add word seletion to list/badword

[spider.git] / cmd / Commands_en.hlp

diff --git a/cmd/Commands_en.hlp b/cmd/Commands_en.hlp
index ac67b14f81f6b093482e770a66d19416f354e2c5..ee148a08155c5ed2231dce582afbea1297911393 100644 (file)
--- a/cmd/Commands_en.hlp
+++ b/cmd/Commands_en.hlp
@@ -1641,22 +1641,43 @@ Use with extreme care. This command may well be superceded by FILTERing.
 This command will also stop TALK and ANNOUNCE/FULL from any user marked
 as a BADSPOTTER.
 
-=== 6^SET/BADWORD <word>..^Stop things with this word being propagated
-=== 6^UNSET/BADWORD <word>..^Propagate things with this word again
+=== 6^SET/BADWORD <word>..^Stop things like this word being propagated
 Setting a word as a 'badword' will prevent things like spots,
 announces or talks with this word in the the text part from going any
 further. They will not be displayed and they will not be sent onto
 other nodes.
 
-The word must be written in full, no wild cards are allowed eg:-
+This has changed its meaning from the master release. All words entered
+are reduced to the minimum regex that will match words starting like
+this one:
+
+  set/badword annihilate
+
+will stop anything that starts with these words in the text 
+like this:
+
+  annihilate annihilated
+
+but it will also stop things like this:
+
+  anihilate annni11ihhh ii lllattt eee
+
+A few common 'leet' substitutions are automatically matched:
 
-  set/badword annihilate annihilated annihilation 
+  b0ll0cks bo0lll0ccckks fr1iigging
 
-will stop anything with these words in the text.
+and so on
+
+It will not stop some things like:
 
-  unset/badword annihilated
+  The base word FRIG will stop 'friiigging' but not 'friiig ging'
 
-will allow text with this word again.
+=== 6^UNSET/BADWORD <word>..^Propagate things like this word again
+This is the opposite of set/badword <word>
+
+  unset/badword fred
+  
+will allow text with this word again (if it has been set as a bad word.
 
 === 0^SET/BEEP^Add a beep to DX and other messages on your terminal
 === 0^UNSET/BEEP^Stop beeps for DX and other messages on your terminal
@@ -2156,10 +2177,19 @@ for more information.
 Display all the bad spotter's callsigns in the system, see SET/BADSPOTTER
 for more information.
 
-=== 1^SHOW/BADWORD^Show all the bad words in the system
+=== 6^SHOW/BADWORD^Show all the bad words in the system
+=== 6^SHOW/BADWORD full^Show all badwords with their Regex
+=== 6^SHOW/BADWORD <word> ...^Show all badwords with their Regex
 Display all the bad words in the system, see SET/BADWORD
 for more information.
 
+The first form shows all the base words that are stored in a simple list.
+
+The second form list all words with their associated perl regex.
+
+The third form shows just the regexes for the words asked for. If no
+answer for a word is given then it is not defined.
+
 === 0^SHOW/BANDS [band|region names]^Show the list of bands and regions
 Display the bands and regions (collections of bands) known to
 the system. If you supply band or region names to SHOW/BANDS,