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.\" This is an excerpt from the 'roff' man page from the 'groff' package.
.\" NetHack's Guidebook.mn currently does *not* adhere to these guidelines.
.ds vr "NetHack 3.6
.ds f0 "\*(vr
.ds f1
-.ds f2 "September 26, 2018
+.ds f2 "October 14, 2018
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.\" labeled paragraph start (should be part of tmac.n, but I don't want to
.\" make changes to that file)
Persistence of Objects
.pg
Normally, if you have seen an object at a particular map location and
-move to another location which can't directly see that object any
+move to another location where you can't directly see that object any
more, if will continue to be displayed on your map.
That remains the case even if it is not actually there any more \(em
perhaps a monster has picked it up or it has rotted away \(em
until you can see or feel that location again.
One notable exception is that if the object gets covered by the
-``remembered, unseen monster'' marker and that marker is later removed
+``remembered, unseen monster'' marker.
+When that marker is later removed
after you've verified that no monster is there, you will forget that
there was any object there regardless of whether the unseen monster
actually took the object.
top item of the pile is displayed.
The
.op hilite_pile
-option can be enabled in order to show an item differently when is
+option can be enabled in order to show an item differently when it is
the top one of a pile.
.
.hn 1
Have user confirm attacks on pets, shopkeepers, and other
peaceable creatures (default on). Persistent.
.lp dark_room
-Show out-of-sight areas of lit rooms (default off). Persistent.
+Show out-of-sight areas of lit rooms (default on). Persistent.
.lp disclose
Controls what information the program reveals when the game ends.
Value is a space separated list of prompting/category pairs
%.au
\author{Original version - Eric S. Raymond\\
(Edited and expanded for 3.6 by Mike Stephenson and others)}
-\date{September 26, 2018}
+\date{October 14, 2018}
\maketitle
%.pg
Normally, if you have seen an object at a particular map location and
-move to another location which can't directly see that object any
+move to another location where you can't directly see that object any
more, if will continue to be displayed on your map.
That remains the case even if it is not actually there any more--
perhaps a monster has picked it up or it has rotted away--
until you can see or feel that location again.
One notable exception is that if the object gets covered by the
-``remembered, unseen monster'' marker and that marker is later removed
+``remembered, unseen monster'' marker.
+When that marker is later removed
after you've verified that no monster is there, you will forget that
there was any object there regardless of whether the unseen monster
actually took the object.
top item of the pile is displayed.
The
{\it hilite\verb+_+pile\/}
-option can be enabled in order to show an item differently when is
+option can be enabled in order to show an item differently when it is
the top one of a pile.
%.hn 1
%.lp
%.lp
\item[\ib{dark\verb+_+room}]
-Show out-of-sight areas of lit rooms (default off). Persistent.
+Show out-of-sight areas of lit rooms (default on). Persistent.
\item[\ib{disclose}]
Controls what information the program reveals when the game ends.
Value is a space separated list of prompting/category pairs