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[ypp-sc-tools.web-live.git] / yoweb-scrape.txt

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@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ I know of one key defect:
    the proper mixed-case form automatically.  <ship>, if it is not
    provided, will be assumed to be the one you're on (so officers
    shouldn't send these runes unless only one ship is out).  If <ship>
-   is supplied it may be the full ship name, or only the second word.
+   is supplied it may match the full ship name, or only the second
+   word.  You can put `*'s in <ship> which will match anything.
 
    For example:
          /a haddock: aiah
         /d aiah
         /a smart sunfish: copperkatie
+        /a s* sunfish: anaplian
    These are actually sent by typing in the chat box things like:
          /o /d plonker
          /off /a hypiscles
@@ -67,6 +69,16 @@ I know of one key defect:
    where the game reports this in the log, which doesn't seem to be
    all the time), and from many of the other messages that occur.
 
+   Matching for ship patterns in /a and /d commands picks the first
+   of the following which applies and is not contradicted by any
+   name or partial name specified in the command:
+      - The ship we think the person telling us is on board
+      - The ship we think we are on board
+      - Any other ship we know about, if at least a something was
+         specified, and provided that is not ambiguous
+      - The specific ship name if it is completely specified,
+         possibly recording this as a new ship
+
 Other things to mention:
 
  * There's nothing really resembling a manual.