Handle a bare numeric token on the command line a bit more gracefully.

NEWS

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Repository head::
   Fix for a minor bug in inventory handling.
+  Handle a bare numeric token on the command line a bit more gracefully.
 
 1.4: 2017-08-07::
   Repair packaging error (omitted templates.)

main.c

@@ -1179,6 +1179,10 @@ Lookup:
             command.verb = command.word[0].id;
             break;
         case NUMERIC: // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+	    if (!settings.oldstyle) {
+		sspeak(DONT_KNOW, command.word[0].raw);
+		goto Lclearobj;
+	    }
         default: // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
             BUG(VOCABULARY_TYPE_N_OVER_1000_NOT_BETWEEN_0_AND_3); // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
         }

notes.adoc

@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ Unrecognized words are no longer truncated to 5 characters and
 uppercased when they are echoed. The "-o" (oldstyle) option restores
 this behavior.
 
+Typing a numeric liteteral to the command prompt no longer triggers a
+fatal error. This change is reverted by the oldstyle option. 
+
 A "seed" command has been added.  This is not intended for human use
 but as a way for game logs to set the PRNG (pseudorandom-number generator) so
 that random events (dwarf & pirate appearances, the bird's magic word)