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		+	== Lua ==
		+	Mudlet uses [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lua?useskin=vector Lua 5.1] as the scripting language.
		+
	==Command Line==		==Command Line==

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 Mudlets command line is especially designed for playing MUD and MUSH games. It aims at reducing the amount of typing by using autocompletion and tab completion schemes that are optimized for typical game playing situations. The command line offers tab completion (TAB key with or without shift) and autocompletion (cursor up and cursor down keys).
-'''Tab completion''' searches the last 100 lines in the game output buffer for words matching the word that you are currently typing. This is useful if you have to type complicated long names. You only have to type the first letters and then press the tab key until the proposal is what you want.
+''Tab completion'' searches the last 100 lines in the game output buffer for words matching the word that you are currently typing. This is useful if you have to type complicated long names. You only have to type the first letters and then press the tab key until the proposal is what you want.
-'''Autocompletion''' tries to match your current typing with your command history. Example: If you typed the same command a while ago, you only have to start typing the first couple of letters and then press the cursor up key until the proposal matches the command that you want to use.
+''Autocompletion'' tries to match your current typing with your command history. Example: If you typed the same command a while ago, you only have to start typing the first couple of letters and then press the cursor up key until the proposal matches the command that you want to use.
-'''Command history''' - if you haven’t started to type anything yet, you can browse through your command history with the cursor up and cursor down keys. However, if you have started typing pressing cursor up will result in a shot at autocompletion.
+''Command history'' - if you haven’t started to type anything yet, you can browse through your command history with the cursor up and cursor down keys. However, if you have started typing pressing cursor up will result in a shot at autocompletion.
-'''Escape key''' - to get out of autocompletion you can press the ESC key any time. After pressing ESC the entire text gets selected and you can overwrite it or get back into command history mode.
+''Escape key'' - to get out of autocompletion you can press the ESC key any time. After pressing ESC the entire text gets selected and you can overwrite it or get back into command history mode.
 === Command-line Shortcuts ===

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 ==Logging Output to text or HTML Log Files==
-Press on the little button with the blue folder with the green arrow icon on the lower right side of the command line to turn on plain text logging. Click again to stop logging. This will inform you about the file name and path of the log file. If you want to log in color you can choose to log to files in HTML format, but note that due to the nature of HTML, these log files tend to get very large quickly.  This, along with other options, can be set in the '''Preferences''' window (Alt+P).
+Press on the little button with the blue folder with the green arrow icon on the lower right side of the command line to turn on plain text logging. Click again to stop logging.
 Log files can be found at the Mudlet home directory in your profile directory. To get the path to your Mudlet home directory you can type on the command line:

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-==Multi Session Gaming==
+==Command Line==
 Mudlets command line is especially designed for playing MUD and MUSH games. It aims at reducing the amount of typing by using autocompletion and tab completion schemes that are optimized for typical game playing situations. The command line offers tab completion (TAB key with or without shift) and autocompletion (cursor up and cursor down keys).
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 </syntaxhighlight>
 Log files are stored in "<mudletHomeDir>/logs". Each profile has its own <mudletHomeDir> path. Log files have a similar naming convention to the autosaved profiles: date#time.txt or date#time.html
 [[Category:Mudlet Manual]]

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 ==Logging Output to text or HTML Log Files==
-Press on the little button with the blue folder with the green arrow icon on the lower right side of the command line to turn on plain text logging. Click again to stop logging. This will inform you about the file name and path of the log file. If you want to log in color you can chose to log to files in html format, but note that due to the nature of HTML, these log files tend to get very large quickly.
+Press on the little button with the blue folder with the green arrow icon on the lower right side of the command line to turn on plain text logging. Click again to stop logging. This will inform you about the file name and path of the log file. If you want to log in color you can choose to log to files in HTML format, but note that due to the nature of HTML, these log files tend to get very large quickly.  This, along with other options, can be set in the '''Preferences''' window (Alt+P).
-Log files can be found at the Mudlet home directory in your profile directory. To get the path to your Mudlet home directory you can type in your main window:
+Log files can be found at the Mudlet home directory in your profile directory. To get the path to your Mudlet home directory you can type on the command line:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
 lua getMudletHomeDir()

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	'''Escape key''' - to get out of autocompletion you can press the ESC key any time. After pressing ESC the entire text gets selected and you can overwrite it or get back into command history mode.		'''Escape key''' - to get out of autocompletion you can press the ESC key any time. After pressing ESC the entire text gets selected and you can overwrite it or get back into command history mode.
		+
		+	=== Command-line Shortcuts ===
		+
		+	The command line has some built in keyboard shortcuts.
		+
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	\|-
		+	\| Tab \|\| Tab completion, see [[Manual:Technical Manual#Command_Line_Auto-Completion.2C_Tab-Completion_and_Command_History\|this technical manual section]].
		+	\|-
		+	\| Up or Down \|\| Command line history, see [[Manual:Technical Manual#Command_Line_Auto-Completion.2C_Tab-Completion_and_Command_History\|this technical manual section]].
		+	\|-
		+	\| Home \|\| Move cursor to beginning of line.
		+	\|-
		+	\| End \|\| Move cursor to end of line.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+A \|\| Select all.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+F \|\| Move cursor to search bar.
		+	\|-
		+	\| SHIFT+Enter \|\| Create an additional input line.
		+	\|-
		+	\| SHIFT+Left \|\| Highlight one character left of the cursor (or unhighlight if already highlighted).
		+	\|-
		+	\| SHIFT+Right \|\| Highlight one character right of the cursor (or unhighlight if already highlighted).
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+Left \|\| Move cursor one word to the left.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+Right \|\| Move cursor one word to the right.
		+	\|-
		+	\| Backspace \|\| Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+Backspace \|\| Remove one word left of the cursor.
		+	\|-
		+	\| Delete \|\| Deletes the character to the right of the cursor.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+Delete \|\| Remove one word right of the cursor.
		+	\|-
		+	\| SHIFT+CTRL+Left \|\| Highlight one word left of cursor.
		+	\|-
		+	\| SHIFT+CTRL+Right \|\| Highlight one word right of cursor.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+C \|\| Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+Insert \|\| Copies the selected text to the clipboard.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+K \|\| Deletes to the end of the line.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+V \|\| Pastes the clipboard text into line edit.
		+	\|-
		+	\| SHIFT+Insert \|\| Pastes the clipboard text into line edit.
		+	\|-
		+	\| CTRL+X \|\| Deletes the selected text and copies it to the clipboard.
		+	\|-
		+	\| SHIFT+Delete \|\| Deletes the selected text and copies it to the clipboard.
		+	\|-
		+	\| Ctrl+Z \|\| Undoes the last operation.
		+	\|-
		+	\| Ctrl+Y \|\| Redoes the last undone operation.
		+	\|-
		+	\| PgUp \|\| Scroll up one page in the main window buffer
		+	\|-
		+	\| PgDn \|\| Scroll down one page in the main window buffer
		+	\|-
		+	\| Ctrl+Enter \|\| Return to the bottom of the main window buffer
		+	\|-
		+	\|}
		+
		+	See also: [https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qlineedit.html#details QT manual]

	==Logging Output to text or HTML Log Files==		==Logging Output to text or HTML Log Files==

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 To scroll quicker, hold <code>Ctrl</code> while scrolling. Conversely, to scroll just one line at a time hold <code>Shift</code> (available in Mudlet 4.11+).
-==Command Line Auto-Completion, Tab-Completion and Command History==
+==Command Line Features==
 Mudlets command line is especially designed for playing MUD and MUSH games. It aims at reducing the amount of typing by using autocompletion and tab completion schemes that are optimized for typical game playing situations. The command line offers tab completion (TAB key with or without shift) and autocompletion (cursor up and cursor down keys).
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 '''Escape key''' - to get out of autocompletion you can press the ESC key any time. After pressing ESC the entire text gets selected and you can overwrite it or get back into command history mode.
 ==Logging Output to text or HTML Log Files==

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	'''Escape key''' - to get out of autocompletion you can press the ESC key any time. After pressing ESC the entire text gets selected and you can overwrite it or get back into command history mode.		'''Escape key''' - to get out of autocompletion you can press the ESC key any time. After pressing ESC the entire text gets selected and you can overwrite it or get back into command history mode.

		+	See also: [[Manual:Introduction#Command-line_Shortcuts\|Command line shortcuts]]

	=Logging Output to text or HTML Log Files=		=Logging Output to text or HTML Log Files=

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 You can switch between profiles (characters) by pressing <code>Ctrl+Tab</code> or select a particular one with <code>Ctrl+<number of tab></code>.
-Want to be able to control all your profiles at once for games that allow multiplaying? Check out [https://forums.mudlet.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23023 a package just for this]. On Mudlet 4.10 and earlier, a pre-installed <code>send-to-all-profiles</code> package provided simple control through the :<command> alias.
+Want to be able to control all your profiles at once for games that allow multiplaying? Check out [https://forums.mudlet.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23023 a package just for this]. On Mudlet 4.10 and earlier, a pre-installed <code>send-to-all-profiles</code> package provided control through the :<command> alias.
 =Split Screen=