From 118102d4306465cfc3215c142c8d13ecff033710 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Heller <c.heller@plomlompom.de>
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 23:59:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Improve pick-up listing messages.

---
 rogue_chat.html      | 4 ++--
 rogue_chat_curses.py | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rogue_chat.html b/rogue_chat.html
index 0df4e6c..3d17c5a 100644
--- a/rogue_chat.html
+++ b/rogue_chat.html
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ let mode_helps = {
     },
     'take_thing': {
         'short': 'take thing',
-        'intro': '',
+        'intro': 'Pick up a thing in reach by entering its index number.  Enter nothing to abort.',
         'long': 'You see a list of things which you could pick up.  Enter the target thing\'s index, or, to leave, nothing.'
     },
     'admin_thing_protect': {
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ let tui = {
     } else if (this.mode.is_single_char_entry) {
         this.show_help = true;
     } else if (this.mode.name == 'take_thing') {
-        this.log_msg("selectable things:");
+        this.log_msg("Things in reach for pick-up:");
         const player = game.things[game.player_id];
         const y = player.position[0]
         const x = player.position[1]
diff --git a/rogue_chat_curses.py b/rogue_chat_curses.py
index 3a5950c..c6954bf 100755
--- a/rogue_chat_curses.py
+++ b/rogue_chat_curses.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mode_helps = {
     },
     'take_thing': {
         'short': 'take thing',
-        'intro': '',
+        'intro': 'Pick up a thing in reach by entering its index number.  Enter nothing to abort.',
         'long': 'You see a list of things which you could pick up.  Enter the target thing\'s index, or, to leave, nothing.'
     },
     'admin_thing_protect': {
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ class TUI:
             else:
                 self.log_msg('@ enter username')
         elif self.mode.name == 'take_thing':
-            self.log_msg('selectable things:')
+            self.log_msg('Things in reach for pick-up:')
             player = self.game.get_thing(self.game.player_id)
             select_range = [player.position,
                             player.position + YX(0,-1),
-- 
2.30.2