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@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ You can move around a player on an island and meet different enemies. You have 5
 hitpoints to lose before death. Enemies start with different amounts of
 hitpoints, depending on their species. Dead enemies become dirt, skeletons or
 "magic meat" -- such objects can be collected, and "magic meat" can be consumed
-to gain hitpoints. Note that different kinds of movements/actions take different
+to gain hitpoints (if allowed to lie on the ground for a while it may even
+multiply ...). Note that different kinds of movements/actions take different
 numbers of turns to finish.
 
 Enemies' AI is very dumb so far: Each turn, they try to move towards their
-shortest-path-wise nearest enemy visible to them. If they see no enemy, they
-just wait.
+shortest-path-wise nearest enemy (any animate being of a different species)
+visible to them. If they see no enemy, they search for and consume "magic meat".
 
 Every move of yours re-writes a file "savefile" that describes the new state of
-the world. Once you re-start the game, the game state is recreated from the
-"savefile" file. To start over in a new world, simply delete this file.
+dthe world, if more than 15 seconds have passed since its last writing. Once you
+re-start the game, the game state is recreated from the "savefile" file. To
+start over in a new world, simply delete this file.
 
 System requirements / installation / running the game
 -----------------------------------------------------
@@ -44,18 +46,20 @@ the two by hand.
 Client's keybindings and window management
 ------------------------------------------
 
-In the client's default window configuration, the window appearing on the left
-sports a list of keybindings available globally, and additionally via the window
-selected as active.
-
-Hit "W" (per default keybindings) to switch the "active" window to a view that
-allows changing its geometry. One more hit on "W" switches the window to a view
-that allows changing its window-specific keybindings. The global keybindings can
-be changed in the "Global keys" window, those of the window geometry
-configuration in the "Window geometry keys" window, and those of the
-window-specific keybindings configuration in the "Window keybinding keys"
-window; by default, these three windows are not visible, but may be turned on by
-(per default keybindings) hitting the "F6", "F7" and "F8" keys.
+Multiple windows may fill the screen. One of these will be selected as "active"
+– identified by dollar signs enclosing its title. Active windows may come with
+window-specific keybindings. Furthermore, global keybindings are available no
+matter what window is selected.
+
+Hit "W" (per default global keybindings) to switch the active window to a view
+that allows changing its geometry. One more hit on "W" switches the window to a
+view that sports (and allows changing its) window-specific keybindings. (One
+further "W" will return the window to its default, "normal" view.) The global
+keybindings are visible (and can be changed) in the "Set global keys" window,
+those of the window geometry configuration in the "Set window geometry keys"
+window, and those of the window-specific keybindings configuration in the "Set
+window keybinding keys" window; by default, the latter two are not visible, but
+may be turned on by (per default keybindings) hitting the keys "F6" and "F7".
 
 Keybindings and default window selection / visibilities / geometries are read
 from the textfile ./confclient/interface_conf by default, or by another one
@@ -84,10 +88,9 @@ Hacking / server internals and configuration
 --------------------------------------------
 
 The game world is set up and made subject to player commands by
-./roguelike-server. It's controlled by commands explained in the file …
-The server usually reads these from the files ./server/in (written to by
-./roguelike-client), ./confserver/world, ./record and ./savefile. See the file
-./SERVER_COMMANDS for details.
+./roguelike-server. It's controlled by commands explained in the file
+./SERVER_COMMANDS. The server usually reads these from the files ./server/in
+(written to by ./roguelike-client), ./confserver/world, ./record and ./savefile.
 
 All source files are thoroughly documented to explain more details of
 plomrogue's internals. The ./roguelike-server executable can be run with a -v