https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AFar_lookTalk:Far look - Revision history2026-07-21T18:21:55ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.32.5https://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Far_look&diff=63099&oldid=prevTjr: done (partially)2011-01-12T09:50:07Z<p>done (partially)</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What exactly does this term mean? Do we already have an article explaining it that it could be linked to? I'm assuming that "background symbol" is something like what we have listed in [[Dungeon feature]], except that some dungeon features ( specifically floors, ice, air and sold rock ) are not usable in this command, so would they be considered background symbols? "Background symbol" is a term used in NetHack, so it probably wouldn't hurt to have a definition of it here on the NetHackWiki.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>What exactly does this term mean? Do we already have an article explaining it that it could be linked to? I'm assuming that "background symbol" is something like what we have listed in [[Dungeon feature]], except that some dungeon features ( specifically floors, ice, air and sold rock ) are not usable in this command, so would they be considered background symbols? "Background symbol" is a term used in NetHack, so it probably wouldn't hurt to have a definition of it here on the NetHackWiki.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Tjrhttps://nethackwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Far_look&diff=62748&oldid=prevDptr1988: The term "background symbol" in the "Usage" section.2011-01-07T18:29:10Z<p>The term "background symbol" in the "Usage" section.</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== The term "background symbol" in the "Usage" section. ==<br />
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What exactly does this term mean? Do we already have an article explaining it that it could be linked to? I'm assuming that "background symbol" is something like what we have listed in [[Dungeon feature]], except that some dungeon features ( specifically floors, ice, air and sold rock ) are not usable in this command, so would they be considered background symbols? "Background symbol" is a term used in NetHack, so it probably wouldn't hurt to have a definition of it here on the NetHackWiki.<br />
--[[User:Dptr1988|Dptr1988]] 18:29, 7 January 2011 (UTC)</div>Dptr1988