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:
`-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
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).
+ 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]
unrewarding) or pirates (risky and tedious), and start trading
food and other cheap items.
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