Annotate

#annotate is a extended command in NetHack that allows a player to specify a single-line text annotation and associate it with the current dungeon level that their hero is on.

Description

A level annotated with this command will print a message each time the player character enters (or restores a game on) the level - annotations made using this command are visible via the #overview extended command. Annotating a single space will remove the annotation from the current level.

Preceding the #overview command with the "m" prefix, i.e. m#overview, allows editing of annotations on any level.

Strategy

Annotation is used to leave helpful messages for later parts of the game, such as messages indicating the presence of co-aligned unicorns, warnings to watch out for nasty monsters (e.g. mind flayer, arch-lich, etc.), floors with vaults, or the location of the entrance to the Wizard's Tower.

History

Annotations first appear in NetHack 3.6.0. Before 5.0, Amnesia could erase annotations from the character's memory.

Messages

You remember this level as <annotation>.

You entered an annotated level.