Interface tips

[xalles]

Here are some useful but non-obvious (to me, anyway) in-game interface options I've stumbled across:

1) Check what's for sale at any shop you've visited:

  Code:

CTRL-F
shop
!
(letter of shop)
(then letter of individual item to inspect it)

Before I knew this I took screenshots of shops.

2) Search for any item you've ever picked up then later dropped (to save weight, to stash, etc.):

  Code:

CTRL-F
dropped


Can use in expressions just like other properties. E.g. dropped jewellery: jewel&&drop

3) Set waypoint for easy return travel (stash, current branch progress etc.)

  Code:

CTRL-W
(number 1-9 or 0)


Return to that waypoint with capital G or find stuff there with CTRL-F.

You can also set waypoints anywhere you've been without going back there in capital X mode.

4) Drop any item matching a regex:

  Code:

d
CTRL-F
regex


I used this to make a macro for CTRL-D to select all chunks at once to drop...

  Code:

M:\{4}
A:d\{6}chunk\{13}


...and another for LEFT-ALT-D to select all rotten chunks and skeletons at once to drop:

  Code:

M:\{-2900}
A:d\{6}rotting\{13}\{6}skeleton\{13}


Edit: 5) CTRL-X lists all items in your field of vision. Useful after a massacre (e.g. zig). You have to inspect each square first to see stuff lying underneath, but auto-explore takes care of this.

You guys have any interface tips to share?

[Sandman25]

You can use $ in a shop to put an item in shopping list. Later in the game you can use $ to see those items, their price and travel to them.
You can avoid dropping rotten chunks for weight if you put
auto_drop_chunks = rotten
into rc/init file.
You can search for '.' to see all items on current level (useful in zig).

[said46]

You can drop all useless items including rotten chunks (doesn't work for kobold and so on, because rotten chunks are useful for them) if you press 'd' then ',' to choose all such items then 'Enter'.

[MoogleDan]

Much appreciated. I've added a couple of these to the Wiki.

[chlorine]

Stolen from Psieye's post on How to MiBe:

Oh, in case you're unfamiliar: the ' key lets you swap between weapons in slots a and b. Use =i to designate which items occupy slots a and b. Like so:

  Code:

Hand weapons
 a - a +2,+1 great mace of protection (weapon)
 b - a +4,+1 longbow of evasion

This way, swapping between your ranged weapon and melee weapon are one key press.

[BlackSheep]

You can search for '.' to see all items on current level (useful in zig).

You can search for @jewellery or @scrolls to list all of a particular item on the current floor.

You can press = in the search results screen to filter out all useless items.