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====== Introduction to the console (Doomsday 1.10 or older) ======

This page describes the basic functionality of the console.


===== Basic features =====


==== Opening and closing ====


To open/close the console, press the **Tilde** key (~) on your keyboard (typically found under the **Escape** key with most keyboard layouts). This key can be easily changed from the [[Control Panel]] GUI (or by changing the variable ''con-key-activate'').


==== Word completion ====


Press the **Tab** key to complete the word to the left of the cursor.


==== Usage examples ====


Printing a basic introduction to the console using the ''help'' command (including a list of keys that can be used for controlling the console window):
  help

Print a list of all console commands, with short descriptions of what the commands do (using the ''listcmds'' command):
  listcmds

Print a list of all loaded [[modding:WAD]] files (using the ''listfiles'' command):
  listfiles

Print a list of all console variables and their current values (using the ''listvars'' command):
  listvars

Print help information for the variable ''rend-tex-filter-smart'' (using the ''help'' command):
  help rend-tex-filter-smart

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