keymaps for everyone !!

[Sky]

so, after playing agband non stop for uh .. how long has it been ? six years nearly, i just discovered a feature.

If you create a PRF file (which you can do simply by creating a new character and then create a keymap), and you name that file - or character - MAGE, RANGER, etc, then any new character, regardless of name, or race, or class, will use the appropriate PRF file as a default.

Example; i create a Dwarf Mage and call him "MAGE". I create a keymap file for him.

At any point that i create a new mage character, regardless of its name, or of it being a dwarf or not, it will automatically load the MAGE keymaps.
You can override this by creating a PRF / keymap file with the character's name.

[smbhax]

According to the documentation, you can also use [race].prf. : )

https://angband.readthedocs.io/en/latest/customize.html#how-do-they-get-loaded

[Pete Mack]

You dont have to create a character-- in fact it it is better igmf you dont. Instead, set up the basic preferences for the class in a new character, and save to <class>.prf
That way none of the character-specific bindings are saved.

[m0stlym0nk]

Is any of this in the in-game manual?

Also, the text you see as you interact with key binding and saving could benefit from a callout on the general topic.

[Sky]

Is any of this in the in-game manual?

"lol"
of course not.

[Nick]

Is any of this in the in-game manual?

The in-game help (from '?') is now really just a list of commands. The comprehensive manual is now online here, with the bit about pref file use here.

[Sky]

The in-game help (from '?') is now really just a list of commands. The comprehensive manual is now online here, with the bit about pref file use here.

does this: Inscribing an item with ‘=g’:
work in 4.1.3 ?

Or, rather, rephrasing the question, why does this not work in 4.1.3?
i'm trying =g2 on my spellbooks but it still picks them up past the number.

[backwardsEric]

does this: Inscribing an item with ‘=g’:
work in 4.1.3 ?

Or, rather, rephrasing the question, why does this not work in 4.1.3?
i'm trying =g2 on my spellbooks but it still picks them up past the number.

The feature to include a number after =g and limit the number that'll be kept in the pack was added in 4.2.1 and isn't available in 4.1.3: there =g2 will be treated the same as =g.