From: nethack.allison <nethack.allison>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 02:58:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: bits
X-Git-Tag: MOVE2GIT~1537
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b7a2c2624812ff3d3c0f3d05b21e8ad76d567cea;p=nethack

bits
- update an existing fixes34.3 to reflect a recent autopickup_exception change.

-  beta tester complaint about the Guidebook.
---

diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.mn b/doc/Guidebook.mn
index cd0eba6d0..9f6548896 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.mn
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.mn
@@ -2346,7 +2346,15 @@ option should be followed by a string of 1-80 characters to be used as a
 pattern to match against the singular form of the description of an 
 object at your location.
 .pg
-Some characters are treated specially if they occur as the first 
+You may use the following special characters in a pattern:
+.sd
+.si
+  *--- matches 0 or more characters.
+  ?--- matches any single character.
+.ei
+.ed
+.pg
+In addition, some characters are treated specially if they occur as the first 
 character in the string pattern, specifically:
 .sd
 .si
diff --git a/doc/Guidebook.tex b/doc/Guidebook.tex
index bb55705ad..a4a934cf1 100644
--- a/doc/Guidebook.tex
+++ b/doc/Guidebook.tex
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 \begin{document}
 %
 % input file: guidebook.mn
-% $Revision: 1.81 $ $Date: 2003/12/02 04:59:02 $
+% $Revision: 1.82 $ $Date: 2003/12/02 15:08:59 $
 %
 %.ds h0 "
 %.ds h1 %.ds h2 \%
@@ -2886,8 +2886,16 @@ The {\it autopickup\_exception\/} option should be followed by a string of 1--80
 characters to be used as a pattern to match against the singular form
 of the description of an object at your location.
 
-Some characters are treated specially if they occur as the first 
-character in the string pattern, specifically:
+%.pg
+You may use the following special characters in a pattern:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+    *--- matches 0 or more characters.
+    ?--- matches any single character.
+\end{verbatim}
+
+In addition, some characters are treated specially if they occur as the first 
+character in the specified string pattern, specifically:
 
 %.sd
 %.si
diff --git a/doc/fixes34.3 b/doc/fixes34.3
index c03f60bbf..6ceb3dea0 100644
--- a/doc/fixes34.3
+++ b/doc/fixes34.3
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ bones file compatibility info is now written into the dat/options file
 extend autodig to work downwards via '>'
 make attribute that is used to distinguish headings in a menu configurable
 add experimental build option AUTOPICKUP_EXCEPTIONS for filtering pickup of
-	items by pattern matching against their xname() description
+	items by pattern matching against their doname() description
 include version number in paniclog entries
 add a section on "shops and shopping" to the Guidebook