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[Jifodus]

I'm putting this out just to see how many people are interested in this aspect of modding DF.

I've done basic work to transfer some of the wiki into the help format DF uses.  I've only done some of the buildings, and even fewer have the information in the sidebar added.

Download it at http://75.127.91.201/~jifodus/df/help.zip then unzip to the data directory, overwriting data/help/main if prompted.  After you've done that, load DF and press '?', the wiki is the first option in the list.

[timmeh]

That's awesome!  I can't believe this hasn't gotten more attention, this is brilliant!

Out of curiosity, how'd you go about editing the help files?  When I open them in notepad it's gibberish, so they're obviously stored in a different format or something...

[Quietust]

Numbers in brackets don't seem to be showing up - on the page for Still, I see "a stack of Plump Helmet will produce Dwarven Wine" instead of "a stack of Plump Helmet [5] will produce Dwarven Wine [25]".

[darkflagrance]

Would it be possible for the community to work on this, and then package it for Toady to put in himself in official versions?

[Jifodus]

The files use the standard packing DF uses on the raws and save fields.  It's a very simple format once you decompress it.  In fact, after I perform the simple transformation into a text file, it's extremely easy to edit.  The main reason I started this thread was to see if how many people are interested in even greater flexibility of modding, since the tool can also be used to edit some of the other files in the data directory.

The transformed files are plain text, and uses [...] tags to provide formatting information just like the raws.  Which is also why the [5] and [25] weren't showing in the help file... because I forgot to rewrite that bit to fix the brackets.

For example, here's the code for the help on building clutter.

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building_clutter
[TITLE]The Manual: Building Clutter[/TITLE]
When viewing building tasks or items, the amount of clutter is displayed at the top right of the menu.  Clutter is caused by items in the building.
[B]
Building clutter slows tasks:
[C:0:0:1](CLT)[C:7:0:0] Work is slowed by two times.[R]
[C:7:0:0](CLT)[C:7:0:0] Work is slowed by three times.[R]
[C:7:0:1](CLT)[C:7:0:0] Work is slowed by four times.[R]
[C:6:0:1](CLT)[C:7:0:0] Work is slowed by five times.[R]
[C:4:0:0](CLT)[C:7:0:0] Work is slowed by six times.[R]
[C:4:0:1](CLT)[C:7:0:0] Work is slowed by seven times.[R]
[C:5:0:1](CLT)[C:7:0:0] Work is slowed by eight times.[R]
[C:5:0:1]*CLT*[C:7:0:0] Work is slowed by nine times.[R]
[C:5:0:1][CHAR:15]CLT[CHAR:15][C:7:0:0] Work is slowed by ten times.[R]
In order to reduce clutter, you must remove items from the building.  You can do this by storing them properly.
[B]
[LINK:data/help/storage]Storage[/LINK]