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==Historical uses==
 
==Historical uses==
In [[Hack 1.0]] only, the lurker above uses the {{white|~}} glyph.
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In [[Hack 1.0]] only, the lurker above uses the {{white|~}} glyph. Hack 1.0 also introduces the long worm tail with its current glyph.{{refsrc|hack.worm.c|45|version=Hack 1.0}}{{refsrc|hack.worm.c|104|version=Hack 1.0}}
  
In [[NetHack 3.0.0]], the long worm tail is given its current representative glyph. The vibrating square is given the tilde glyph in [[NetHack 3.6.1]].
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The vibrating square is given the tilde to represent it in [[NetHack 3.6.1]].
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==References==
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Revision as of 20:55, 14 January 2024

Printable ASCII characters
~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + space
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - = { } |
Qq Ww Ee Rr Tt Yy Uu Ii Oo Pp : " [ ] \
Aa Ss Dd Ff Gg Hh Jj Kk Ll ? ; ' Ctrl
Zz Xx Cc Vv Bb Nn Mm , . / < > Alt

In NetHack, the tilde (~) serves the following purposes:

  • In a menu, pressing ~ inverts the selection on the current page.

Historical uses

In Hack 1.0 only, the lurker above uses the ~ glyph. Hack 1.0 also introduces the long worm tail with its current glyph.[1][2]

The vibrating square is given the tilde to represent it in NetHack 3.6.1.

References