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+<h1>Guide to YARRG</h1>
YARRG (Yet Another Revenue Research Gatherer) is a third-party tool
for helping find profitable trades and trade routes in Yohoho Puzzle
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<h2>Quick start for experts</h2>
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You will also probably at some point want to read the
-<a href="docs">Documentation</a> which covers some features of the
-website which you might not guess just from using it.
+<a href="docs">Documentation for Experts</a> which covers some
+features of the website which you might not guess just from using it.
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<h2>How to use the YARRG website</h2>
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-<b>For pirates wanting to sell or buy a specific comodity</b> prices for
+<b>For pirates wanting to sell or buy a specific commodity</b> prices for
commodity returns the best buy and sell prices for the selected
commodity at each island where trades are available. Type (or select
from a menu) the name of one commodity at a time. This is useful for
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-<b>For pirates wanting more details about comodity prices at specified
+<b>For pirates wanting more details about commodity prices at specified
locations.</b> Offers at location returns all the offers to buy and sell
wood at the selected location(s). Type (or select) a commodity and the
islands (or achipelagos) you are interested in. This is useful when
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-<b>For pirates just wanting to make some poe moving comodities about.</b> Find
+<b>For pirates just wanting to make some poe moving commodities about.</b> Find
Profitable Route finds you a profitable trading route: first select
either "open-ended" (which might take you anywhere) or "circular"
(which takes you back to where you started) then type (or select) your
You can't trade more than fits in your hold. If you don't say
anything YARRG assumes that you have infinite hold space (perhaps you
will go over the route many times). You can enter a ship-type, a mass
-or a volume; additionally you can subtract quantities of comodities
+or a volume; additionally you can subtract quantities of commodities
from a ship-type (for instance 'sloop - 10 grog' gives the capacity of
a sloop that has 10 grog already on board); click the ? by this field
to get a full description of permitted entries here.
YARRG will try to guess what you meant. If you pause for a moment then
beneath the text entry field you'll see what YARRG thinks you meant.
If it's got it correct you don't have to type any more of that
-comodity/island name: just go on to the next one.
+commodity/island name: just go on to the next one.
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Email Ian Jackson ijackson (at) chiark.greenend.org.uk. Or talk to
any Fleet Officer or above of the crew Special Circumstances on the
Midnight Ocean.
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