IMM_IMOTD
Keywords: IMM_IMOTD, WIZ_IMOTD
=== STAFF MANUAL ===
Usage: imotd
Description:
Display the Immortal Message of the Day -- the staff-side
counterpart to the regular motd, used for time-sensitive
announcements about code changes, policy updates, upcoming
events, and other things staff need to see at login.
The IMOTD is shown automatically on every staff login
(mortal logins see motd instead). Running imotd by hand
re-displays the current contents any time after login, so
you can refer back to it without logging out.
Output:
The entire IMOTD is sent via SendPaged, so long messages
break across multiple screens. 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 Senior Staff level or higher can edit the
IMOTD live via tedit imotd, which opens the file in the
built-in text editor. The file has a 2400-character cap.
Edits are written to disk and loaded into the in-memory
copy on save, so the next login or imotd 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 IMOTD into player-visible channels.
Notes:
- If the IMOTD file is missing or empty on boot, the
command pages an empty buffer and the login dispatch
writes nothing to staff.
- Related text commands that share the same paged-
text dispatcher include motd, news, handbook,
info, policies, and credits.
Related Helpfiles: WIZ_TEDIT, WIZ_HANDBOOK
=== END MANUAL ===