A hash command is a built in mud client command that can be run as a command without Lua. They typically allow you to enter a command to interact with the environment. This might be to send an operating system toast message, flash the window background, writing to a text file, echo to the terminal or change/interact with the UI in some way.
Many hash commands support switches like they were built for use in an operating system command prompt. E.g.
#group-enable Leveling
#group-disable Leveling
#echo -c Cyan -r Your chaining yourself bro. Abort Abort.
#append-to-file -f "C:\Temp\Toasts.txt" -n -t "%1"
Hash commands that have switches/parameters can all have the --help switch used to get example usage and what they support.
#echo --help
#echo: Echos the text to the terminal in the specified color.
-c, --color The name of the supported color the echo should rendered as.
-r, --reverse Whether or not to reverse the colors. Only works when a
valid color is specified.
--help Display this help screen.
value pos. 0 The text to echo to the terminal window.
Hash commands that reside in the main project will be general purpose. Plugins though may implement very specific hash commands that are tailored for a given mud. As an example, The example dsl-mud.org plugin DLL contains one called "#scan-all" which will scan in all the directions available in a given room (if only north and south are avaiable, it will only scan north and south).
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| #alias | Executes an alias with the option to delay sending it to the game by a specified amount. |
| #append-to-file | Appends text to a specified file. |
| #beep | Makes a beep sound with one of a set of OS specified beeps. |
| #clear | Clears the terminal window or any of the specified panels that contain text. |
| #compass | Shows a compass window and allows for setting the direction of the needle. |
| #cmd-list | Lists all of the available hash commands. |
| #dir | Shells the quick directions window. |
| #disable | Global disables of all triggers or all aliases. |
| #echo | Echos text to the terminal. Supports ANSI colors in Lopes style format. e.g. {R = Red |
| #echo-event | Echos and event the default or any specified terminal. |
| #enable | Global enable or aliases or triggers. |
| #end | Exits the application |
| #flash | Flashes the mud window on the taskbar |
| #gc | Memory garbage collection (use with caution) |
| #get | Gets a global variable value |
| #group-disable | Disables an entire group of aliases and triggers |
| #group-enable | Enables an entire group of aliases and triggers |
| #is-connected | Whether the client has an active TCP/IP connection open. |
| #line-count | Shows the number of lines in the terminal window |
| #lua | Executes Lua asynchronously. |
| #lua-debug | Provides debugging information about the current Lua environment. |
| #macro | Will execute a macro. |
| #pulse | Pulses the input text box a color like a heart beat. |
| #recent-triggers | Will show you the recent triggers that have fired and the date/time they fired on. |
| #repeat | Will repeat a command 'n' number of times. @counter and @index can be used to send the iteration you're on to the command executed. |
| #replace | Replaces all occurances of specified text in a terminal with another piece of text. This can be a long operation if the terminal window has a large portion of data. Consider #replace-first and #replace-last where possible. |
| #replace-first | Replaces the first occurance of specified text in a terminal with another piece of text. |
| #replace-last | Replaces the last occurance of specified text in a terminal with another piece of text. |
| #save | Saves your profile. |
| #scrape | Turns screen scraping on or off. |
| #scroll-to-end | Scrolls the terminal buffer to the last line. |
| #set | Sets a global variable. |
| #set-title | Sets the title of the window to something other than 'Avalon Mud Client'. |
| #shell | Shells and OS program or command. |
| #shell-url | Shells an http or https URl. |
| #task-add | Adds a command to to be executed in a specified amount of time. This is a single usage timer/scheduler. |
| #task-clear | Clears all pending tasks. |
| #task-list | Echos out all pending tasks. |
| #toast | Shows an operating system toast message. |
| #toast-alarm | Shows an operating system toast message in alarm format meaning it will stay around longer. |
| #trigger | Allows for a single trigger to be manipulated (enabled, disabled, etc.) |
| #update-info-bar | Updates the info bar with the current values of it's underlaying model. |
| #version | Echos the version of the Avalon Mud Client |
| #walk | Fast walks a given path |
| #var | Allows for the manipulation of variables. |
| #window | Allows the caller to set the main windows height/width, left/right, title, center the window on the screen or echo window information. The caller may also create new terminal windows with this command that can be written to. |
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| #edit | Edits an existing mob prog in the custom mob prog editor. The editor has intellisense for code completion and documentation for what each command does. Syntax:#edit mp <vnum> |
| #dsl-version | Echos the version of the DSL plugin. |
| #online | Retrieves who is playing the game as per the dsl-mud.org web-site. |
| #con-card | Checks on the status of a submitted con card. |
| #scan-all | Scans in the directions that are available from the current room. |
| #wiki | Starts a browser and runs a search on the DSL Wiki. |
| #remove-affect | Removes an affect by name from the current affects list. |
| #partial-affect | Adds or updates an affect whose duration or modifiers aren't known. |
| #open-all | Attempts to open doors in all directions. |