caveman  or  Priestess),  and
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           (R)UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
                Jump to another location.  Autocompletes.   Default  key  is
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
                Do  a  shell escape, switching from NetHack to a subprocess.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           the door's lock.  Alternatively, you  can  break  a  closed  door
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           teleporters send you to a random dungeon level,  the  destination
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           carrying, will also show current shop debt  or  credit,  if  any.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           very useful under certain circumstances.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           it is the one who moved rather than you.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           extremely obvious, you will be asked what you want to  call  this
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           (such as the aklys, lucern hammer, and bec-de-corbin) are defined
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           at most 2 arrows are shot even if you could have fired 3.  If you
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           use.   To  wield  two  weapons,  you need to use the "#twoweapon"
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           vegetarian  players  can,  but  with some rather unpleasant side-
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           warned,  however, for this is often unwise.  Other types of wands
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           attempt backfires.  Reading a cursed spellbook or one with mystic
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           Amulets.   Other  tools  (such  as  pick-axe)  can  be wielded as
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           tile  weapons  (if  you  have a sling).  In the most desperate of
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           ception  is  that  if the object gets covered by the "remembered,
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           teachers prior to the start of the game and isn't counted.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           Mines      - Entered the Gnomish Mines.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           the Castle level's drawbridge or can be given to you  via  prayer
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           text file and can be created with any text editor.
 
                On  Windows,  it  is  ".nethackrc" in the folder "\%USERPRO-
-          FILE%\NetHack\3.7".  The file may not exist, but it is  a  normal
+          FILE%\NetHack\(rq.  The file may not exist, but it  is  a  normal
           ASCII  text  file can can be created with any text editor.  After
           running NetHack for the first time, you  should  find  a  default
           template  for  the configuration file named ".nethackrc.template"
-          in "\%USERPROFILE%\NetHack\3.7".  If you had not created the con-
+          in "\%USERPROFILE%\NetHack\(rq.  If you had not created the  con-
           figuration  file,  NetHack will create the configuration file for
           you using the default template file.
 
           valid  after  a  CHOOSE  directive  and  their  names  are   case
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             Apply-Key - if carrying a key or other unlocking  tool,  prompt
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             killed by traps and each other as well  as  by  you.   And  the
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             Ignore  interrupt  signals,  including  breaks  (default  off).
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             the  selected  object  class(es).   Combination  starts  with a
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             Key to select all items on this page of a menu.  Default `,'.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             Read the NetHack news file, if present (default on).  Since the
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             attack      - require   "yes"   rather   than  `y'  to  confirm
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             entirely.  Requesting it  when  not  allowed  or  not  possible
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             This option may be used to select one of the named symbol  sets
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             c - order by monster class, by low to high  level  within  each
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             Draw  a  tombstone  graphic  upon  your  death  (default   on).
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             or right).
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             If NetHack can, it should use this size font for text windows.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             Number of lines for traditional below-the-map  status  display.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             ments  in the configuration file if needed.  Cannot be set with
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           about to autopickup something.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             being  asked for a direction, the key to respond as left click.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             norep - show  the  message  once,  but  not  again  if no other
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
                  having 30 points is 50% and 35 points  is  75%.   100%  is
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           glyph representations. The customizations can  be  specified  for
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           and  other POSIX systems, define MSGHANDLER to enable it.  To use
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           ministrator should set up a global configuration; this is a  file
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
             saved).
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           Steve Creps, Eric Hendrickson, Izchak Miller,  Eric  S.  Raymond,
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           3.1 for X11.  It drew the map as text rather than graphically but
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           tures.  Kevin later  joined  the  NetHack  Development  Team  and
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           S. Ray joined the NetHack Development Team.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
           some security fixes and a small number of bug fixes.
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
-          NetHack 3.7                                      January 30, 2023
+          NetHack 3.7                                      February 3, 2023