Release 1.1.6.

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        A `galaxy-spec' is
 
          * a number, between 1 and 8, for one of the standard eight
        A `galaxy-spec' is
 
          * a number, between 1 and 8, for one of the standard eight

-           galaxies; 
+           galaxies;

 
          * a `galaxy seed' of 12 hex digits (a 48-bit value), for any
            arbitrary galaxy; or
 
          * a `galaxy seed' of 12 hex digits (a 48-bit value), for any
            arbitrary galaxy; or


@@ -283,7 +283,10 @@ RIGHT ON COMMAND-LINE
 
        An attribute name on its own is a request to print the current
        value of that attribute.  An assignment ATTR=VALUE makes ATTR
 
        An attribute name on its own is a request to print the current
        value of that attribute.  An assignment ATTR=VALUE makes ATTR

-       have the requested VALUE.
+       have the requested VALUE.  When requesting attributes, you can
+       instead give a pattern containing `*' and `?' metacharacters
+       (matching zero or more, or exactly one character) -- all
+       matching attributes are printed.

 
        The attributes, their meanings, and the acceptable values are as
        follows:
 
        The attributes, their meanings, and the acceptable values are as
        follows:


@@ -297,11 +300,15 @@ RIGHT ON COMMAND-LINE
                        255.
 
        score           Current number of kills.  Must be an integer
                        255.
 
        score           Current number of kills.  Must be an integer

-                       between 0 a 65535, or one of the strings
+                       between 0 and 65535, or one of the strings

                        `harmless', `mostly-harmless', `poor',
                        `average', `above-average', `competent',
                        `dangerous', `deadly', or `elite'.
 
                        `harmless', `mostly-harmless', `poor',
                        `average', `above-average', `competent',
                        `dangerous', `deadly', or `elite'.
 

+       legal-status    Current legal status.  Must be an integer
+                       between 0 and 255, or one of the strings
+                       `clean', `offender', or `fugitive'.
+

        credits         Number of credits.  Must be between 0 and
                        429496729.5.
 
        credits         Number of credits.  Must be between 0 and
                        429496729.5.
 


@@ -368,7 +375,7 @@ RIGHT ON COMMAND-LINE
        `-load' option.
 
 
        `-load' option.
 
 

-  elite-prices [-g GALAXY] [-s SORT] [FROM TO]
+  elite-prices [-g GALAXY] [-s SORT] [FROM [TO]]

 
        Shows minimum, average and maximum profit (in that order, in
        credits per unit) for the various commodities, starting at one
 
        Shows minimum, average and maximum profit (in that order, in
        credits per unit) for the various commodities, starting at one


@@ -380,11 +387,17 @@ RIGHT ON COMMAND-LINE
 
        You can change the worlds under consideration by typing a pair
        of planet-specs or economy types (as printed by `elite-find').
 
        You can change the worlds under consideration by typing a pair
        of planet-specs or economy types (as printed by `elite-find').

-       Any planet-specs are obviously taken relative to GALAXY.
+       Any planet-specs are obviously taken relative to GALAXY.  You
+       can also say `avg' for the average over all economy types
+       (though this takes longer to compute).

 
        The SORT parameter may be one of `min', `max', or `avg' to sort
        by minimum, maximum or average profit (highest at the top).
 
 
        The SORT parameter may be one of `min', `max', or `avg' to sort
        by minimum, maximum or average profit (highest at the top).
 

+       If only FROM is given, the average prices for the given world or
+       economy type are printed in the standard order (i.e., the SORT
+       parameter is ignored).
+

 
   elite-salesman [-OPTIONS] GALAXY [START]
 
 
   elite-salesman [-OPTIONS] GALAXY [START]
 


@@ -460,7 +473,18 @@ RIGHT ON COMMAND-LINE
        applicable to a wide variety of optimization problems.  There
        are some decent descriptions on the 'net -- try asking Google
        about it.
        applicable to a wide variety of optimization problems.  There
        are some decent descriptions on the 'net -- try asking Google
        about it.

-                       
+
+
+  elite-tantalus [-maxdist DIST] [-minratio RATIO] [GALAXY] ...
+
+       Finds pairs of worlds for which there is a large disparity
+       between the distance between them and the corresponding shortest
+       path.  It reports pairs such that the distance between them is
+       less than DIST (default 8 LY -- making this large just makes the
+       program slower) and where the shortest path is more than RATIO
+       times the distance in each GALAXY specified -- by default the
+       eight standard ones.
+

 
 3. The graphical editor
 
 
 3. The graphical editor
 


@@ -555,7 +579,7 @@ RIGHT ON COMMAND-LINE
        unrewarding) or pirates (risky and tedious), and start trading
        food and other cheap items.
 
        unrewarding) or pirates (risky and tedious), and start trading
        food and other cheap items.
 

-$Id: README,v 1.7 2003/03/07 00:47:13 mdw Exp $
+$Id$

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