New info Hvy-Plastic

[empserver] / info / xdump.t

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--- a/info/xdump.t
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tools.  This info page gives an overview; see doc/xdump in the source
 distribution for complete documentation.
 .s1
 Game configuration and state consists of a a number of tables or
-files.  xdump shows only things that are \fIcertainly\fP visible to
+files.  xdump shows only things that are \*(fIcertainly\*(fP visible to
 you: sectors you own, ship types known, etc.
 .s1
 The output of xdump is a table consisting of a header line, the table
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Floating-point fields can be parsed by scanf %g (or equivalents %e,
 .s1
 String fields are in C syntax.  Funny characters including space,
 newline and double-quote are shown as octal escape sequences.  Example:
-"gold\\040mine".  If a field starts with a double-quote, it's a string
+"gold\e040mine".  If a field starts with a double-quote, it's a string
 field.
 .s1
 .L "FUTURE DIRECTIONS:"
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ The table \*Qtable\*U is the table of (non-meta-)tables.  It contains
 table names and numbers.  xdump accepts table numbers as well as
 names.
 .s1
-There's a special pseudo-table \*Qver\*U, which collects configuration
-parameters in a single record.  It is not listed in \*Qtable\*U, it
-doesn't have a table number, but it does have a meta-table.
-.s1
 .L BUGS:
 Still missing are game state files power, map, bmap; the list of
 commands; foreign levels, contact
@@ -97,6 +93,8 @@ yet available in human-readable form: the lost file, sect-chr selector
 nav, ship and land plague status (deity only), plane theta (governs
 satellite movement), trade selectors xloc, yloc, commodity selectors
 xbuy, ybuy.
+Incremental dump doesn't work after importing news with the empdump
+utility.
 .s1
 .L "FUTURE DIRECTIONS:"
 xdump is still fairly new, and experience with it may lead to changes.