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<LI><em>From</em>: Martin Keegan <<A HREF="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</A>></LI>
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On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Matt Chatterley wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Chris Gray wrote:
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> > Well, you can just pick one, and ignore everyone else! Mainly because that's
> > what the Amiga uses, I picked ISO Latin-1, which works not bad for many
> > international uses. The codes for it seem to work on many UNIX boxes as
> > well, and I suspect can be made to work on PC's. A friend with a Mac
> > complained that the E-acute I had used in the name "Faberge" was some
> > wierd thing on his system. I thought about it a bit and decided I didn't
> > really care.
> >
> > Of course Microsoft would prefer you use Unicode.
I'd prefer to use Unicode as well. Then I could use the Verdurian script.
I can't wait! :)
> Heh. I suppose it depends on whether or not you intend to 'encourage' a
> custom client for the game (IIRC you mentioned ages ago that Island
> basically built in a client, Martin?).
I don't want to encourage any such thing, no, unless it's seamlessly
integrated into the game. Yes, Island did have the burden of a built in
client.
You connected to 'forker', which forked off a client which connected to a
server which talked to the main game. This filth was written by James Lord
for a game system called OxMUD, which never came to fruition, and was
inserted screaming into version 5 of Island (before which everything used
shared files). The following filk on "Dry Bones" sums it up well:
The forker's connected to the - terminal.
The terminal's connected to the - server.
The server's connected to the - main game.
And flame the code of the ~lord.
The client did things like the ' > " : :: < <: ": ":: abbreviations and
output formatting. Version 12 will hopey see this all folded into a single
process (or see me just replace rclient with a hacked version of
TinyFugue).
> If so, and even without, you could distribute a font for non-unix systems
> that can handle these special characters, surely? Those users who actually
> object to unusual characters looking funny on their systems can snag the
> relevant font file, and then proceed to install and use it to alleviate
> their problems.
How do I do that? I'd primarily be aiming at the WinLosers.
> This isn't as easy for UNIX users - so I'd suggest you use something UNIX
> is happy with as your base.
Ok. So what is this and where do I get it? ISO-xxxx-xxxx?
Mk
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00459" HREF="msg00459.html">[MUD-Dev] porting question</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 23:38 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00458" HREF="msg00458.html">[MUD-Dev] Languages: "strong" vs "weak"</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 22:19 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00455" HREF="msg00455.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 18:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00456" HREF="msg00456.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 18:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00460" HREF="msg00460.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 23:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00461" HREF="msg00461.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 06:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00454" HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The 'Socialiser' problem</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 18:12 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00447" HREF="msg00447.html">Release out!</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 09 Aug 1997, 17:17 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00446" HREF="msg00446.html">Dots in a name?</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Sat 09 Aug 1997, 16:41 GMT
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