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Post by Nemesis on Jun 28, 2021 3:47:10 GMT
It's been forever and a decade since I last really played around with MSE and I've forgotten much of what I used to know about how it worked. The biggest thing is that I swear on one of the old boards there was a complete list of all the shortcuts and things you could type into the rules field on a card to get various icons or pre-fab text strings (like rules reminders) or whatever to show up.
Some of it I remember, like WUBRG for mana symbols or B/R (or whatever colors) for split mana costs, or T for the tap symbol, XYZ costs, C for the colorless mana symbol, etc. And other non symbol bits like the tilde (~) to insert the card's name. Other things I figured out from that "posting syntax" thread and figuring out where it aligned with MSE's syntax setup. Stuff like Q is the untap symbol, S for Snow mana, C for colorless mana,
But I know there's more than this. Not just other symbols and the like, but other automated references and more mechanical bits akin to the tilde = card name one.
Is there anywhere that has a complete list of those shortcuts? Or can anyone fill me in on ones that I've missed?
also this seems like the kind of documentation that should be included with MSE downloads. Just a simple text file or word document or PDF explaining the basic features of the program and its important shortcuts and commands. Also maybe some basics on things like how to create keywords or use some of the more powerful features of the program. But that's kind of a secondary thing. Mostly I was just hoping to get a functional command/shortcut list
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SirnightNano
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Post by SirnightNano on Jun 28, 2021 10:18:11 GMT
By looking into the auto-replace list under the Edit tab in the title bar, which you can find here, you can go through the whole list of things that will be automatically replaced. It's actually a really exhaustive list, so I recommend you check it out. |
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Post by Nemesis on Jun 30, 2021 0:41:10 GMT
By looking into the auto-replace list under the Edit tab in the title bar, which you can find here, you can go through the whole list of things that will be automatically replaced. It's actually a really exhaustive list, so I recommend you check it out. Thanks. There's simultaneously more and less than I thought there was, but that serves my purposes nicely.
One thing I'm curious about though: What's the difference in functionality between ~ to insert a card's name and @ "LEGENDNAME" option. Is there any? Or is it the vestige of some previous wording/setup that is no longer relevant (like how CIP and ETB both do "enters the battlefield" and CIP is probably just a holdover from when the legal wording was "comes in to play")?
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SirnightNano
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Post by SirnightNano on Jun 30, 2021 9:51:43 GMT
They are different, yes. ~ as CARDNAME gives you the entire name of the card, whereas @ as LEGENDNAME gives you a shortened version.
For instance, for the card Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, the CARDNAME would give you Alesha, Who Smiles at Death while the LEGENDNAME would just give you Alesha. It's primarily for shortening card text when a card refers to itself more than once.
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Post by Nemesis on Jul 2, 2021 4:03:48 GMT
They are different, yes. ~ as CARDNAME gives you the entire name of the card, whereas @ as LEGENDNAME gives you a shortened version.
For instance, for the card Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, the CARDNAME would give you Alesha, Who Smiles at Death while the LEGENDNAME would just give you Alesha. It's primarily for shortening card text when a card refers to itself more than once.
Thanks. Makes sense. Especially after testing it out in MSE and seeing that @ will cut names at a comma like you demonstrated.
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kolya
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Post by kolya on Jul 2, 2021 14:45:39 GMT
@ or LEGENDNAME also cuts off at " of" and " the".
So "Pliny the Elder" would become "Pliny" and "Catherine of Aragon" would become "Catherine".
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