Shadowlands Forum Commands

Click on a command to jump to a detailed description of it.

Conventions: On these command description pages, we always prefix a command with the ! character (for example, !here) because that's what you normally type to run the command. If you've changed your command character to something else, pretend our examples use that instead of !.

Also, in some "screenshots" here, you'll see a command line followed by its output, such as

    jeremy> !showaway
     FORUM: The following people are away:
      AWAY:    matted: out of town for the day

When you actually run commands in Shadowlands Forum, the command line is erased before running the command.

We also show the syntax of commands in the format !beep <user>. The angle brackets '<' and '>' are to remind you to type a username in there, instead of the word 'user'. Don't type the angle brackets when you use the commands. Similarly. optional parameters are shown surrounded by square brackets '[' and ']', such as !timer <time-or-minutes> [public] ; again, don't type the square brackets here, just the word "public" if you choose to use it, or nothing if you choose not to.

Currently Available Commands and Their Uses
(This may look a bit different on your system, if topics are disabled.)

   Not Being Here:  !away   !exit   !quit    !lock
   Who _Is_ Here?:  !who    !here   !users   !showaway
   Checking Stuff:  !time   !date   !msgchk  !topic     !comment   !prevtopic
   Whispering:      !to     !also   !beep    !!         !printwho  !ban
   Strangers:       !kick   !accept
   Utility:         !clear  !set    !ignore  !unignore  !listen    !timer !roll

Not Being Here

!away

allows you to become away and set an away message

!exit

Disconnects you from Shadowlands Forum

!quit, !bye (or ctrl-D ctrl-D)

same as !exit

!lock

gives a read-only view of Forum

Who _Is_ Here?

!who

Shows all people currently connected to the Forum

!here

Shows everyone who's not idle, or idle less than a predetermined amount of time (default is 15 minutes; this is a preference you can individually set for yourself.)

!users

Shows who's connected, who's idle, and shows away messages for those who are !away

!showaway

Shows the away messages for those who are !away

Checking Stuff

!time, !date

displays the current date and time

!msgchk

checks your email on the system running Shadowlands Forum, if you have a shell account there.

!topic

Can either set a topic or check on past ones. This may not be enabled.

!comment

Sets your comment on the current topic.

!prevtopic

Lists the past few topics.

Whispering

!to

Will send a private message to someone

!also

Will send message to someone in addition to others you are sending private messages to -- great for talking with multiple people but not everyone in the Forum

!beep

Will give someone a beep on their computer

!!

Allows you to start a line of public chat while whispering. If you change the command character, to / for example, you'd use // instead of !! to do this.

!printwho

When you're using !to and !also to whisper to multiple people, this command reminds you who you're talking to.

!ban

Prevent certain users from whispering to you

Strangers

!accept

Permits a waiting guest entry into the Forum. (They can't get in by themselves; they must be let in.)

!kick

Disconnects a guest from the room

Utility

!timer, !alarm

Have Forum remind you of something at a certain time, or in a certain number of minutes.

!set

Allows you to change settings which are individual to each user and saved to disk.

!clear (or ctrl-L)

Clears the screen

!ignore

Allows you to ignore talking in the main room, beeps, guests, spams or dice rolls, in any combination; see ignore options below. Type !ignore by itself to see the current settings, and !ignore ? for available options.

!unignore

Erases any or all ignore flags set

!listen

Sets words to listen for and show you, if you are ignoring public banter.

!roll

Rolls imaginary random dice.

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