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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Output Classification Notes, version 061098</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Output Classification Notes, version 061098</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Vadim Tkachenko <<A HREF="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 23:40:57 -0500</LI>
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Mike L Kesl wrote:
>
> . o O ( Output Classification ) O o .
> (mlkesl 061098)
>
> Problem: The server needs to send different types of output in different ways
> Goals: Provide client support beyond the standard 'dumb' telnet client.
>
> In order to be able to provide multiple clients in the most efficient way
> I suggest we classify the server's output. In other words different types
> of output will be sent in different ways, using the same method names of
> course, but that is irrelevant for the non coders.
My solution was to implement a sort of meta-messages which can be
interpreted by the protocol adaptor and visualized in a right way by the
client
> I can think of the following, each line representing a separate type:
>
> Aural (messages from sentients mostly) "Johan says 'Greetings'"
>
> Visual (stuff you see, room desc, items, etc) "The sun goes down."
>
> Action (Action you experience in some way) "You slice the blob."
>
> Server (out of character info from server) "SHUTDOWN IN 5 MINUTES"
>
> Prompt (the player defined prompt) "32/45hp 20/20ma opp:blob"
>
> Map (the overhead map, ascii or tilemap) tile images or ascii block
>
> Format (color, text formatting) ansi color / html stuff
> Image (pictures of course, with text equiv.) tilemaps / items / people
Why don't you just say "OK, there's a message formed like
<tag><message-body> and define <tag> somewhere else - it doesn't have to
be something predefined.
By the way, reminds me of RFC-822 - did anybody here use anything like
that to deliver the messages to the smart clients? :-)
> One system I have been considering is to just use special prefixes before
> output to distinguish it and all the client to do the work, parsing the
> output's prefix and deciding where it goes from there. This option still
> requires a list of the output types however, and that is the main function
> of this document. Using this system the dumb telnet connection would
> simply have the prefixes stripped. Not sure about this implementation.
This, in turn, reminds me of MIME multipart/mixed between the
meta-message producer and the protocol adaptor.
Maybe it's absurd, but come on, MIME content handler would be pretty
reusable, I guess?
> Mike Kesl :)
--
Still alive and smile stays on,
Vadim Tkachenko <vt#freehold,crocodile.org>
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UNIX _is_ user friendly, he's just very picky about who his friends are
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00142" HREF="msg00142.html">[MUD-Dev] Universe Design Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
Mike L Kesl <a href="mailto:mlkesl#cpinternet,com">mlkesl#cpinternet,com</a>, Fri 10 Jul 1998, 05:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00463" HREF="msg00463.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Universe Design Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 03 Aug 1998, 20:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00465" HREF="msg00465.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Universe Design Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Mon 03 Aug 1998, 20:38 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00140" HREF="msg00140.html">[MUD-Dev] Output Classification Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
Mike L Kesl <a href="mailto:mlkesl#cpinternet,com">mlkesl#cpinternet,com</a>, Fri 10 Jul 1998, 05:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00162" HREF="msg00162.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Output Classification Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Sat 11 Jul 1998, 04:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00167" HREF="msg00167.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Output Classification Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sat 11 Jul 1998, 21:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00462" HREF="msg00462.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Output Classification Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 03 Aug 1998, 20:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00139" HREF="msg00139.html">[MUD-Dev] My "mud" server, A.T.O.M. and the coming design notes</A></strong>,
Mike L Kesl <a href="mailto:mlkesl#cpinternet,com">mlkesl#cpinternet,com</a>, Fri 10 Jul 1998, 04:21 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00133" HREF="msg00133.html">[MUD-Dev] MapMaker</A></strong>,
S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:choke#sirius,com">choke#sirius,com</a>, Thu 09 Jul 1998, 23:55 GMT
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