## 6.3. Input Menu

### 6.3.1. Clear

This command clears the command entry box. The same can be achieved by using the button to the left of the command entry box.

### 6.3.2. Previous and Next

These commands retrieve the previous or next command in the history, putting them in the command input box. They are equivalent of pressing Alt+Up or Alt+Down (or just the arrows, in some circunstances).

### 6.3.3. Find Previous and Find Next

These commands search the command history for a command that starts with the text that is in the input bar. To use that feature, enter the first characters of the command you want to retrieve and select Find Previous. You can navigate through other commands starting with that prefix with these menu entries.

### 6.3.4. Command History

This command allows you to review the commands that have been sent recently, and send one or more commands again. When you select the menu item, a dialog like this appears:

Figure 6.1. Command History Dialog

The list on the left shows the commands which are saved. You can configure how many commands are saved, see Section 4.3, “Input”.

To send again commands to the World, select the commands you would like to send and press Send. Since most MUDs cannot handle too much user input at once and disconnect you in this case, you can add a delay after each sent command, so that the commands are not sent all at once, but with pauses. You can specify the delay and also how many commands are sent at one time. The delay is added after each group of sent commands.

You can also press Send & Close to send the selected commands and close the dialog afterwards.

You can also put a command in the command entry box to edit it. To do so, select a command (in this case you must select only one) and press Recall. If you press Recall & Close instead, the command is recalled and the dialog is closed.

To search for commands containing a given string, used the Find and Find Next buttons. Use the former one to start a search, and the later to find more commands with the string. To start another search, use Find again.

### 6.3.5. Multi-line Send

This command allows you to send several lines of output and/or a file to the World. When you select the menu item, a dialog like this appears:

Figure 6.2. Multi-Line Send

You can send a file to the World, and you can also send text before and after the file if you need. Naturally, you can also send only some text without sending a file. Just leave the fields you don't need blank.

It is also possible to prefix all the lines with a string (such as `chat`), or to add a string to the end of all lines. If you want that, fill in the appropriate fields, if not, just leave them blank.

Most MUDs cannot handle too much user input at once and disconnect you in this case. To avoid that, you can add a delay after each sent lines, so that the text is not sent all at once, but with pauses. You can specify the delay and also how many lines are sent at one time. The delay is added after each group of sent lines.

If you select "Keep dialog open after sending", the dialog will not be closed after the text starts to be sent, so you can make further changes to the text.

### 6.3.6. Test Triggers

This command brings up the Test Triggers window, which is described in Section 8.8, “Testing Triggers”.