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+Summary
+=======
+
+The aard_inventory.xml file is a MUSHclient plugin for the Aardwolf mud.
+See the wiki for instructions on installing the plugin.
+
+
+Aard Inventory Manager
+======================
+
+This plugin manages your inventory and gives you tools to analyze and use
+items in your inventory.
+
+The first step you'll need to take is to find an out-of-the-way room where
+you won't disturb anyone and then run "dinv build confirm".  This step
+will identify all items you are wearing, all items in your main inventory,
+and all items in containers in your inventory.  This will take roughly 5
+minutes depending on how many items are in your inventory.  If you need to
+halt the build simply go to sleep or go AFK.  You can "refresh" your
+inventory later to complete the process of identifying everything you are
+carrying.
+
+Once you have a completed inventory table available, I recommend making a
+manual backup in case something goes wrong in the future.  You can restore
+from the backup and avoid the long build process again.  If anything in
+your inventory has changed since the backup, your next refresh will simply 
+update it to what you currently have.  To make a manual backup named
+"my_first_awesome_backup" type "dinv backup create my_first_awesome_backup".
+See "dinv help backup" for more details about creating, viewing, and restoring
+backups.
+
+Type "dinv help" for all available usage options.  For detailed examples of
+how to use each option, simply type "dinv help <option>".
+
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+  Inventory table access
+    dinv build [confirm]
+    dinv refresh [on | off | all] <minutes>
+    dinv search [id | full] <query>
+
+  Item management
+    dinv get <query>
+    dinv put <container relative name> <query>
+    dinv store <query>
+    dinv keyword [add | remove] <keyword name> <query>
+    dinv organize [add | clear | display] <container relative name> <query>
+
+  Equipment sets
+    dinv set [display | wear] <priority name> <level>
+    dinv snapshot [create | delete | list | display | wear] <snapshot name>
+    dinv priority [list | display | compare] <priority name 1> <priority name 2>
+
+  Equipment analysis
+    dinv analyze [list | create | delete | display] <priority name> <positions>
+    dinv usage <priority name | all> <query>
+    dinv compare <priority name> <relative name>
+    dinv covet <priority name> <auction #>
+
+  Advanced options
+    dinv backup [list | create | delete | restore] <backup name>
+    dinv reset [list | confirm] <module names | all>
+    dinv forget <query>
+    dinv notify [none | light | standard | all]
+    dinv cache [reset | size] [recent | frequent | all] <# entries>
+    dinv tags <names | all> [on | off]
+
+  Using equipment items
+    dinv consume [add | remove | display | buy | small | big] <type> <name or quantity> <container>
+    dinv portal [use] <portal object ID>
+    dinv pass <pass ID> <# of seconds>
+
+  Plugin info
+    dinv version
+    dinv help <command>
+
+
+Release Notes
+=============
+
+1) There currently is no mechanism to change stat prioritization other than manually modifying the
+   plugin.  This is high on the list of new features and a GUI supporting this will hopefully be
+   coming in the future.
+
+2) If you give an item to an enchanter to boost the item's stats, you may pull the old stats from a
+   cache instead of using the new enchantments when you get the item back.  In this case, you may use
+   the "dinv forget <query>" option to remove that item from your inventory table and its related caches.
+   The next inventory refresh will pick up the new stats for the item.
+
+3) Most aard operations that modify an item's stats are detected and automatically trigger a 
+   re-identification.  For example, enchantment spells, sharpening, reinforcing, tpenchanting, and wset
+   all are handled transparently.  The one known exception is the setweight command which is not
+   currently handled by aard's invitem system.  Until this is changed (or until we include a trigger
+   watching for setweight) you will need to use the "dinv forget <query>" option on an item that changes
+   weight in order to "forget" the old stats and then pick up the correct weight (and other stats) on
+   the next inventory refresh.
+
+4) Wands and staves are not re-identified as they are used.  As a result, the number of charges
+   shown in the item's display may not match reality as the item is used.  If this mode is not added
+   to the aard invitem system, we may need to add a trigger to watch for this and update charges
+   accordingly.
+
+5) The plugin does not automatically open containers that are closed.  As a result, you won't be able
+   to get/put items in a closed container.  Keep your containers open! :)
+
+6) If you add a keyword to an item, drop it, and then pick it back up, the new keyword will still
+   be available on the item if it is still in your cache.  However, this is not the case for common
+   consumable items.  For example, we treat all duff beer potions as being identical so that you don't
+   need to individually identify each potion.  As a result, the cached versions of those common items
+   won't maintain custom keywords.
+
+7) If the plugin tags are enabled, they will echo an end tag at the conclusion of an operation.  However,
+   if the user goes into a state that doesn't allow echoing (e.g., AFK) then the plugin cannot report the
+   end tag.  In this scenario, the plugin will notify the user about the end tag via a warning notification
+   instead of an echo.  Triggers cannot catch notifications though so any code relying on end tags should
+   either detect when you go AFK or cleanly time out after a reasonable amount of time.
+
+
+Feature Wishlist
+================
+
+1) Add a way to create and update stat prioritizations.  A GUI would be a very convenient way
+   to handle this.
+
+2) Implement a mechanism to (more) fully identify items if the identify wish is not available.
+   For example, we could use lore, the identify or object read spells, or Hester's identify
+   service found at "runto identify".  This would be a manual process to "clean up" partially
+   identified items.
+
+3) Add a display option to de-duplicate potions and pills in search results