- 'play': 'This mode allows you to interact with the map.',
- 'study': 'This mode allows you to study the map and its tiles in detail. Move the question mark over a tile, and the right half of the screen will show detailed information on it.',
- 'edit': 'This mode allows you to change the map tile you currently stand on (if your map editing password authorizes you so). Just enter any printable ASCII character to imprint it on the ground below you.',
- 'control_pw_type': 'This mode is the first of two steps to change the password for a tile control character. First enter the tile control character for which you want to change the password!',
- 'control_pw_pw': 'This mode is the second of two steps to change the password for a tile control character. Enter the new password for the tile control character you chose.',
- 'annotate': 'This mode allows you to add/edit a comment on the tile you are currently standing on (provided your map editing password authorizes you so). Hit Return to leave.',
- 'portal': 'This mode allows you to imprint/edit/remove a teleportation target on the ground you are currently standing on (provided your map editing password authorizes you so). Enter or edit a URL to imprint a teleportation target; enter emptiness to remove a pre-existing teleportation target. Hit Return to leave.',
- 'chat': 'This mode allows you to engage in chit-chat with other users. Any line you enter into the input prompt that does not start with a "/" will be sent out to nearby players – but barriers and distance will reduce what they can read, so stand close to them to ensure they get your message. Lines that start with a "/" are used for commands like:',
- 'login': 'Pick your player name.',
- 'waiting_for_server': 'Waiting for a server response.',
- 'post_login_wait': 'Waiting for a server response.',
- 'password': 'This mode allows you to change the password that you send to authorize yourself for editing password-protected map tiles. Hit return to confirm and leave.',
- 'admin': 'This mode allows you to become admin if you know an admin password.'
+ 'play': {
+ 'short': 'play',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you to interact with the map in various ways.'
+ },
+ 'study': {
+ 'short': 'study',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you to study the map and its tiles in detail. Move the question mark over a tile, and the right half of the screen will show detailed information on it. Toggle the map view to show or hide different information layers.'},
+ 'edit': {
+ 'short': 'map edit',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you to change the map in various ways. Individual map tiles can be protected by "protection characters", which you can see by toggling into the protections map view. You can edit a tile if you set the map edit password that matches its protection character. The character "." marks the absence of protection: Such tiles can always be edited.'
+ },
+ 'write': {
+ 'short': 'change terrain',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you to change the map tile you currently stand on (if your map editing password authorizes you so). Just enter any printable ASCII character to imprint it on the ground below you.'
+ },
+ 'control_pw_type': {
+ 'short': 'change protection character password',
+ 'long': 'This mode is the first of two steps to change the password for a tile protection character. First enter the tile protection character for which you want to change the password.'
+ },
+ 'control_pw_pw': {
+ 'short': 'change protection character password',
+ 'long': 'This mode is the second of two steps to change the password for a tile protection character. Enter the new password for the tile protection character you chose.'
+ },
+ 'control_tile_type': {
+ 'short': 'change tiles protection',
+ 'long': 'This mode is the first of two steps to change tile protection areas on the map. First enter the tile tile protection character you want to write.'
+ },
+ 'control_tile_draw': {
+ 'short': 'change tiles protection',
+ 'long': 'This mode is the second of two steps to change tile protection areas on the map. Toggle tile protection drawing on/off and move the ?? cursor around the map to draw the selected tile protection character.'
+ },
+ 'annotate': {
+ 'short': 'annotate tile',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you to add/edit a comment on the tile you are currently standing on (provided your map editing password authorizes you so). Hit Return to leave.'
+ },
+ 'portal': {
+ 'short': 'edit portal',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you to imprint/edit/remove a teleportation target on the ground you are currently standing on (provided your map editing password authorizes you so). Enter or edit a URL to imprint a teleportation target; enter emptiness to remove a pre-existing teleportation target. Hit Return to leave.'
+ },
+ 'chat': {
+ 'short': 'chat',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you to engage in chit-chat with other users. Any line you enter into the input prompt that does not start with a "/" will be sent out to nearby players – but barriers and distance will reduce what they can read, so stand close to them to ensure they get your message. Lines that start with a "/" are used for commands like:'
+ },
+ 'login': {
+ 'short': 'login',
+ 'long': 'Enter your player name.'
+ },
+ 'waiting_for_server': {
+ 'short': 'waiting for server response',
+ 'long': 'Waiting for a server response.'
+ },
+ 'post_login_wait': {
+ 'short': 'waiting for server response',
+ 'long': 'Waiting for a server response.'
+ },
+ 'password': {
+ 'short': 'set map edit password',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you to change the password that you send to authorize yourself for editing password-protected map tiles. Hit return to confirm and leave.'
+ },
+ 'admin_enter': {
+ 'short': 'become admin',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you to become admin if you know an admin password.'
+ },
+ 'admin': {
+ 'short': 'admin',
+ 'long': 'This mode allows you access to actions limited to administrators.'
+ }