DHM Web Terminal

Connecting

Click Connect in the top bar. The terminal is preconfigured to reach DHM's server — there's nothing to type in.

If the connection ever fails, check that the proxy (websockify) is running and reachable from wherever you're loading this page.

Basics

The Scripts button opens a side panel listing every alias, trigger, and path you've defined, each with a one-click delete button. If you have a lot of them, click Expand at the bottom of that panel to open the full-page Script Manager — more room, a search box, and inline editing. Changes there sync live back to the terminal if it's open in another tab.

During a password prompt, the input field automatically masks what you type.

Aliases

An alias is a shortcut: type a short word, get a longer command (or several) sent in its place. Works like a bash alias — arguments you type after the alias name get handled automatically.

Create one

#alias {k} {kill %1}

Now typing k orc sends kill orc. %1–%9 refer to the words you typed after the alias name; %0 or %* means everything you typed, unsplit.

No placeholder? No problem

#alias {id} {c 'identify'}

Since this alias body never uses %1, whatever you type after id gets appended automatically — id sword sends c 'identify' sword.

Multiple commands

#alias {gg} {get all;wear all;wield sword}

Semicolons queue up multiple commands from one alias. Use \; if you need a literal semicolon sent to the MUD.

Manage aliases

#alias                 list every alias
#alias k             show what "k" expands to
#unalias k           remove it

Triggers

A trigger watches incoming text from the MUD and reacts automatically. There are three kinds:

Auto-reply example

#action {%1 tells you} {say thanks, %1}

%1 here is a capture from the incoming line, not a typed argument — whatever matched that part of the pattern gets substituted into the command.

Hide the noise

#gag {is practicing}

Make it pop

#highlight {You are bleeding} {#c9605a}

The second argument is any CSS color — a hex code like #c9605a or a name like red.

Manage triggers

#action                    list every trigger, with its ID
#unaction 3                remove trigger #3
#ungag {is practicing}    or remove by exact pattern text
#unhighlight {You are bleeding}

Matching is done against each complete line with color codes stripped, so ANSI colors from the MUD won't interfere with your patterns.

Speedwalking & Paths

Type a compressed direction string and the terminal walks it for you, one room at a time.

3n2e5s

Sends north ×3, east ×2, south ×5 — each direction is sent with a short pause in between (400ms by default) so room descriptions and triggers have time to resolve.

DHM uses the six cardinal directions, so speedwalks are built from n s e w u d only (no diagonals).

Record one instead

Rather than typing the sequence yourself, you can walk it and let the terminal remember:

#path record          start recording
n;n;n;e;e                 walk normally -- these are just example moves
#path save {home}     stop and save what you walked as "home"

While recording, typing #path with no arguments shows your progress so far. #path cancel discards the recording without saving. Recording captures both short (n) and full-word (north) movement commands, however you type them, and compresses them automatically — walking north three times and east twice gets saved as 3n2e.

Save a path by name

#path {home} {3n2e}

Afterward, just type home to walk it. Manage saved paths with:

#path              list every saved path
#path home         show what "home" expands to
#unpath home       remove it

Tuning it

#speedwalk off          disable auto-parsing of compressed directions
#speedwalk on           re-enable it
#speedwalk delay 200    change the pause between steps (ms)

Saving your setup

Aliases, triggers, paths, and your speedwalk settings all save to this browser automatically — no action needed. They'll still be there next time you load the page, unless you clear this site's browsing data or switch browsers/devices.

The Clear saved data button at the bottom of the Scripts panel wipes everything and starts fresh.

Command reference

Known quirks