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- From: ianb@netcom.com (Ian Barkley)
- Subject: Re: - in name??
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.200625.10031@netcom.com>
- Organization: The Order of Ancient Mysteries
- References: <1992Nov18.005122.1408@netcom.com> <1992Nov18.202346.13104@netcom.com> <1992Nov19.153458.13763@bmers95.bnr.ca>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:06:25 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- In article <1992Nov19.153458.13763@bmers95.bnr.ca> snelling@bnr.ca (Peter Snelling) writes:
- >>In article <1992Nov18.005122.1408@netcom.com> ianb@netcom.com (Ian Barkley) writes:
- >>>During a recent game, my character Sermil 'became a new man'. When asked for
- >>>a new name, I didn't have any wonderful ideas, so I typed 'Sermil-ish', and
- >>>then later saved. Now, how do I get back into the game?
- [...]
- >It's actually really simple. Nethack interprets the character
- >following the final '-' as your class. So, if you were a wizard,
- >"nethack -u Sermil-ish-w" would work.
- >
- >>>Thanks,
- >>>-Ian
- >>>P.S. please respond by e-mail, as I don't read this group.
- >
- >Don't have e-mail. Maybe some kind soul will pass this on to you.
- >
- >--
- >Peter Snelling
-
-
- AH! Yes, that DOES work. How beautifully simple.
-
- Thank you,
- -Ian
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