Improve pick-up listing messages.

diff --git a/rogue_chat.html b/rogue_chat.html
index 0df4e6ceba8aff655a58dda546ecf4b5be3b0713..3d17c5a32e172fc8917d3e150827b8bcccec5e37 100644 (file)
--- 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 3a5950c477372c2cf44510bde9c6e8e6a0d4370b..c6954bfce2b8ba502e170968cc5ec953c7f0e75a 100755 (executable)
--- 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),