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

[J.P. K. <jp...@he...>]

> > Ok, have I lost the plot somewhere, I thought we were talking
> > about things like line editing, split screen and the like.
> 
> Not split screen. Think more along the lines of two connections from
> within tf, switched between with '/world <foo>'.
I am not quite sure why this needs more than soft code, to be honest.
But then I would differentiate between an avatar and the real character,
if you aren't doing this then you'd need to change the hard coded commands
to be aware of the status.

> Line editing already exists. Use a *REALLY* dumb telnet client and watch
> it work. It has been there for a while.
Neither netcat nor mconnect appear to allow me to use line editing..

> All the more reason for me to implement it. As long as you set your
> terminal type correctly (and the terminfo/termcap database has the
> right entry) everything would come out fine.

Yes, except that tf, tush, and friends, don't have termcap entries,
and are unlikely to work in the way that you might expect.
*shrug*  Not least of all because what you think is the correct
behaviour is not the same as other people might think.

> Please remember that there are 2 ends to a connection. stty only
> changes the *LOCAL* (ie where it was run) line discipline.
> It happens that in the past, UM and other similar muds just ignore
> control characters.

Yes, I know this.  I never suggested otherwise.

> What is being proposed is that Ctl-S and Ctl-Q are implemented
> correctly (due to a broken, common client), and can be optionally
> switched off.
*shrug*  It seems excessive to me, but if you want to code it
then...

> Adrian.

Julian