Forum:Selecting a number of similar items
Here is an example for my question. I have 37 uncursed scrolls of teleportation in my bag of holding. If I take all of them out, I will be burdened. So I'd like to take only 2 or 3. A way to do it is to drop them on the floor, kick them, pick the number I don't want, put them back in the bag and finally pick the rest. But it is clumsy and not recommended, e.g., for potions.
Another example: I want to rest for several moves, and I don't want to just type repeatedly. I also don't want to keep my finger on the keyboard, if only because it can be dangerous by missing monster attacks. So, I would like a command saying rest for 'n' moves, where n is specified. I think such a command used to exist, and the resting was interrupted as usual if something paculiar was happening (monster, hunger...)
Also for moving forward, etc.
Is there something like this now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drelin (talk • contribs) 2025-09-08T18:02:56
- Of course there is. Just type a number before the command, e.g., 20. means resting for 20 times. Note that if your number_pad option is on, you should additionally type an n before the number. See this page for details. ——JASON10668 (talk) 02:11, 9 September 2025 (UTC)
Thank you, but I am in a rather special situation: playing with the Nethack 3.6.6 Cocoa interface by Bryce Cogswell and Dirk Zimmermann on a MacBook Air. I have an extended keyboard. For moving or resting, typing a number beforehand does not work if I use the number pad, but it works if I use figures from the non-extended part. However, this does not work to select a number of items.
In the options, Number_pad is 'off' (0). If I put it to 'on' (1), my usual commands do not work properly and typing 'n' does not seem to help anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drelin (talk • contribs) 2025-09-09T01:33:38
