Command reference

Description

Builder · builder

Command words: desc, description
Permission: Admin

This command is used to create and edit Entity Description Patterns, which are template descriptions for characters, usually written in a special markup language that respects their characteristic values, covering items, missing bodyparts etc.

You can use the following options with this command:

description list [<filters>] - lists all of the descriptions
description edit <which> - begins editing a description
description edit new sdesc|fdesc <prog> [<pattern>] - creates a new description
description clone <old> <new name> <new abbrev> - clones a description to a new description
description close - stops editing a description
description show <which> - views information about a description
description show - views information about your currently editing description
description set type - toggles this being a short description or full description pattern
description set prog <prog> - sets the prog which controls if this pattern is valid for a character
description set pattern <text> - sets the pattern text
description set pattern - drops you into an editor with extended markup help info to enter the new pattern
description set weight <#> - sets the relative weight for randomly selected descriptions

You can also use the following filters on the list subcommand:

+<keyword> - only include descs with this keyword in the pattern somewhere
-<keyword> - only include descs without this keyword in the pattern somewhere
sdesc - only show short descriptions
fdesc - only show full descriptions
<keyword> - only include descs whose prog includes the keyword in the function name

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