--- deliantra/server/ext/help.ext	2012/11/21 11:53:01	1.22
+++ deliantra/server/ext/help.ext	2012/11/26 13:12:16	1.23
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@
    tooltip => "Online Help",
 };
 
+# these commands should be preferred by the client completer
+# we put them first in their own face.
+our @PREFERRED = qw(chat say shout tell);
+
 # considerable duplication between load_doclets and load_topics
 sub load_doclets {
    %DOCLET = ();
 
    my %command_list;
+   my %preferred = map { $_ => undef } @PREFERRED;
 
    for (
       [standard => "command_help"],
@@ -60,8 +65,14 @@
 
    cf::cede_to_tick;
 
+   @$_ = grep !exists $preferred{$_}, @$_
+      for values %command_list;
+
+   $command_list{preferred} = \@PREFERRED;
+
    while (my ($k, $v) = each %command_list) {
-      cf::client::set_command_face $k, $v
+      cf::cede_to_tick;
+      cf::client::set_command_face $k, $v;
    }
 }