4 Usage: alias [word [string]]
6 Sets up a command alias so that "word" is equivalent to typing "string". If
7 "string" is omitted then the current value of "word" is displayed. If both
8 parameters are omitted, then all of your aliases are displayed.
10 "alias" -- lists all of your aliases
11 "alias word" -- gives your alias for "word"
12 "alias word string" -- creates/updates an alias for you so that typing
13 "word" is equivalent to typing "string"
15 Use the "unalias" command to remove an alias.
20 Here are some sample aliases that may be useful to you. They are listed
21 here in order to give you some idea of what is possible. Get ideas from other
27 idle set busy is busy. Please 'message' to contact him.
29 mood1 set formula f2 & f4
33 ty say Thank you for the game.
34 w4 match @ 10 10 0 0 wild 4
40 There are many system aliases that everyone has by default; you do not need
41 to set them up, they are already there. Here is the list:
49 goto goboard + addlist
70 Other system aliases are added from time to time. The help files for the
71 different commands will have the most updated information.
75 Becareful to avoid using an alias that can also stand for another command on
76 the server. For example, "fg" could be a chess move (for f-pawn X g-pawn), so
77 don't have "fg" be an alias. For similar reasons, don't use "t" as an alias
78 since it is already assigned as an alias for "tell". For example, avoid using
79 "hi" to mean not "history" but something else, like "tell @ Hello there. How
80 are you?" If you later "unalias" your "hi" alias, the "hi" system alias for
81 "history" may not come back automatically.
85 (1) Aliases can use the "@" wildcard symbol and thus save you a lot of
86 typing for routine statements or requests. For example, using the "mb" alias,
87 you would type "mb Shane" and have the same request sent as if you had typed
90 (2) Aliases are not transitive. This sequence of commands ...
95 ... will NOT result in "foo" being equivalent to "baz".
97 (3) Because of #3, use the full spelling of a command, not an abbreviation,
98 when creating an alias. This procedure also ensures that the alias will work
101 (4) You may not create an alias for the quit command.
104 See Also: unalias [and the various commands themselves, of course]
106 [Last modified: December 17, 1995 -- Friar]