Scribe is a tool for managing installed grimoires and/or creating and customizing grimoires.

This document is NOT complete. It is a work in progress, so that others can follow my thoughts as I write them down.

grimoire functions

scribe add

• adds a grimoire to the codex (see examples below)

• scribe add stable (will add stable from your default sourcemage mirror)

• scribe add stable from ftp://ftp.somewhere.org/grimoires/stable.tar.bz

• scribe add stable from rsync://www.sourcemage.org::stable (rsync additions!)

scribe remove

• removes a grimoire from the codex

scribe update

• updates a grimoire in the codex

scribe swap

• swaps priorities of grimoires

• scribe swap test stable will swap the priorities of test and stable grimoires, such as adding test to codex after starting with stable, then wanting stable to be the default.

scribe index

• Displays a list of all currently used grimoires, in order. Useful in conjunction with "scribe swap".

spell functions

scribe copy

• copies a spell from one grimoire to another

scribe erase

• removes a spell from a grimoire

scribe move

• moves a spell from one grimoire to another

dual functions

scribe rename

• renames a spell or a grimoire

scribe edit

• edits the target grimoire or spell via menus

Reserved Words

to - defines a target

from - defines a source

spell - defines an item as a spell

grimoire - defines an item as a grimoire

Details of each function, default actions, usage considerations, and more will be added in the near future.

In the meantime, check the email that started the whole thing "Not working right now, coz mailing list has moved"