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scope			Galactic Bloodshed			scope


CONCEPT: scope

  Scope represents the ``operative scope'' of certain commands.  The
operative scope (displayed along with AP's in the user's prompt, and changed
with ``cs'') is similar to the tree-like directory level structure found in
most computer systems, with the ``root'' directory being a ``universal''
scope followed by the various stars followed by the planets orbiting these
stars.  The scope can also represent a single ship.

  Commands are effected by the scope in a different manner than that which
most operating systems treat their directory structure.  For example, if
the current scope is that of a star, the command ``navigate'', if given with
no arguments, will prompt for a destination for each ship orbiting that
star and each planet in that system.  If the scope was the ``universal''
scope, navigate would prompt for each ship everywhere that the player
owns.

  Many commands will not work at all in certain scopes.

  The syntax of a scope, when prompted for, is thus:

	path = ``:'' | ``#shipnum'' | ``/path'' | ``../path'' | name | 
		 ``path/name''

  The shell will interpret a ``:'' as meaning the object of the current
scope (star, planet, ship, etc).

  A ``/'' at the beginning of the string represents the root.

  A ``..'' or ``.'' represents the scope just above the current scope.

  ``#shipnum'' represents that ship.  A number by itself will be
interpreted as meaning a star or planet name.

  Specifying a name means to move to that star or planet.


SEE ALSO
  cs, navigate, actionpoints