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Posted by Taebryn   (58 posts)  Bio
Date Tue 02 Mar 2004 02:08 AM (UTC)
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smaug 1.4a

i have a paragraph in my mudtitle files to show as an entrance message

"My good blade carves the casques of men,
My tough lance thrusteth sure,
My strength is as the strength of ten,
Because my heart is pure.
The shattering trumpet shrilleth high,
The hard brands shiver on the steel,
The splintered spear-shafts crack and fly,
The horse and rider reel:
They reel, they roll in clanging lists,
And when the tide of combat stands,
Perfume and flowers fall in showers,
That lightly rain from ladies’ hands"

in telnet, this text appears skewed and spaced out all over and the format is messed up

can i not have this type of book-quote-like formatting in my mudtitle file?

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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,165 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #1 on Tue 02 Mar 2004 03:57 AM (UTC)
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Er, spaced out in what way? Can you give an example?

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Posted by Greven   Canada  (835 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #2 on Tue 02 Mar 2004 06:22 AM (UTC)
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It may be that if you have it centered, for example, and are using both tabs and spaces, that your editor does not display tabs the same way, maybe 4 characters long opposed to 8. This can screw up alot of stuff. Also, it may depend exactly what your editing it in. I know that MS word really likes to screw with files, even if your saving it in .txt format. If your using windows, try notepad instead, or better yet, use a *nix editor, like vi. Nick has a guide on how to use it to your full advantage.

Hope that helps.

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Posted by Taebryn   (58 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #3 on Wed 03 Mar 2004 02:04 AM (UTC)

Amended on Wed 03 Mar 2004 05:52 AM (UTC) by Nick Gammon

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  Welcome to the Reign of Arthur MUD!
                                     Enjoy yourself, if you have any trouble
                                                                            plea
se use the 'help' command or ask
                                another player.

                                               "My good blade carves the casques
 of men,
        My tough lance thrusteth sure,
                                      My strength is as the strength of ten,
                                                                            Beca
use my heart is pure.
                     The shattering trumpet shrilleth high,
                                                           The hard brands shive
r on the steel,
               The splintered spear-shafts crack and fly,
                                                         The horse and rider ree
l:
  They reel, they roll in clanging lists,
                                         And when the tide of combat stands,
                                                                            Perf
ume and flowers fall in showers,
                                That lightly rain from ladiesÆ hands"

                                                                     [Press Retu
rn]


it comes out looking like that in telnet

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Reign of Arthur
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,165 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #4 on Wed 03 Mar 2004 05:54 AM (UTC)
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Well, I wouldn't use telnet in the first place, I would use a MUD client.

The problem is that your file has newlines but not carriage returns. In telnet the newline starts a new line (hence the name) but without the carriage-return the cursor does not move to column 1.

Many clients will do that automatically for you. However you could do a "convert Unix to DOS" conversion on the file to insert the carriage returns. There are various ways of doing that, one is to use the utility in the downloads are on this site, another would be to ftp the file using text mode.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Taebryn   (58 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #5 on Wed 03 Mar 2004 10:51 PM (UTC)
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thanks alot!
i will try the program conversion

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