Linux

This may or may not have already been suggested, but I can't resist.

I would love to see an X version of MUSHclient. There are lots of clients for Linux, but none I've found have met the quality of tinyfugue or MUSHclient, and especially not the range of options, customizability, and shear coolness that's peculiar to MUSHclient.

Honestly, I would be very willing to pay for a Linux version if it were developed, even though I've already bought the Windows version.

If you don't feel like doing it, Loki may be willing to port it for you (though, as a developer myself, I always feel really reservant about giving out my source). They port it for free, then sell it and you get royalties (I believe that's how it works). I'm not sure if they deal in shareware or not.

-Randal
wnohgb.org 1701

(NOTE: wnohgb.org 1701 IP is changing to 205.252.241.100, so if you have trouble resolving or connecting, use the new IP -- we're changing CLEC and upgrading to a dedicated 1.4 GHz system :)

It could be done, and is at the back of my mind.

There are some problems ...

1. The current code uses Microsoft's MFC libraries, and thus would need heavy modification
2. There is a general relunctance amongst Linux users to pay for software (considering that a whole heap of excellent tools are free) so it is debateable whether I would get any significant payment for the work

I am learning more about Linux/OpenBSD these days, and if my skill levels increase to the extent that I can do it fairly easily, then a Unix version may well appear.

I'm not sure which features you rely on MFC for or whatnot, but there are several packages for XWindows that may be able to accomplish the same stuff MFC does.

Your best bet might be (if you're going to do a port) to use something call wxWindows. It's a GUI toolkit that is cross-platform, and does most of what MFC does (though probably not the application interaction stuff -- not sure at all on that). It also has a bunch of great embedded features.

People say if porting from MCP, it's easiest to rebuild the GUI from scratch till you have a barebones interface, then drop the code in. *shrug* I'm not sure.

Check it out: www.wxwindows.org

-Randal

Oh, and as far as Linux people reluctant to pay:

Yea, you're right... it's one of those things that's so great on one hand, yet really nasty on the other.

Do for the satisfaction of calling yourself a Unix programmer? Heck, all I do is debug and heavily modify Unix programs and I feel pretty good. ;)

Maybe to curb that fact's influence on you:

Just imagine cornering several platforms' MUD client market... mwuahahaha. ;) If you make the Linux port with wxWindows, you can port it to Mac as well--and they pay.

-Randal

Thanks for the link - I'll look into it.