Inscribing

[CivBesch]

Using the in-game help (?), I managed to inscribe an object with @T - which is not that easy, using my French 'AZERTY' keyboard.

But now I cannot find which command to use to call it up.

Can anyone help.

[Pete Mack]

'}' to inscribe, or just use the inventory interface. I'm not sure what @T does. More usually, @m1 for book one, or @z1;!! for a wand.

[CivBesch]

I put that same '@T' on a shovel and on my weapon to be able to swap them using 'w' (wield) and then @T, but something doesn't work

[PowerWyrm]

I put that same '@T' on a shovel and on my weapon to be able to swap them using 'w' (wield) and then @T, but something doesn't work

I think swap is @x not @T.

[CivBesch]

Well, should I then change the inscriptions with @x and when wanting to change the weapon for the shovel and vice-versa, just type 'w@x'?

[kaypy]

The "weapon swap" is just a macro that types "w0".

So if you have an item inscribed @w0 in your inventory, then it will be wielded when you press x. (Unless you remap x to something else entirely...)
If equipping that item removes another item that is also inscribed @w0, then hitting x will wield that new item in turn, thus removing the first item again, and bringing the situation back to the starting point.

[Mondkalb]

Here is a very brief description of some common inscriptions:

http://www.thangorodrim.net/help/inscriptions.html

The swap thingy has already been mentioned.
You could also inscribe your main weapon with @w1 and your secondary weapon (e. g. a digger or such) with @w2 and then with typing w1 your character would wield weapon 1, with w2 they would wield weapon 2.

[Pete Mack]

There's also an inscription to prevent attacks. I think it's !-, but I'm not positive. Whatever it is, it's a good idea to append it to @w0 on your shovel. I also like to inscribe teleport scrolls and staffs, (also *destruction* and the like)with !*, which prevents accidental use.

[CivBesch]

I like these safety strokes. Thank you for the help.

I can now swap items with w0. Works fine.

In the above link there is another very useful inscription when using the shovel:
@w0^;^.
which prevents moving or running when it is wielded.

Only I do not succeed in reproducing the '^' in angband. That is, working on MacBook with both French and US keyboards

[Pete Mack]

Try using '!' instead.

[CivBesch]

I now inscribed with
@w0!;!.
but nothing happens.

this is the original comment in thangorodrim:

@w0^;^.
Use this as item 0 when weilding. Ask for confirmation before walking ( or running (.) with this item equipped. This is probably your shovel or pick. (The game attaches the command w0 to the 'X' key by default, so you can swap between your shovel and weapon by inscribing both with @w0.)

[kaypy]

Dug through the code a bit. ! is only for actions where you select the item. ^ is used for checking any equipped item. The original version works when I test it.

[CivBesch]

Which brings me back to my original questoon about how to produce the’^ Sign inang and

[kandrc]

Which brings me back to my original questoon about how to produce the’^ Sign inang and

Run Angband in curses mode, then cut-and-paste the symbol from here in the forums.

[kaypy]

Hmm. OK this is going to be "fun"

First you need to dump a copy of your keymaps from the =k menu

Find that (text) file, and edit it to add the following

keymap-act:\{0 @w0\^;\^.[Enter]
keymap-input:0:Z

This should be possible because you aren't in angband and have access to copypaste and stuff

Then, if you inscribe an object @{0, then the Z key will now cause @w0^;^. to be inscribed over it.

...

Or you could just be boring and use an onscreen keyboard or alt-094 or whatever.