help.yml

general-topics:

<topic name>:

A custom help “topic” to show when the user types “/help <topic>”

shortText: ""#

The first line of the help entry, used as a summary in index pages.

This is formatted with legacy ”&” style formatting

fullText: ""#

The remaining lines of this help entry.

This is formatted with legacy ”&” style formatting

permission: ""#

The permission required to view this help entry.

If this is empty/not set, the entry does not require a permission

index-topics:

<topic name>:

An composite help topic index.

If the topic name is the special value “Default”, it will override the automatically generated index used for /help with no arguments

shortText: ""#

The short text used in other index topics

This is not displayed when showing this topic itself.

This is formatted with legacy ”&” style formatting

preamble: ""#

Information to show before the index

This is formatted with legacy ”&” style formatting

permission: ""#

A custom permission required to view this help entry.

If this is empty/not set, the entry does not require a permission

commands: []#

What to show in the index

This is a list of commands, or other help topics

They will be displayed in the order they are listed here in “topic name: short text” format

up to a maximum of 1 min chat line (55 chars)

amended-topics:

<topic name>:

shortText: ""#

A replacement for the short text of the topic.

If this is empty/not set, the original short text is used

If this contains the literal string <text>, it will be replaced with the original short text

This is formatted with legacy ”&” style formatting

fullText: ""#

A replacement for the full text of the topic.

If this is empty/not set, the original full text is used

If this contains the literal string <text>, it will be replaced with the original full text

This is formatted with legacy ”&” style formatting

permission: ""#

Overrides the permission required to view this help entry.

If this is empty/not set, the original permission is NOT used, instead no permission is required

ignore-plugins: []#

A list of plugins to ignore when generating help topics for registered commands

If “All” is included, all plugins are ignored

If the special plugin name “Bukkit” is included, all commands registered by Bukkit are ignored.

command-topics-in-master-index: true#

Whether to allow command topics (topics starting with a /) to be shown in the main index

This is the index shown when the user types “/help” or “/help <page>” Command alias topics are always hidden.