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+.TH Concept "Item types"
+.NA Item-types "Description of the different types of items"
+.LV Basic
+.s1
+The different kinds of people and materials are called items, or
+sometimes commodities.
+.s1
+The show command displays the detailed characteristics of items.
+.s1
+.EX show item
+.NF
+Printing for tech level '344'
+item value sell lbs packing melt item
+mnem in rg wh ur bk deno name
+ c 1 no 1 1 10 10 10 10 4 civilians
+ m 0 no 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 military
+ s 5 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 80 shells
+ g 60 yes 10 1 1 10 1 1 100 guns
+ p 4 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 50 petrol
+ i 2 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 100 iron ore
+ d 20 yes 5 1 1 10 1 1 100 dust (gold)
+ b 280 yes 50 1 1 5 1 4 200 bars of gold
+ f 0 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 2 food
+ o 8 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 50 oil
+ l 2 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 100 light products
+ h 4 yes 1 1 1 10 1 1 100 heavy products
+ u 1 yes 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 uncompensated workers
+ r 150 yes 8 1 1 10 1 1 1000 radioactive materials
+.FI
+.s1
+The meaning of the headings are:
+.in \w'packing wh\0\0'u
+.L "item mnem"
+A one-letter mnemonic abbreviation of the item name. Commands let you
+use this to select the item.
+.L value
+The value if the item is mortgaged.
+.L sell
+Whether you can sell the item on the market.
+.L lbs
+The weight of the item, which determines how much mobility it takes to
+move it.
+.L "packing in"
+The packing bonus the item receives in inefficient (<60%) sectors.
+.L "packing rg"
+The packing bonus the item receives in regular sectors.
+.L "packing wh"
+The packing bonus the item receives in warehouse sectors.
+.L "packing ur"
+The packing bonus the item receives in urban sectors.
+.L "packing bk"
+The packing bonus the item receives in bank sectors.
+.L "item name"
+The full name of the item.
+.in
+.s1
+To find out which sectors are in what packing groups, try the "show
+sector s" command.
+.s1
+.SA "Commodities, Products, show, Sector-types, Producing"