From edee769d37e0657dbdca832a1b5f4fe0987d1b2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "nethack.allison" <nethack.allison>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:04:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] tombstone engraving with fingers <email deleted> wrote: >
 comments: When I try to write in the dust, with my finger, on a > tombstone,
 it works the first time, but after that I'm getting a > message that I can
 not erase what's written here.  Is that an > intentional way of preventing us
 gaining a bunch of levels fighting

5 days, no objections to proposed code change.
---
 src/engrave.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/engrave.c b/src/engrave.c
index b4bc4c4c9..a72b327fd 100644
--- a/src/engrave.c
+++ b/src/engrave.c
@@ -530,7 +530,11 @@ doengrave()
 		return(0);
 	}
 	if (IS_GRAVE(levl[u.ux][u.uy].typ)) {
-	    if (!levl[u.ux][u.uy].disturbed) {
+	    if (otmp == &zeroobj) { /* using only finger */
+		You("would only make a small smudge on the %s.",
+			surface(u.ux, u.uy));
+		return(0);
+	    } else if (!levl[u.ux][u.uy].disturbed) {
 		You("disturb the undead!");
 		levl[u.ux][u.uy].disturbed = 1;
 		(void) makemon(&mons[PM_GHOUL], u.ux, u.uy, NO_MM_FLAGS);
-- 
2.40.0