[ bzflag-Patches-745567 ] bzadmin: Curses-based text client

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Patches item #745567, was opened at 2003-05-29 17:30
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Category: BZFlag
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Lars Luthman (larsl)
Assigned to: Lars Luthman (larsl)
Summary: bzadmin: Curses-based text client

Initial Comment:
Not actually a patch, but a tarball. 
 
This is a simple text client for BZFlag. It allows a server admin to  
connect to a server, see what people are saying, and use the  
normal server commands. 
 
What you need: 
  * a normal Linux build environment (g++, make etc) 
  * the ncurses library (might work with other curses too, but    
     maybe not) 
  * the BZFlag source code 
 
If you haven't already done so, build BZFlag from source. 
bzadmin needs some of the static libraries and object files that are 
generated in the build process. 
 
Then, go to the bzadmin directory and type  
'make BZDIR=<BZFlag source dir>'. 
For example, I use the command  
'make BZDIR=/home/ll/src/cvs/bzflag'. Another way is to set  
the environment variable BZDIR to your BZFlag source directory 
and just type 'make'. 
 
Use the command 'bzadmin <SERVER> <PORT>' to connect to 
your server. The PORT parameter is optional and the default 
value is 5155. 
 
So if you want to connect to your server on port 5155 on this  
computer you could type 'bzadmin localhost'. bzadmin will then 
ask for your name, which will be used as your callsign on the 
server. bzadmin always connects as an observer, so if you  
enter a callsign that doesn't start with '@' it will be added 
automatically. 
 
This is just a quick hack and there are probably lots of bugs. If 
you find one, send an email to la...@us.... 
 
This probably should be integrated in the bzflag source directory, 
but since it uses code from src/bzflag that will have to wait until 
we restructure the client code (a new static client library with  
code that can be used by bzflag, bzadmin, and bot programs,  
or something similar). Until then, I will post new versions as new 
files for this patch. 
 

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