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From: tower@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 20:03:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 22 20:03:00 1985
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***** inmet:net.games.hack / tower /  7:42 am  Apr 12, 1985
> ***** inmet:net.games.hack / mcvax!play /  8:39 pm  Mar 27, 1985
> >2)	Some way to pick up stuff in the middle of a pile.  I find it
> >	a useless waste of time to have to unstack the neat piles
> >	of stuff a ghost leaves in order to get at something in the
> >	middle of the pile.
> 
> Give a detailed suggestion for the command syntax. If I like it, it'll
> be in version 1.0.3 (this fall). Probably a simple extension of the ':'
> command would do.
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Possible Command Syntax:

Add a command G (for Grab) that works the same way as the D (Drop)
command does.  You ask for object classes or " ", u, or a, and you are
iteratively asked (ynaq) about each object in the pile under your feet.
Adding an I command to display a list of the objects under your feet
would be helpful.  If this list was lettered, a g (for grab) command
similar to the d command would also be useful.

Orthogonal command sets are nice!	;-}

I would leave the default action, when moving onto a square, picking up
all possible objects.

It might be nice to add an r (for recent) option to the D (and proposed
G) commands that would Drop (or Grab) the objects picked up (or dropped)
in the last Grab (or Drop) move.  This would make recovering from the
default action easy, and would also aid in re-dropping items when its
time to eat a just-killed monster.

BTW, should a multiple drop or grab take more time than a single move?
Should it be 1 move or a fraction of a move for each object?
Interesting trade off between realism and playing convenience.

Yours,
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