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ALIAS, MACROS

This command allows you to define abbreviations for long commands frequently used, thus minimizing your typing.

Usage:

`alias`	list aliases
`alias <word>`	delete alias
`alias <word> <expansion>`	define alias
`alias please remove all of them`	(sic!) delete all aliases

You cannot define alias, or any of its abbreviations except a as an alias.

The character & (ampersand) acts as a placeholder for arguments to your alias. The rest of the line (after your alias) is inserted where & is found in the definition.

If <expansion> does not contain any &, any following words will be added to the end of the command. This does not happen for multi-command aliases (see below).

Backslash (\) acts as an escape character. Use it to suppress special handling of other characters (such as ampersand or semicolon). If your alias expansion should contain a backslash, you have to double it.

Note that your client may treat backslash specially, so you may have to escape it somehow.

Multi-command aliases

An alias can expand into several commands by separating them with semicolons (;).

An empty command in the expansion will not cancel any delayed action.

Note that your client may treat semicolon specially, so you may have to escape it somehow.

Keyword aliases

If <word> starts with % (percent) it is a "keyword alias" which will be expanded whenever a keyword lookup is done to find a character, object, or door.

Some words cannot be used as keyword aliases: words that the look command treats specially (at, around, north, east, …) and some prepositions like in, from, and with.

To inhibit keyword alias expansion, you prepend the word in a command with %.

Examples

> `alias dw drink water`
> `dw`	drink water
> `alias ko kill &orc`
> `ko 2.`	kill 2.orc
> `alias rb ride behind`
> `rb gandalf`	ride behind gandalf
> `alias tar alias %target &`
> `alias b backstab &target`
> `tar orc`	alias %target orc
> `b`	backstab orc
> `b 2.`	backstab 2.orc
> `alias %sword longsword`
> `wield sword`	wield longsword
> `wield %sword`	wield sword
> `alias maze e;u;s;w;s`
> `maze`	move east, up, south, west, and south

See help account for how the account import command can import aliases from other characters in your account.