IMM_HANDBOOK
Keywords: IMM_HANDBOOK, WIZ_HANDBOOK
=== STAFF MANUAL ===
Usage: handbook
Description:
Display the staff handbook -- the long-form document that
spells out expectations, rules, procedures, and
administrative guidance for immortals on the MUD. Every new
staff member is expected to read it, and reading it again
periodically (especially after policy changes) is part of the
job.
The handbook is stored as a plain text file under the
lib/text/ tree and is loaded into memory at boot. handbook
simply pages its current in-memory contents to your screen.
Output:
The entire handbook is sent via SendPaged, so it breaks
across multiple screens and can be navigated with the normal
pager controls. There is no header or footer added by the
command -- you see the file body verbatim, including any
color codes embedded in the text.
Editing:
Staff with Admin level can edit the handbook live via
tedit handbook, which opens the file in the built-in text
editor. The file has a 8192-character cap; edits are written
to disk and loaded into the in-memory copy on save, so the
next handbook invocation picks up changes immediately.
Restrictions:
- Available to any immortal. No permission flag is
required -- the level check in the command table is
the only guard.
- The content is staff-only by convention; do not
paste the handbook into player-visible channels.
Notes:
- If the handbook file is missing or empty on boot,
handbook will simply page an empty buffer. Check
the mudlog at boot time for any handbook-load
warnings if this happens unexpectedly.
- Related informational commands that share the same
paged-text dispatcher include news, motd,
imotd, info, policies, and credits.
Related Helpfiles: WIZ_IMOTD
=== END MANUAL ===