Quit
The #quit extended command abandons the current game. NetHack will ask you to confirm with [y/n]. Use this when you want to give up on your current game and start a new one with a new character.
Once you quit, there is no way to return to that game! (That is unless you are save scumming.)
In old versions of NetHack, as in Hack, the Shift + Q command would quit. However, this command is rarely used, so newer versions changed Shift + Q to quiver and introduced the extended command "#quit". This is why, on your first use of the quiver command, the game will remind you to use "#quit" to quit.
If you only want to close your game and resume later, use the save command, Shift + S. This exits NetHack, but it leaves a save file so you will return to your current game. Using "#quit" never leaves a save file.
Encyclopedia entry
Maltar: [...] I remembered a little saying I learned my
first day at the academy.
Natalie: Yeah, yeah, I know. Winners never quit and quitters
never win.
Maltar: What? No! Winners never quit and quitters should
be cast into the Flaming Pit of Death.
written by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi ]
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