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MUSHclient Developer(s) Nick Gammon Stable release 4.61 / September 10, 2010 Preview release 4.72 / February 4, 2011 Operating system Microsoft Windows Platform Microsoft Windows Type MUD client Website http://www.mushclient.com MUSHclient is a MUD client written and maintained by Nick Gammon. First developed in late 1995 as shareware, the client was released as freeware along with its source code in April 2007.[1]
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Features
The program supports a variety of popular functions found in the high-end MUD clients, such as aliases (input abbreviations), hotkeys, triggers (text-matching), command-execution timing, variables, multi-session support, ansi-colour customisation and speed-walking. Other notable features include the search through the comparatively huge scrollback and user-input histories as well as MUD-server independent chat for increased privacy.[2] In July 2008, as part of the 4.34 release, support for "miniwindows" - scriptable rectangles of space on the screen which can be drawn to directly - was added, allowing plugin developers to create widget-like visual representations of MUD data.[3][4]
MUSHclient offers extensive scripting support via the Windows Script Host-supported languages, such as VBScript and JavaScript, as well as the, since November 2004 implemented, platform-independent Lua-scripting. The scripting is performed via a series of built-in script-functions combined with the standard scripting operators. These can be executed either via one global scripting-language selected in the client or by adding language-independent plugins.
In June 2007 Internationalisation support was added, enabling the players to customise the messages and menus be displayed in the desired language.[5]
Interportability
Although primarily written for Microsoft Windows, MUSHclient has been successfully run both under the Linux Operating System, by using the Wine,[6][7] and the Mac OS X via Boot Camp and Parallels Desktop for Mac.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Gammon, Nick (2010-05-19). "MUSHclient release notes". http://www.gammon.com.au/scripts/showrelnote.php?productid=0.
- ^ Gammon, Nick (2007-12-24). "MUSHclient's features". http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/mushclient.htm.
- ^ Gammon, Nick (2008-07-26). "MUSHclient 4.34 release notes". http://www.gammon.com.au/scripts/showrelnote.php?version=4.34.
- ^ Gammon, Nick (2008-07-26). "MUSHclient miniwindows documentation". http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/mw_intro.htm.
- ^ Gammon, Nick (2007-06-12). "How to localize MUSHclient messages into other languages". http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=7953.
- ^ Gammon, Nick (2004-11-27). "Running MUSHclient under Wine (Linux)". http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/bbshowpost.php?bbsubject_id=4927.
- ^ Gammon, Nick (2007-12-22). "How to install MUSHclient under Ubuntu (Linux)". http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=8380.
- ^ Bobbiac (18.05.2007). "MUSHclient in OS X (Mactel Only. Sorry PPC People.)". http://www.gammon.com.au/forum/?id=7971.
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