M2 PNAME - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-05-22T16:14:11Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-04-27T20:27:46Z

pothole

Ion frigate: linkify tin; can -> will, to avoid "tin can"

2023-12-29T22:53:03Z

linkify tin; can -> will, to avoid "tin can"

Joes: correct cat

2023-10-01T15:50:26Z

correct cat

Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ refsrc, etc.

2023-04-24T11:41:27Z

‎Description: refsrc, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: THEM, punctuation, etc.

2022-12-16T19:52:00Z

THEM, punctuation, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: cat

2022-12-12T09:53:01Z

cat

Umbire the Phantom: lede, version

2022-12-12T09:52:13Z

lede, version

Ion frigate: whitespace

2022-12-12T07:47:16Z

whitespace

Ion frigate: fixing display title

2022-12-12T07:46:49Z

fixing display title

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 ==Description==
-While comments in the source code describe the M2_PNAME flag as indicating that a monster's name is a "proper noun",{{refsrc|include/monflag.h|126|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} the macro is used to test if a monster's name is a "personal name".{{refsrc|src/objnam.c|833|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} The flag is notably not possessed by monsters such as the [[Oracle]] and the [[Master of Thieves]], whose names are proper nouns but not personal names. Unique monsters with non-personal names do not include ''the'' as part of their designations in the source code, presumably to avoid issues with capitalization; thus, a way to distinguish which unique monsters' names should be preceded with ''the'' and which should not is necessary.
+While comments in the source code describe the M2_PNAME flag as indicating that a monster's name is a "proper noun",{{refsrc|include/monflag.h|126|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} the macro is used to test if a monster's name is a "personal name".{{refsrc|src/objnam.c|833|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} The flag is notably not possessed by monsters such as [[Oracle (monster)|the Oracle]] and the [[Master of Thieves]], whose names are proper nouns but not personal names. Unique monsters with non-personal names do not include ''the'' as part of their designations in the source code, presumably to avoid issues with capitalization; thus, a way to distinguish which unique monsters' names should be preceded with ''the'' and which should not is necessary.
 While all the monsters currently possessing this flag are unique, it is not synonymous with a monster being unique, and there are some instances of messages being directly affected by uniqueness (G_UNIQ), rather than M2_PNAME. For example, eating a [[tin]] will produce one of three phrasings, depending on whether the tinned monster is unique and whether it possesses the M2_PNAME flag:

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 ==Variants==
 ===SlashTHEM===
-In [[SlashTHEM]], the [[artifact weapon]] [[Diplomat]] is a [[neutral]]-aligned [[ornate mace]] that gains +10 [[to-hit]] and +25 damage versus all monsters with the <code>M2_PNAME</code> flag.
+In [[SlashTHEM]], the [[artifact weapon]] [[Diplomat]] is a [[neutral]]-aligned [[Ornate mace (SpliceHack)|ornate mace]] that gains +10 [[to-hit]] and +25 damage versus all monsters with the <code>M2_PNAME</code> flag.
 ==References==

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 While comments in the source code describe the M2_PNAME flag as indicating that a monster's name is a "proper noun",{{refsrc|include/monflag.h|126|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} the macro is used to test if a monster's name is a "personal name".{{refsrc|src/objnam.c|833|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} The flag is notably not possessed by monsters such as the [[Oracle]] and the [[Master of Thieves]], whose names are proper nouns but not personal names. Unique monsters with non-personal names do not include ''the'' as part of their designations in the source code, presumably to avoid issues with capitalization; thus, a way to distinguish which unique monsters' names should be preceded with ''the'' and which should not is necessary.
-While all the monsters currently possessing this flag are unique, it is not synonymous with a monster being unique, and there are some instances of messages being directly affected by uniqueness (G_UNIQ), rather than M2_PNAME. For example, eating a tin can produce one of three phrasings, depending on whether the tinned monster is unique and whether it possesses the M2_PNAME flag:
+While all the monsters currently possessing this flag are unique, it is not synonymous with a monster being unique, and there are some instances of messages being directly affected by uniqueness (G_UNIQ), rather than M2_PNAME. For example, eating a [[tin]] will produce one of three phrasings, depending on whether the tinned monster is unique and whether it possesses the M2_PNAME flag:
 * "It smells like [[ponies]]." ''Monster is not unique and does not possess M2_PNAME''

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 {{DISPLAYTITLE:M2_PNAME}}
-In the code of ''[[NetHack]]'', the <code>'''M2_PNAME'''</code> monster flag (and its associated macro, <code>type_is_pname()</code>) is a flag possessed by most, but not all, [[unique monster]]s. It is mainly used to determine whether to preface a monster's name with ''"the"'' in messages.
+In the code of ''[[NetHack]]'', the <code>'''M2_PNAME'''</code> monster flag (and its associated macro, <code>type_is_pname()</code>) is possessed by most, but not all, [[unique monster]]s. It is mainly used to determine whether to preface a monster's name with ''"the"'' in messages.
 ==Description==
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 <references/>
 {{nethack-366}}
-[[Category:Monster flags]]
+[[Category:Monster attributes]]

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 ==Description==
-While comments in the source code describe the M2_PNAME flag as indicating that a monster's name is a "proper noun",{{refsrc|include/monflag.h|126|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} the macro is used to test if a monster's name is a ''personal name''.{{refsrc|src/objnam.c|833|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} The flag is notably not possessed by monsters such as the [[Oracle]] and the [[Master of Thieves]], whose names are proper nouns but not personal names. Unique monsters with non-personal names do not include ''the'' as part of their designations in the source code, presumably to avoid issues with capitalization; thus, a way to distinguish which unique monsters' names should be preceded with ''the'' and which should not is necessary.
+While comments in the source code describe the M2_PNAME flag as indicating that a monster's name is a "proper noun",{{refsrc|include/monflag.h|126|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} the macro is used to test if a monster's name is a "personal name".{{refsrc|src/objnam.c|833|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} The flag is notably not possessed by monsters such as the [[Oracle]] and the [[Master of Thieves]], whose names are proper nouns but not personal names. Unique monsters with non-personal names do not include ''the'' as part of their designations in the source code, presumably to avoid issues with capitalization; thus, a way to distinguish which unique monsters' names should be preceded with ''the'' and which should not is necessary.
 While all the monsters currently possessing this flag are unique, it is not synonymous with a monster being unique, and there are some instances of messages being directly affected by uniqueness (G_UNIQ), rather than M2_PNAME. For example, eating a tin can produce one of three phrasings, depending on whether the tinned monster is unique and whether it possesses the M2_PNAME flag:
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 * "It smells like [[King Arthur]]." ''Monster possesses M2_PNAME''
-In the above instance, while older versions of NetHack only checked for a monster possessing the M2_PNAME flag if that monster was also unique,{{reffunc|eat.c|opentin|version=NetHack 3.4.3}} in current versions, the checks are independent.{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1335|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} This likely indicates that the developers are aware that it would be possible (albeit strange) for a non-unique monster to have a personal name.
+In the above instance, while older versions of NetHack only checked for a monster possessing the M2_PNAME flag if that monster was also unique, current versions make the checks independent.{{reffunc|eat.c|opentin|version=NetHack 3.4.3}}{{refsrc|src/eat.c|1335|version=NetHack 3.6.6}} This likely indicates that the developers are aware that it would be possible (albeit strange) for a non-unique monster to have a personal name.
 ==Variants==

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	The <code>M2_PNAME</code> monster flag (and its associated macro, <code>type_is_pname()</code>) is a flag possessed by most, but not all, [[unique monster]]s. It is mainly used to determine whether to preface a monster's name with ''the'' in messages.		The <code>M2_PNAME</code> monster flag (and its associated macro, <code>type_is_pname()</code>) is a flag possessed by most, but not all, [[unique monster]]s. It is mainly used to determine whether to preface a monster's name with ''the'' in messages.

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	The <code>M2_PNAME</code> monster flag (and its associated macro, <code>type_is_pname()</code>) is a flag possessed by most, but not all, [[unique monster]]s. It is mainly used to determine whether to preface a monster's name with ''the'' in messages.		The <code>M2_PNAME</code> monster flag (and its associated macro, <code>type_is_pname()</code>) is a flag possessed by most, but not all, [[unique monster]]s. It is mainly used to determine whether to preface a monster's name with ''the'' in messages.