Author: jtn
Date: Mon Jul 11 21:14:43 2016
New Revision: 33222
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/freeciv?rev=33222&view=rev
Log:
Better documentation of special notation in chat messages.
See gna bug #24841.
Modified:
trunk/data/helpdata.txt
Modified: trunk/data/helpdata.txt
URL:
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/freeciv/trunk/data/helpdata.txt?rev=33222&r1=33221&r2=33222&view=diff
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--- trunk/data/helpdata.txt (original)
+++ trunk/data/helpdata.txt Mon Jul 11 21:14:43 2016
@@ -1809,22 +1809,27 @@
[help_chatline]
name = _("Chatline")
text = _("\
-The client has a primitive chat interface. The lines you type \
-are sent to all players, except:\
+The client has a primitive chat interface. The lines you type are \
+sent to all players, or only to your allies if the client is configured \
+for that, except:\
"), _("\
- Messages starting with '/' are interpreted as server commands \
and executed, if you have the required access level.\
"), _("\
- Messages starting with 'John:' are private messages to 'John'. \
-Names can be abbreviated. The server looks for players named 'John' \
-and if that fails tries to match a username beginning with 'John' (like \
-'Johnathan').\
+Names can be abbreviated, or surrounded with double-quotes if they \
+have spaces. The server looks for players named 'John' and if that \
+fails tries to match a username beginning with 'John' (like 'Johnathan').\
"), _("\
- Messages starting with 'John::' are private messages as above, but \
-will match only users (not players) named 'John'. 'Johnathan' will \
-still match.\
-"), _("\
- - Messages starting with '.' will be sent only to all your allies.\
+will match only users (not players) named 'John'. A user name 'Johnathan' \
+will still be matched.\
+"), _("\
+ - Messages starting with ':' will be sent to everyone (even if your \
+client is configured to send only to allies by default).\
+"), _("\
+ - Messages starting with '.' will be sent only to all your allies (or, \
+if you're a global observer, only to other global observers).\
"), _("\
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