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<LI><em>From</em>: Greg Miller <<A HREF="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:12:19 -0500</LI>
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Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
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> On 12:57 PM 10/4/1999 -0700, I personally witnessed Matthew Mihaly jumping
> up to say:
> >
> >Hmm, I wasn't aware it was possible for a server to determine if a
> >player's client can decode colour. How is this done?
>
> If I remember right: ESC[6n is a "cursor position report" request. If the
> client groks ANSI, it responds with the current position of the cursor.
> Another method I've seen used is ESC[2J followed by the AVATAR code to move
> down one line and *then* the cursor position report; if your result is
> "0,2" then you know that the client supports ANSI but not AVATAR, if it's
> "1,0" then you know it supports AVATAR and ANSI. Note also that if the
> client reverses the X and Y coordinates, the responses are still distinct.
That's how you detect AVT/0... for higher levels of AVATAR, there are
codes that request a full line of human-readable info, including the
exact level of AVATAR support.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00012" HREF="msg00012.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
Andrew Wilson <a href="mailto:andrew#aaaaaaaa,demon.co.uk">andrew#aaaaaaaa,demon.co.uk</a>, Mon 04 Oct 1999, 21:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00018" HREF="msg00018.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Tue 05 Oct 1999, 04:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00011" HREF="msg00011.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
Laurel Fan <a href="mailto:lf25+@andrew.cmu.edu">lf25+@andrew.cmu.edu</a>, Mon 04 Oct 1999, 21:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00024" HREF="msg00024.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 05 Oct 1999, 23:36 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00056" HREF="msg00056.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Thu 14 Oct 1999, 18:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00079" HREF="msg00079.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 15 Oct 1999, 21:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00080" HREF="msg00080.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Fri 15 Oct 1999, 22:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00048" HREF="msg00048.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00022" HREF="msg00022.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Attracting players</A></strong>,
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