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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
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1. How do I make a new ship/colony/outpost?
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Users can run the "ship" command to create a new ship. The command will
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interactively prompt for necessary information.
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2. How do I log a message from my ship?
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Users can create messages for their ships in their ship folders. The ship
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folder is located in your home directory > ships > ship-name:
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~/ships/Rocinante/
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First, change to that directory:
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cd ~/ships/Rocinante/
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Then edit a new message to be logged. The file must end in .txt. You can use
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one of the many editors on the system. If you don't have a favorite editor,
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'nano' is recommended.
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nano my-first-post.txt
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Now, edit your message in nano, styling it however you want. Remember to add
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line breaks no wider than 80 columns wide (67 works best on gopher) so that
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your message will format properly on all the systems that view it. When you
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are ready, save and quit the editor.
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Now you're ready to log the message. Do so by running the 'log' command.
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log
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NOTE: did 'log' not work for you? are you using zsh? See below.
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You will be presented with your ship name and each message that has not
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already been logged to the QEC. If you want to share the message on the QEC,
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press the "y" key when prompted. You do not need to press enter.
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Next you will be prompted for a title for your message. Keep it short, but
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use whatever style fits your story. This is what will show up in the listing.
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When you're done, press enter. If you have any other messages that are not
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published you will be prompted for each one. Once all is processed your
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message will be logged to the QEC.
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3. "log" doesn't work (and I'm using zsh).
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The zsh shell has a builtin function named log that can interfere with our
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system 'log' command. You can either invoke the command with the full path:
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/usr/local/bin/log
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use the 'sendlog' command instead (it's the same thing),
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or add an alias to your .zshrc file:
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alias log='/usr/local/bin/log'
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<a href="/var/wiki/index.html">Home</a>
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