This page describes the basic functionality of the console.

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).

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

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 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