RE: [UM1-coders] Ctl-S/Ctl-Q

[Peter C. <pet...@ne...>]

> From: J.P. King [mailto:jp...@he...]
> *blink*  So do you think that our website should check the client
> connecting, and if it is lynx then it should automatically filter all
> images through a gif->ascii-art translator, in order to cope with
> the lowest common denominator?

Hey, cool idea! Instant ASCII art!

> If it was a question of the mud not being _usable_ by a client
> then this would be an issue, but default telnet is good enough
> to use it just isn't great.

At least MS telnet is *not* good enough to use --- and that's the one that
many of our new users would be using if attracted via a telnet: URL on the
Web site.  In particular, there's one character sequence (Ctl-S) that
renders the connection unusable.  If there's a way of reducing the impact of
this --- I do it fairly regularly when aiming for Shift-S and missing ---
then I think we should implement it.

But, no, I'm not arguing for full connection and terminal management.
That's a job for the client.  [My own opinion is that @recall is also a job
for the client, but that doesn't appear to have prevented its
implementation.  Ditto colour.  Opinions vary.]

		- Peter