Options

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If you press Shift-O in the game, you get the options screen. The are several options so the screen is divided into four screens. It looks as follows:

Options screens

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Set what options?

Booleans (selecting will toggle value):
    legacy        [true]
    news          [false]
a - autodig       [true]
b - autopickup    [false]
c - autoquiver    [false]
d - checkpoint    [true]
e - cmdassist     [true]
f - color         [true]
g - confirm       [true]
h - DECgraphics   [false]
i - eight_bit_tty [false]
j - extmenu       [false]
k - fixinv        [true]
l - help          [true]
m - hilite_pet    [true]
n - IBMgraphics   [true]
o - ignintr       [false]
p - lit_corridor  [true]
q - lootabc       [false]
r - menu_tab_sep  [false]
s - mouse_support [true]

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a - null          [true]
b - perm_invent   [false]
c - prayconfirm   [true]
d - pushweapon    [false]
e - rest_on_space [false]
f - safe_pet      [true]
g - sanity_check  [false]
h - showexp       [true]
i - showrace      [false]
j - silent        [true]
k - sortpack      [true]
l - sound         [true]
m - sparkle       [true]
n - standout      [false]
o - time          [true]
p - tombstone     [true]
q - toptenwin     [false]
r - travel        [true]
s - use_inverse   [true]
t - verbose       [true]

Compounds (selecting will prompt for new value):
    name              [wizard]
    role              [Tourist]

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    race              [human]
    gender            [male]
    align             [neutral]
    altkeyhandler     [nhraykey.dll]
    catname           [(none)]
    dogname           [(none)]
    horsename         [(none)]
    msghistory        [20]
    pettype           [random]
    windowtype        [tty]
a - boulder           [÷]
b - disclose          [yi ya yv +g +c]
c - fruit             [pineapple]
d - menustyle         [full]
e - menu_headings     [inverse]
f - msg_window        [single]
g - number_pad        [0=off]
h - packorder         [$")[%?+!=/(*`0_]
i - pickup_burden     [stressed]
j - pickup_types      [all]
k - runmode           [run]
l - scores            [3 top/2 around]
m - suppress_alert    [3.3.1]
n - autopickup exceptions (0 currently set)

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Variable playground locations:
    hackdir           [C:\Games\NetHack\]
    leveldir          [C:\Games\NetHack\]
    savedir           [C:\Games\NetHack\]
    bonesdir          [C:\Games\NetHack\]
    datadir           [C:\Games\NetHack\]
    scoredir          [C:\Games\NetHack\]
    lockdir           [C:\Games\NetHack\]
    configdir         [C:\Games\NetHack\]
    troubledir        [C:\Games\NetHack\]