---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "Basics" Tutorial As mentioned in the "Introduction" tutorial, all commands start with a period (.) This tutorial will show you the basic and most common commands used in the talker and how to use them. The <>'s represent a variable, do not type these literally. To get advanced help on a command, type ".h " For example, ".h who" To talk to other players in the room: OR .say Example: hi, i'm joe To do an emote/action to the room: .emote OR ; Example: ;jumps on you To see what commands you have: .help To see who is logged onto the talker: .who To send a private message to someone: .tell Example: .tell susan Hi To send a private emote/action to someone: .semote Example: .semote susan hugs you To shout a message to all users in all rooms: .shout To look at the current room and its exits, users, and description: .look To move to another room: .go Example: .go hayloft To read your talker mail: .rmail To send talker mail to someone: .smail To read the current room's message board: .read To write to the current room's message board: .write To examine another user's information: .examine ----------------------------------------------------------------------------