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| This is the changes file for PennMUSH 1.7.7. Please look it over; each | |
| version contains new things which might significantly affect the | |
| function of your server. Changes are reported in reverse | |
| chronological order (most recent first) | |
| [TN] is Thorvald Natvig, a PennMUSH developer (aka Trivian) | |
| [TAP] is T. Alexander Popiel, a PennMUSH developer (aka Talek) | |
| [SW] is Shawn Wagner, a PennMUSH developer (aka Raevnos) | |
| [EEH] is Ervin Hearn III, a PennMUSH developer (aka Noltar) | |
| [LdW] is Luuk de Waard, a former PennMUSH developer (aka Halatir) | |
| [RLM] is Ralph Melton, a former PennMUSH developer | |
| [NJG] is Nick Gammon, the Win32 porter | |
| [DW] is Dan Williams, the MacOS porter | |
| [2.2] refers to code which originated with the TinyMUSH 2.2 developers | |
| [3] refers to code by (or inspired by) TinyMUSH 3.0 | |
| [Rhost] refers to code by (or inspired by) RhostMUSH | |
| ========================================================================== | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 40 December 1, 2004 | |
| Major Changes: | |
| * Another pass at the chunk allocator! Simpler but effective. | |
| Folks should, however, greatly reduce their chunk_migrate | |
| value in mush.cnf -- we suggest '50'. [TAP] | |
| Commands: | |
| * @command/alias can alias commands. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Functions: | |
| * zwho() and zmwho(). [EEH] | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * utils/penn-install is no longer part of the PennMUSH distribution | |
| (it's part of the Debian maintainer's stuff). [EEH] | |
| * Inheritable @locks are inherited off of ancestor objects. | |
| Suggested by Zith@Lovarii. [SW] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Infinite recursion in @lock/examine fixed. Report by | |
| Amy Kou'ai (Amy@ShoujoAi) and Sparta Kerleon (Sparta@ShoujoAi). [TAP] | |
| * @flag/letter now allows setting a flag's letter to one used by | |
| another flag that works on different object types. Report by Lenon. | |
| * Translation corrections by Cheetah@M*U*S*H and [EEH]. | |
| * Added __USE_POSIX to the cflags for linux, and removed | |
| checking for -lbind, to help SuSE 9. Report by Ambrosia@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Fixes to panic db loading logic. [SW] | |
| * escape() shouldn't double-escape the first character of the | |
| string when it's a special character. Report by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 39 October 25, 2004 | |
| Major Changes: | |
| * Game and chat database formats have been rewritten. They are | |
| much more human-readable, can be extended with new fields | |
| without using versioning flags, and provide better detection | |
| and reporting of malformed databases. [SW] | |
| * Chunk deref counts for locks are now stored in the database. [SW] | |
| Commands: | |
| * New 'buy' command for purchasing items from vendors that can offer | |
| multiple items at multiple prices. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * restrict_command and @command/restrict can now include an | |
| error message to be sent when the player can't use the command, | |
| which supercedes more generic errors. Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Functions: | |
| * lwho() can take an argument to produce the who list from that | |
| player's viewpoint. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * nattr(obj/attrib) returns 1 when matching a non-wildcarded attrib. | |
| Report by Impster@M*U*S*H. | |
| * +chan <msg> is now converted to @chat <chan>=<msg> (with noeval) | |
| so @chat hooks apply to +chatting too. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * You must be able to locate a player to perform elock() on them. | |
| Report by Ambrosia. | |
| * Help fixes by Sketch@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Simplification of @version code. [SW] | |
| * cemit() restrictions are now based on those of @cemit, instead | |
| of @emit. Report by BlackPhyr. | |
| * Setting queue_loss to 0 disables queue_loss. A bad idea, but | |
| more consistent behavior. Suggested by K Moon. | |
| * Examining objects always shows their actual number of coins, | |
| whether or not they're admin or no_pay. | |
| * Code cleanup in @edit and in char routines. [SW]. | |
| * Wrong object checked when reporting money as unlimited. Report | |
| by Nate Barney. [EEH] | |
| * New hints/freebsd_5.sh. Suggested by James Lang. | |
| * INFO command once again reports the server as "PennMUSH", | |
| not just a version number. Report by Mark Hassman. | |
| * Win32 linting. Builds with NT_TCP should work again (although | |
| @shutdown/reboot under NT_TCP is still not functional). | |
| Reorganization of the Win32 services macros. [EEH] | |
| * Fix to bug with login attempts using literal encrypted strings. | |
| Reported by Cadar and Mirrador. | |
| * @ps/all shows the right label on top. Patch by qa'toq@bDv. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 38 August 25, 2004 | |
| Commands: | |
| * @boot/silent disconnects without the standard message. | |
| Suggested by Thor@bDv. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Crash bug in is_objid fixed. Report by Wayne@PDX. | |
| * God could cause a flag to lose its type status, and then become | |
| inaccessible. Report by Wayne@PDX. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 37 August 23, 2004 | |
| Major changes: | |
| * @adisconnect is triggered on every disconnection, partial or full. | |
| This mirrors the behavior of @aconnect. Use %1 (the number of | |
| remaining connections) to distinguish between partial and full | |
| disconnects in @adisconnect code. | |
| Minor changes (user-visible): | |
| * When a player disconnects, their recv(), sent(), and cmds() | |
| values are passed to triggered @adisconnects as %2, %3, and %4. | |
| The number of remaining connections is passed as %1. | |
| Suggested by Jessica Hawthorne and Wayne@PDX. | |
| * No_Pay players now have their money reported as unlimited by | |
| examine and score (but money() still returns a useful integer value). | |
| ex/debug can be used to see the object's Pennies field. | |
| Suggested by Wayne@PDX. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * ex obj/*1 and similar was matching like ex obj/*1*. Reported by | |
| Math@HavenMUSH. | |
| * inc() and dec() with out-of-range integers now return a more | |
| useful error instead of odd behavior. Suggested by Jessica Hawthorne. | |
| * Win32 bug with renamed temporary database files resolved. | |
| Reported by AndromedaMU. | |
| * Help fixes by Mike Griffiths. | |
| * @mail commands with no message list were not using current folder. | |
| Report by Jessica Hawthorne. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 36 August 9, 2004 | |
| Functions: | |
| * l/lv/n/nv/x/xvthings() functions by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * New flag to locate(), 'y', for matching player names like pmatch(), | |
| without requiring a leading * before the name like the 'p' flag. [SW] | |
| * lattr()/nattr() works for mortals on non-owned objects, showing | |
| or counting only attribs they can examine. Suggested by Philip Mak, | |
| patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Minor changes (user-visible): | |
| * Mortals can no longer teleport HEAVY admin through exits. | |
| Suggested by Ambrosia@M*U*S*H. | |
| Minor changes (internals): | |
| * win32 directory has subdirectories for msvc6 and msvc.net. [EEH] | |
| * locate() on dark rooms now works for see_all players. Suggested | |
| by Wayne@PDX. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * @mail subjects are stripped of ansi before being stored (escape | |
| chars were always smashed on display). Suggested by Wayne@PDX. | |
| * @command/delete by God of a non-existing command caused a crash. | |
| Report by Wayne@PDX. | |
| * Follow works again. Report by Shirow. | |
| * Fix to digest()'s sha hash on systems without OpenSSL. [SW] | |
| * @list/command no longer includes duplicates. Report by Relay@M*U*S*H. [EEH] | |
| * comp() again returns -1/1 instead of -2/2. Report by Jessica Hawthorne. | |
| * sort() of large floats works again. Report by Jessica Hawthorne. | |
| * Linting of warnings in funlist.c. Report by Nymeria@M*U*S*H. | |
| * It was possible for wizards to create circular zone chains that | |
| would cause an infinite loop. Report by Wayne@PDX. | |
| * safe_ansi_string was double-prepending starting ansi codes. | |
| Report by Shirow. | |
| * Debian packaging improvements. [EEH] | |
| * Help fixes by Mike Griffiths. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 35 July 21, 2004 | |
| Attributes: | |
| * NO_NAME and NO_SPACE attribute flags, when applied to @o-message | |
| attributes, omit either the enactor's name or the space after it | |
| when sending the message to others. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. [3] | |
| Commands: | |
| * @break <expression>=<new command> now runs <new command> | |
| instead of simply stopping execution when <expression> is true. | |
| New command @assert breaks and runs new command when <expression> | |
| is false. Suggested by Philip Mak and Zebranky@M*U*S*H. Patch by | |
| Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The new command 'huh_command' is responsible for handling unmatched | |
| command input. By default, it produces the usual Huh? message, but | |
| it can be overridden with @hook. Logging of huhs is now controlled | |
| in restrict.cnf and the log_huhs mush.cnf directive is removed. | |
| Suggested by T'orA and Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * New @decompile/prefix switch generalizes @decompile/tf. | |
| Prefixes are now applied even when decompiling multiple attributes, | |
| and a bug in doing so is corrected. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * New @edit/first switch only replaces first occurrence of string. | |
| Suggested by Kevin@M*U*S*H. | |
| Functions: | |
| * malias() function for examining mail aliases. Inspired by | |
| Kevin@M*U*S*H. | |
| * llocks()/locks() lists locks on an object. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * lset() function works like @lset. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * lockflags() and llockflags() show short and long flags set on a lock. | |
| Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * lattrp() is lattr() including parent attribs. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * nattr(obj/wildcardpattern) is now supported. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * nattrp() is nattr() including parent attribs. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * xattr(obj/wildcardpattern,start,count) extracts the corresponding | |
| elements from lattr(). xattrp() is xattr() including parent attribs. | |
| Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Minor changes (user-visible): | |
| * @lset and lock() recognize locks beginning with user:. Patch by | |
| Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * When a player causes an ambiguous channel match, the error message | |
| mentions CHAN_USEFIRSTMATCH, which now has a help entry. | |
| Suggested by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * New sort options: sorting by dbref name, idle time, connection seconds, | |
| creation time, owner dbref, and attribute values. sort() and any | |
| functions that use list2arr() are now ansi-aware. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * You can @name yourself to your @alias; this swaps name and alias. | |
| Suggested by Oriens@Alexandria. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Minor changes (internals): | |
| * Several global variables are now encapsulated in a single structure | |
| to reduce potential namespace clashes. | |
| * Reorganization of some filecopy.c code. [SW] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * @mail manipulation specifying folder 0 explicitly when the | |
| current folder is non-zero didn't work right. Report by | |
| Jess Hawthorne. | |
| * Buffer overflow in string handling fixed. Report by Ashen-Shugar. | |
| * @sitelock/name of an already locked name no longer creates extra | |
| entries. Report by Nymeria@M*U*S*H. | |
| * make depend no longer produces an unterminated Makefile.SH. | |
| Reported by Bytor and Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Help fixes by [SW]. | |
| * Fix to replace_string2 to prevent overflow situations. Report by | |
| Atuarre. [SW]. | |
| * Removed non-static shutdownsock prototype in hdrs/mysocket.h. | |
| Report by Kholnuu@M*U*S*H. | |
| * SQL code should be much more memory-efficient. [SW] | |
| * Code cleanup and fixes to some memory leaks with strcoll. [SW] | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 34 June 22, 2004 | |
| Flags and Powers: | |
| * Debit power allows the giving of negative amounts of money. | |
| Suggested by Hemlon@SevenStones. | |
| * The setting and resetting of flags and powers can be logged | |
| by using the new 'log' restriction. Changes were made in | |
| flaglocal.dst which you must carry over into flaglocal.c | |
| (or, if you don't use flaglocal.c, just rm src/flaglocal.c and | |
| flaglocal.dst will be copied in its place). Suggested by Sholevi@M*U*S*H | |
| [SW] | |
| * Setting and resetting @powers are once again logged by default. [SW] | |
| Locks: | |
| * @lock/speech can now be set by unprivileged players. @lock/speech | |
| now applies to all players (it is no longer automatically overridden | |
| by admin). SPEECH_LOCK`*FAILURE attributes can be used to override | |
| the default failure messages when @lock/speech fails. | |
| Commands: | |
| * ex/parent examines an object and shows attributes that will be | |
| inherited from its parents (if you are permitted to examine | |
| the parent as well). Suggested by BladedThoth@M*U*S*H. | |
| * examine now shows the complete (examinable-by-enactor) chain of | |
| parent objects, not just the nearest parent. Suggested by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| Functions: | |
| * mailsend() is a function form of @mail/send. Suggested by Moe@ChicagoMUSH | |
| * ncon, nvcon, nexits, nvexits, nplayers, nvplayers, nwho, nvwho | |
| functions to count the number of each thing. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * xcon, xvcon, xexits, xvexits, xplayers, xvplayers, xwho, xvwho functions | |
| to extract slices of potentially long contents, etc. lists. [Rhost,TM] | |
| Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Minor changes (user-visible): | |
| * Players can no longer be set CHOWN_OK. Suggested by Intrevis@M*U*S*H. | |
| If you have existing CHOWN_OK players, you probably want to unset | |
| this from them, or the results will be confusing (they'll continue | |
| to appear to have the flag, even though it won't be testable or | |
| settable or clearable; this is desired behavior). | |
| * If you're See_All and Pemit_All, you may now @cemit on any channel. | |
| Based on a suggestion by Philip Mak. | |
| * Attempting to give a player more than max_pennies will give them | |
| enough to get them to max_pennies, instead of being treated as | |
| an error. Similarly, taking away more pennies than they have will | |
| take away exactly all their pennies. | |
| * Improved errors for unprivileged users doing @boot/port. | |
| Suggested by Intrevis@M*U*S*H. [TAP] | |
| Minor changes (internals): | |
| * pre OS X Macintosh OSes are no longer supported. Hints for | |
| Darwin are improved. [SW] | |
| * An extra file descriptor only needed on Sun OS boxes was being | |
| opened on all unix systems. [SW] | |
| * If no config file name is given on the netmush program's command line, | |
| it will assume you mean mush.cnf instead of quitting. You should still | |
| be using the restart script instead of netmush directly, though, as it | |
| does important things like using the right database... [SW] | |
| * 'make local-files' will copy all the src/*local.dst files to their | |
| respective .c counterparts. Suggested by Nymeria@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Configure handles the case where SO_KEEPALIVE works but TCP_KEEPIDLE isn't | |
| defined. [SW] | |
| * Win32 portability fixes and mingw hints. [EEH] | |
| * Raising max_logins from 0 with @config/set wouldn't take existing | |
| connections into account. [SW] | |
| * $commands starting with # (that don't look like an @force by dbref) | |
| will now be matched. Reported by Intrevis@M*U*S*H. | |
| * version() is verbose again. Reported by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The double-add of SQL_OK on minimal.db is now really fixed. | |
| See p33 changes for information. Report by Mordie@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Help fixes by Kevin@M*U*S*H and Cerekk@bDv. | |
| * @boot/desc on one's own descriptor is no longer translated to | |
| @boot/me. [TAP] | |
| * Overflow of integer argument in giving pennies fixed. Report by | |
| Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Typo in fun_vcross() fixed. [SW] | |
| * Configure does better when ssl shared libraries, but not static | |
| libraries, are available. You can use -D no_openssl to skip SSL checks. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 33 June 3, 2004 | |
| Minor changes (internals): | |
| * IsPlayer, etc. macros rewritten for clarity by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Use enums in place of some more #defines and magic numbers. [SW] | |
| * New did_it_with() hc function simplifies passing a dbref as %0 | |
| to did_it actions. [SW] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * The SQL_OK power could get double-added. If this happened to you, | |
| delete one of them and double-check that all sql-using objects | |
| still have the power set. Report by Mordie@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Missing include in game.c fixed. | |
| * Improper include in bufferq.c fixed. Report by Leona and Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Obsolete bzero() uses removed. [SW] | |
| * New win32/pennmush.dsp. | |
| * Help fix by bleeder@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Mac OS X linting [SW]. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 32 May 26, 2004 | |
| Major Changes: | |
| * SQL support. PennMUSH can now operate as an SQL client and perform | |
| queries against an SQL server. Currently only the MySQL server is | |
| supported. This adds the @sql command, the sql() and sqlescape() | |
| functions, and the Sql_Ok power. See README.SQL for some | |
| additional information. Mostly based on patches by Hans Engelen. | |
| * Creating a leaf attribute automatically creates associated branch | |
| attributes if they are not already present. [TAP] | |
| * When a $command matches on an object, but the object's use-lock or | |
| command-lock prevents the command from being run, the object's | |
| COMMAND_LOCK`FAILURE, COMMAND_LOCK`OFAILURE, and COMMAND_LOCK`AFAILURE | |
| attributes will be triggered if the $command never successfully | |
| matched, rather than returning a Huh? to the player. | |
| * Exits and rooms may now run $commands. Rooms are treated as being | |
| located in themselves for purposes of location checks. Exits are | |
| treated as being located in their source room. Suggested by [TAP]. | |
| Commands: | |
| * 'empty <object>' attempts to get each item in <object> and put | |
| it alongside <object> (in <object>'s location). | |
| * 'give <object> to <player>' syntax added. | |
| Minor Changes (user-visible): | |
| * @COST attribute is now evaluated, so you can make costs depend | |
| on who's paying, a selected item, etc. Suggested by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Also, the amount given is passed in as %0, so you can code | |
| vendors that accept any amount. | |
| * New OBJID^<objid> lock atom. | |
| * The server now maintains a rolling log of activity (commands issued, | |
| evaluations parsed, and locks evaluated), that is dumped to the log | |
| file on panic, or can be seen by God with @uptime. This aids | |
| debugging code that causes a "clean" panic rather than a crash. | |
| Suggested by Intrevis@M*U*S*H. | |
| * When checking a use/command/listen-lock on an object with patterns | |
| that get matched, we only check the lock once and cache the result, | |
| to prevent multiple lock evaluations if multiple patterns match. [TAP] | |
| * @chan/recall now shows nospoof tags for @cemit'd lines. | |
| Suggested by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * SUSPECT flag can now be applied to any type of object. | |
| Suggested by Oriens@Alexandria. | |
| Minor Changes (internals): | |
| * fun_escape() and fun_secure() use the same list of special characters, | |
| rather than each having their own copy. [SW] | |
| * Buffer queue code used by @chan/buffer and the activity log refactored | |
| into src/bufferq.c and hdrs/bufferq.h. | |
| * Added mush_panicf(), with printf()-style format and arguments. [SW] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * @scan correctly shows attributes on parents again. Report by | |
| Wayne@PDX. | |
| * @shutdown/panic and @shutdown/paranoid work again. [SW] | |
| * A panic DB could be created before the database files were actually read, | |
| causing problems on the next restart. [SW] | |
| * Win32 and Debian installer portability fixes. [EEH] | |
| * Code cleanup around errno. [SW] | |
| * The locate() function now respects visibility and interactions. | |
| Report by Jules@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 31 May 11, 2004 | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * netmush is now started with only a single argument - the path to | |
| the configuration file. The error log file (typically game/netmush.log) | |
| is now configured in mush.cnf. Suggested by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The restart script now bases its decision about whether the mush | |
| is already running on the full path to the configuration file, | |
| which means you can leave mush.cnf named mush.cnf without fear | |
| of restart problems when multiple mushes are using the same | |
| host. This also facilitates make update. Suggested by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The GAMEDIR environment variable can be passed to 'make update' | |
| to cause it to update *.cnf files in directories other than | |
| game/ (using the template *.dst files in game/). | |
| E.g.: make GAMEDIR=/home/othermush/game update | |
| Commands: | |
| * @nscemit. Suggested by Mystery8@ST:AW. | |
| Functions: | |
| * nscemit(). Suggested by Mystery8@ST:AW. | |
| Flags: | |
| * New HEAVY admin flag, prevents an object from being teleported | |
| by a mortal between two containers they own. Admin without this | |
| flag can now be teleported. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Help fixes by Anri@AkaneaMUSH and Intrevis@M*U*S*H. | |
| * mix() now treats empty lists as empty, instead of containing a single | |
| null element. Report by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * @power messages no longer reference 'flags'. Report by Nymeria@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Crash bug with @clone in new power system fixed. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 30 May 6, 2004 | |
| Major changes: | |
| * CHAT_SYSTEM option removed. If you don't want to use the chat system, | |
| use restrict.cnf to disable @channel, @chat, etc. | |
| * USE_MAILER and MAIL_ALIAS options removed. If you don't want to | |
| use the @mail or @malias systems, use restrict.cnf to disable | |
| the associated commands. | |
| * QUOTA, EMPTY_ATTRS, and FUNCTION_SIDE_EFFECTS options are now | |
| runtime options, instead of compile-time. | |
| * SINGLE_LOGFILE option removed, and log filenames are now | |
| runtime options. You may now give the same name to | |
| multiple log files and get a more fine-grained version of the | |
| same effect. Based on ideas by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| Minor changes: | |
| * New IP^ and HOSTNAME^ tests for boolexps. Suggested by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * ALLOW_NOSUBJECT option removed. We always use the beginning of the | |
| message as the subject if one is not provided. | |
| * JURY_OK and UNINSPECTED_FLAG options removed. Use @flag to add | |
| flags if you need them. ONLINE_REG and VACATION_FLAG options | |
| removed (default to always defined, add or remove with @flag as | |
| desired). | |
| * MEM_CHECK option removed from options.h; it is now a runtime | |
| option in mush.cnf. | |
| * @function/restrict can be applied to softcoded @functions, and | |
| @function/add can accept a list of restrictions as a fifth argument. | |
| Patch by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * log_walls run-time configuration option removed. Use the | |
| logargs option in restrict.cnf instead. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Crash bug in anonymous attributes fixed. Report by Intrevis@M*U*S*H. | |
| * lplayers() was broken. Report by T'orA@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Failing to create a player by providing a bad password now gives | |
| a better error. Suggested by [NJG]. | |
| * Setting/clearing a chan title on a notitles channel works, but | |
| reminds you that titles are off. Suggested by Dan@InNomine. | |
| * haspower_restricted removed from mushcnf.dst to stop spurious | |
| warning on startup. Report by Nymeria@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 29 April 28, 2004 | |
| Major changes: | |
| * Anonymous attributes via #lambda. See help anonymous attributes. [SW] | |
| * Wizards (other than God) and royalty are no longer treated as No_Pay | |
| unless the No_Pay power is explicitly set on them, although they | |
| can still give (themselves or others) as many pennies as they wish. | |
| This helps stop runaway wizards in the queue (they'll run out of cash | |
| like anyone else). To get the old behavior back, @power your admin | |
| No_Pay. You probably want to @power any globals that use search(), | |
| children(), mail*stats(), etc, No_Pay as well. Suggested by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * game/restrict.cnf, alias.cnf, names.cnf are renamed in the tarball and | |
| made with make update like mush.cnf. Suggested by Philip Mak. [SW] | |
| * @powers now operate under the same code as the @flag system, so God | |
| can add and modify powers in the MUSH with @power/add, etc. | |
| Commands: | |
| * @nsemit, @nsoemit, @nslemit, @nsremit, @nszemit and function forms | |
| of the same. Suggested by Cloud@M*U*S*H. | |
| Functions: | |
| * andlpowers(), orlpowers(), andpowers(), orpowers(). | |
| * align() performs fancy text alignment tricks. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * sent() and recv() show more player descriptor data from SESSION. | |
| Suggested by Ricochet@M*U*S*H. | |
| * scan() with a single argument assumes the executor's point of | |
| view. Suggested by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * valid() can also check for syntactically correct passwords, | |
| command names, and function names. | |
| Minor changes: | |
| * No more CRYPT_SYSTEM in options.h. We try everything and we | |
| always reset passwords to SHS. Patch by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Wizards and other privileged players can @chan/recall on channels they're | |
| not on. Suggested by Trispis@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * A separate ip address to bind the SSL port to can now be specified | |
| in mush.cnf. | |
| * @flag/type allows God to change flag types. Suggested by Renee@ShoreSide. | |
| * After each @startup is enqueued (during startup or @restart/all), | |
| we immediately run up to 5 queue cycles. This allows, e.g., God's | |
| @startup to up to five levels of @dol/@tr/@switch/etc and still have | |
| the queued code run ahead of other startups. This requires that you | |
| keep God's dbref as #1. Based on comments by Philip Mak and o | |
| Trispis@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The message after successful @password is now clearer, to avoid | |
| confusion in some unusual cases. Report by Kholnuu. | |
| * Makefile is no longer set executable. Report by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Server now handles telnet NOP and AYT commands. Suggested by | |
| Philip Mak and Liz (author of Muckclient). | |
| * announce.c is no longer distributed. portmsg.c cleanup. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * @undestroy on an invalid (garbage, or !going) object now produces | |
| an error message. Suggested by T'orA@M*U*S*H. | |
| * On shutdowns, all queue deposits are now refunded. | |
| * Ansi behavior on second and later lines of text fixed by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Database reading improvements for win32 - ideally, you should now | |
| be able to read a database written on win32/unix on either system. | |
| * allof() now evaluates its separator argument. [SW] | |
| * firstof() doesn't add an extra space before the value it returns. [SW] | |
| * Slackware portability fixes by Dale @ Wolfpaw.net hosting | |
| * ]page properly noevals (the right hand side) now. Report by | |
| Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Partial channel match listings no longer reveal channels the player | |
| isn't allowed to see. Report by Taz. | |
| * Help fixes by Trispis@M*U*S*H and Tanaku@M*U*S*H. | |
| * ssl() and terminfo() don't work on other players unless you're | |
| See_All, as promised. Based on patch by Tanaku@M*U*S*H. | |
| * lcon, etc. all do an INTERACT_SEE interaction check now. | |
| Suggested by Thor@bDv. | |
| * Code cleanup. [SW] | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p16 | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 28 March 12, 2004 | |
| Major changes: | |
| * You can add customized configuration parameters to set in mush.cnf | |
| by adding a couple of new lines into the local_configs() function | |
| in local.c. (YOU MUST UPDATE YOUR local.c FROM local.dst IN THIS | |
| PATCHLEVEL). Patch by grapenut@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Object ids: An object id is the string "#dbref:ctime" | |
| where #dbref is the object's dbref and ctime is its creation time | |
| in integer format. The %: substitution returns this | |
| id for the enactor, and the objid() function returns it for an | |
| arbitrary object. Object ids can be used in place of softcode that | |
| stores dbrefs to insure that a recycled dbref isn't used in place | |
| of the intended one. The matcher code will also match objects by | |
| id any time it's matching by dbref. | |
| * @command/add and @command/del. You can add a custom command | |
| (which will have the same precedence as a standard server command), | |
| and then @hook it to softcode, effectively promoting the precedence | |
| of softcoded globals, and letting them take advantage of some | |
| command parser settings. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Functions: | |
| * tr() accepts ranges of characters like a-z instead of having to | |
| give each one. [SW] | |
| * escape() also escapes parens and commas now. Suggested by Philip Mak. [SW] | |
| * time() can now take a time offset or object argument (in the latter | |
| case, time offset is read from object's TZ attribute). Patch by | |
| Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * vcross() performs cross products of vectors. [SW] | |
| * merge() can now take a list of characters. [SW] | |
| Minor changes: | |
| * You can @set multiple flags at once by giving them as a list. | |
| Suggested by Walker@M*U*S*H and others. | |
| * Channel names are recognized when surround by <>'s, too. [SW] | |
| * 'move' is now a command_alias for 'goto' (in alias.cnf), and not | |
| a separate command. | |
| * PAGE_LOCK`{,O,A}FAILURE attributes now activated when a page/pemit fails | |
| due to the victim's @lock/page. Suggested by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Tweaked game message for failing to provide correct password to | |
| @password. Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| * New command 'warn_on_missing' (defaults to disabled), aliased to the | |
| '[' character. If enabled, players who attempt to write commands | |
| starting with functions will get errors. Suggested by [SW] and | |
| Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Renaming something triggers its ONAME and ANAME attributes, if present. | |
| The old name is passed as %0; the new as %1. Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| * Owner information on ex/br is reported using the usual object_header() | |
| so dbref and flags appear. Suggested by Rince@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Flags that are F_DARK or F_MDARK no longer appear on @flag/list | |
| by non-admin. Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| * Warn players who set themselves SHARED with a weak zone lock. | |
| Suggested by Philip Mak. [SW] | |
| * @halt can now take "here". Suggested by Thor@bDv. | |
| * When parsing eqsplit commands, don't evaluate the left side | |
| of the equal sign if the command was run with ]. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Fixes to robustify file reading on Windows systems. | |
| * The 'nofixed' command restriction works as expected now (previously, | |
| you had to use 'nofix'). | |
| * Exit movements are now translated into explicit GOTO commands, | |
| so @hooks and restrictions on GOTO are now applied. Patch by | |
| Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The AE/ae accent characters can now be produced (accent(a,e)). | |
| Patch by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * @hook/ignore would double-evaluate arguments. Reported by | |
| Ambrosia@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Mingw error in src/Makefile.SH fixed. Report by Thor@bDv. [SW] | |
| * Help fixes by Cerekk@bDv, Mike Griffiths, Steve Varley, Thor@bDv, [SW], | |
| Dahan, Jason Stover, and Kyieren@M*U*S*H. | |
| * cmdlocal.dst now includes flags.h. By Dahan. | |
| * Win32 portability fixes by Dahan, Nathan Baum, [EEH]. | |
| * utils/mkcmds.sh is now smarter about choosing temp filenames, so | |
| parallel make should work. Fixed by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The Zone: data in examine could be wrong. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 27 January 25, 2004 | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * New etimefmt() formatting codes to make it easier to get nice-looking | |
| results without 0-valued times. Suggested by ranko_usa@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Autodetect existence of /usr/kerberos/include to make compile | |
| easier for RH9 sufferers. | |
| * src/Makefile is now autobuilt from src/Makefile.SH. IF you use | |
| local hacks that require src/Makefile, this is likely to be a problem | |
| for you. You'll want to start patching Makefile.SH instead. | |
| * Fewer warning flags are now provided to the compiler by default. | |
| You can set your own warning flags instead by defining the | |
| warnings variable in config.over. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * The startups option actually does what it's supposed to now. | |
| * Potential DOS in etimefmt fixed. Report by Ashen-Shugar. [SW] | |
| * Code cleanup. ok_tag_attribute should work. [SW] | |
| * Channels are automatically ungagged only on initial connection | |
| (not reconnection, partial disconnection, etc.). Suggested by | |
| Mordie@M*U*S*H. | |
| * notify() calls during startup would crash. Reported by Mordie@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p15. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 26 December 15, 2003 | |
| Commands: | |
| * Add /regexp switch to @switch and @select. Suggested by BladedThoth. [SW] | |
| * New /spoof switch to @pemit, @remit, @lemit, @oemit, @emit, | |
| causes the message to appear to be generated by the cause, rather | |
| than the enactor, which makes globals like $ooc show the right | |
| NOSPOOF information (instead of the name of the global command object). | |
| Patch by Philip Mak. | |
| Functions: | |
| * hostname(), ipaddr(), and cmds() take a dbref or descriptor number | |
| of a connected player and return the hostname, ipaddr, and number | |
| of commands executed. Suggested by Sholevi@M*U*S*H and Renee@ShoreSide, | |
| code by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Add reswitch*() functions. Suggested by BladedThoth. [SW] | |
| * insert() can take a negative position argument to insert from | |
| the right. Patch by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * New firstof() and allof() functions return the first true value | |
| or all true values from a set of expressions. Patch by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * tr() works like the Unix utility, translating characters. Patch | |
| by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| Attributes: | |
| * Attributes may be set DEBUG to cause their evaluation to be | |
| debugged selectively. Patch by Pozzo@SWForum. | |
| * @desc can no longer be gotten remotely without privileges. | |
| To implement this, a new attribute flag NEARBY was added, | |
| which prevents visual attributes from being remotely accessed. | |
| See new configuration directive 'read_remote_desc' if you prefer | |
| the old behavior. Patch by Philip Mak. | |
| * @desc on privileged objects can now be evaluated by mortals. | |
| To implement this, a new attribute flag PUBLIC was added, | |
| which overrides safer_ufun for that attribute. This flag is dangerous | |
| and should be avoided unless you are sure you know what you're doing. | |
| Patch by Philip Mak. | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * "+<channel> <text>" complains if <channel> is ambiguous, and | |
| displays a list of matching channels. Patch by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Code cleanup around @oemit by Philip Mak. | |
| * If an object has an IDESCFORMAT but no IDESCRIBE, interior viewers | |
| now see the DESCRIBE formatted by IDESCFORMAT (instead of | |
| the DESCRIBE formatted by DESCFORMAT). Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| * Ported to Win32 with the Mingw development environment. | |
| See win32/README.mingw for compile instructions. [EEH] | |
| * null() can now take any number of arguments. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Using @chan/quiet to control the quiet flag on a channel no longer works | |
| (Actually, it never did). Use @chan/priv instead. [SW] | |
| * The NO_WARN flag now prevents disconnected room warnings, too. | |
| Suggested by several people. Patch by Philip Mak. | |
| * @sitelock/name !name still unlocks a reserved name, but no longer | |
| removes that name from names.cnf. Suggested by Nymeria. [SW] | |
| * Some cleanup of fopen() calls. [SW] | |
| * The reference to channel Creator is now Owner in @chan/decomp. | |
| Suggested by Howie@NFTrekMUSH. [SW] | |
| * The name of the channel being tested is passed as %0 in channel locks. | |
| Suggested by Philip Mak. [SW] | |
| * help for @chownall mentions the /preserve switch. Warnings from @chown | |
| and @chownall tell which objects they're for. Suggested by | |
| Mordie@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Home wrecking is allowed again. Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Puppets in containers with @listen container=* now hear the | |
| outside world correctly. Patch by Philip Mak. | |
| * The email sent on player registration now double-quotes the | |
| player name in the example connect statement. Suggested by | |
| David Kali. | |
| * Two rooms should never be nearby() each other. Fix by Philip Mak. | |
| * can_look_at() now handles the look/out case, too. Fix by Philip Mak. | |
| * Help fixes by Viila@M*U*S*H, MetBoy@M*U*S*H, Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * @flag/alias or @flag/add without giving an alias no longer crashes | |
| the MUSH. Report by Wildfire. | |
| * Correctly retrieve user full name from /etc/passwd fields under | |
| Linux in Configure. Record it in config.sh. Reported by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Debian package changes. [EEH] | |
| * As the help promises, XCH_CMD and SEND attributes don't work | |
| for non-Wizards. Really. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 25 October 30, 2003 | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Crash bug in the interaction between parents and attr trees | |
| fixed. Report by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Improvements to how locks are decompiled. Built-in locks with the | |
| no_inherit flag cleared are handled better. If the object doing | |
| the @decompile is referenced in a lock key, it's decompiled as 'me' | |
| rather than by dbref, to make it easier to port between games. | |
| Report by Cerekk@bDv. [SW] | |
| * The error typically logged by info_slave on a mush crash is worded | |
| better. [SW] | |
| * panic() renamed mush_panic() as the Mach kernel now has a public | |
| system call panic(). Report by Jeff Ferrell. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 24 October 19, 2003 | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * The puppet flag can now apply to rooms. Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| * @tel/inside allows priv'd players to teleport into another player's | |
| inventory (instead of to their location). Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Startups from a created minimal.db did not properly initialize | |
| the objdata htab, so subsequent use of that htab (e.g. adding | |
| players to channels) would crash. Report by [LdW]. | |
| * Help fixes by BladedThoth@M*U*S*H and Philip Mak. | |
| * Attempting to clear a branch attribute when it has leaves now | |
| gives a better message. Also better message for inability to | |
| write an attribute due to tree issues. Patch by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Bug in @debugforwardlist fixed by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 23 October 10, 2003 | |
| Major Changes: | |
| * Forking dumps now work with the chunk memory manager. [TAP] | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * Chunk allocator improvements in partial read/writes and for | |
| Win32. [TAP] | |
| * Use the SHA0 algorithm from OpenSSL instead of our own when possible. [SW] | |
| Functions: | |
| * New digest() function for generating checksums via a variety of | |
| algorithms. [SW] | |
| * cowner() returns the dbref of a channel's owner. Suggested by | |
| Sholevi@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Added baseconv(), for converting numbers from one base to another. | |
| Useful for tweaking things like Myrddin's bboard code. Suggested | |
| by many people. [SW] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Remove warnings in set.c and pcre.c. Report by Nymeria@M*U*S*H | |
| * @power messages now show the canonical name of the power. | |
| Suggested by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Adding DARK players to channels produced a duplicated message. | |
| Reported by Mystery8@ST:AW. | |
| * Players set WIZARD and ROYALTY would get double notification | |
| of some GAME: messages. Fixed now. [SW] | |
| * Chatdb corruption possible when admin add players to channels. | |
| Reported by several folks, diagnosed by Mordie@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 22 September 30, 2003 | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * When possible, sockets are now set SO_KEEPALIVE and TCP_KEEPIDLE. | |
| This may help prevent disconnections of idle players behind | |
| poorly designed NAT routers and the like, and make the use of | |
| the IDLE command unnecessary. Patch by Philip Mak. | |
| * Better failure messages for 'get blah's blah', especially when | |
| the container or contained object is ambiguous. Suggested by | |
| Philip Mak. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Attempting to unset attribute flags actually set them. | |
| Report by Ambrosia@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 21 September 23, 2003 | |
| Major Changes: | |
| * Attribute trees. Attributes may now be organized hierarchically | |
| like files and directories in a filesystem, using the backtick (`) | |
| character as the branch separator. Attribute access restrictions | |
| propagate down trees. New wildcard ** is introduced to match | |
| all attributes at all tree levels. Suggested by Tabbifli. [TAP] | |
| Locks: | |
| * New framework for performing lock failure activities in hardcode. | |
| As a proof-of-concept, the attributes FOLLOW_LOCK`FAILURE, | |
| FOLLOW_LOCK`OFAILURE, FOLLOW_LOCK`AFAILURE do what you'd expect | |
| when set on a potential leader. Suggested by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| Channels: | |
| * New per-channel flags NoTitles, NoNames, and NoCemit do what you'd | |
| expect. Set them with @chan/privs. Based on suggestion by | |
| Saturn@M3. | |
| * @chan/recall/quiet omits timestamps. Suggested by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| Commands: | |
| * 'help <wildcard-pattern>' now lists all help topics that match that | |
| pattern. By popular request. [MUX,SW] | |
| * @flag/letter can be used to change or clear the one-letter alias for a | |
| flag. Suggested by Nymeria@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * @flag/list by God notes disabled flags. Suggested by Nymeria@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| Functions: | |
| * rand() now comes in a two-argument (low,high) flavor, and randword() | |
| selects a random word from a list. The latter is aliased to | |
| pickrand() to match Mux's name. Patch by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * Although we're Pueblo 2.50 compliant, go back to sending Pueblo 1.10 | |
| as the server version until everyone upgrades their clients so | |
| they can handle the 2.50 string. Suggested by Shirow. | |
| * The locate() function is no longer noisy (no longer notifies | |
| the executor in addition to returning a value). Suggested by | |
| Mystery8@ST:AW. | |
| * @lock/interact now has a higher priority than other interaction | |
| checks, so it will work for Wizards. Suggested by Viila@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Tweaks to facilitate a Debian package of PennMUSH. [EEH] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * max descriptor could get stomped in some cases. [SW] | |
| * Removed extra struct def in hdrs/mushtype.h. Suggested by Kyle. | |
| * Help tweak by Kevin@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Fix to locks on players messing up their connection failure counts. | |
| Reported by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Fix to @entrances by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Fix to Win32 not handling a missing minimal.db by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The confirmation message for setting/clearing attribute flags would use | |
| the flag name given as an argument, not neccessarily the the full name of | |
| the flag. Reported by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Fix a potential memory leak in ident.c [SW] | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 20 September 4, 2003 | |
| Major Changes: | |
| * minimal.db is no more. If you start up the server and there's no | |
| db to be found, it creates a new minimal database in memory | |
| on the fly. Feel free to delete your coopy of minimal.db. [SW] | |
| (In related news, the default OSUCC on #0 in minimal.db is gone. | |
| Suggested by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. So much for the mists.) | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * SSL connections are now ended before the dump when rebooting, | |
| but their descriptor information sticks around to ensure that | |
| their @adisconnect is run after the reboot. Based on suggestions | |
| by Vadiv@M*U*S*H and [TAP]. | |
| * When _DEBUG is defined in a win32 build, don't copy pennmush.exe | |
| to pennmush_run.exe. Makes debugging easier. Patch by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * In pueblo mode, no longer clear past images after each room look. | |
| Patch by Konstantine Shirow. | |
| * In pueblo mode, we no longer render ansi attributes or colors with | |
| HTML tags; we assume the client will correctly handle them as ansi | |
| intermixed with Pueblo. This solves a variety of problems. | |
| Based on a discussion with Konstantine Shirow. | |
| * When matching $commands and ^listens, insure that a matching attribute | |
| exists before testing locks. This may break some strange locks using | |
| %c, but hopefully won't. Suggested by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The @scan command temporarily sets %c to the command to be scanned | |
| (without "@scan" prefixed) so that it can detect commands that use | |
| %c-matching. Based on ideas from Cheetah and Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Added support for Pueblo's md5 checksum. We track it on each | |
| descriptor, though we don't do anything with it currently. | |
| * Speed-up to fun_merge. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Internal cleanup of flags in channel_broadcast. | |
| * Wizards may @name themselves to names forbidden in names.cnf. | |
| Patch by LeeLaLimaLLama@M*U*S*H. | |
| * We are now forgiving of stupid non-RFC-compliant telnet clients | |
| that send CR only even when they claim to be sending CRLF | |
| (Read: MS Windows XP telnet). MS bug reported first by | |
| Intrevis@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Misleading restrict_command on @clone removed from restrict.cnf, | |
| as @dig/@open/@create permissions already control @clone. | |
| Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| Functions: | |
| * lstats() and quota() now allow objects to see stats/quota on other | |
| objects they control (e.g., on their owners, perhaps). Suggested | |
| by Philip Mak. | |
| * hastype() can now test for type GARBAGE. Suggested by Tanaku@M*U*S*H. | |
| Commands: | |
| * The new ']' command prefix causes the rest of the command-line | |
| not to be evaluated by the expression parser. Try: ]think [add(1,1)] | |
| Inspired by Elendor. | |
| * @hook/ignore. [mux] | |
| * @hook/override [Rhost, though they don't call it that] | |
| Attributes: | |
| * @debugforwardlist forwards DEBUG output to dbrefs on the list. | |
| Suggested by Balerion@M*U*S*H. | |
| Tests: | |
| * A new test harness for developing regression test suites in perl | |
| for PennMUSH is now included; few test suites are. If you can figure | |
| out how to use this, write some tests for us! (If you can't, don't | |
| ask about it, please :) | |
| Locks: | |
| * @lock/interact can prevent other players from transmitting any | |
| normal sound to you (that is, you won't hear them speak, pose, | |
| emit, etc., like gagging them in a client). It doesn't control | |
| page (use @lock/page) or @mail (use @lock/mail). You still | |
| hear 'presence' messages (connects/disconnects/arrivals/leaves) | |
| so you can have a sense of who can hear you but you can't hear. | |
| Patch by Philip Mak. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Configure script no longer keeps adding -lssl -lcrypto over and | |
| over to the Makefile. Report by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Portability fixes for compiling with MSVC5 by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The behavior of spaces inside parentheses that aren't part of a | |
| function has been improved. Report by Jason Newquist. [TAP] | |
| * txt/*.html files were being improperly escaped before being | |
| sent to Pueblo connections. Report by Konstantine Shirow. | |
| * mushdb.h includes flags.h, as it relies on constants from there. | |
| Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| * Better error reporting on some failure messages in chunk allocator. | |
| Patch by Philip Mak. | |
| * @config/set with an invalid option now returns an error. | |
| Report by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Fix to interaction checking in notify_anything that could result | |
| in the wrong check being performed. Report by Philip Mak. | |
| * Help fixes by LeeLaLimaLLama@M*U*S*H, Sunny@M*U*S*H, Sketch@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 19 August 19, 2003 | |
| Fixes: | |
| * When SSL connections are dropped on reboot, other players weren't | |
| seeing disconnect messages. Now they are. | |
| * Two calls to flaglist_check_long didn't get converted to the new | |
| abstraction layer, making flag_broadcast not work right. | |
| Report by Luminar@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 18 August 19, 2003 | |
| Major Changes: | |
| * The flag handling code has been additionally abstracted to | |
| allow, in a future patchlevel, @powers to be handled in the | |
| same way that flags are now. | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * Wrap the OS-dependant code for making sure the mush always has a free | |
| file descriptor available for use in a pair of functions. [SW] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Linted some ssl-related warnings. Reported by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Compile failed in timer.c unless USE_MAILER was defined. | |
| Reported by Sunny@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Bug allowing players to view internal and mortal_dark attributes | |
| introduced in p17 has been fixed. [TAP] | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 17 August 11, 2003 | |
| Major changes: | |
| * SSL support, including server and client authentication as options. | |
| This should be considered experimental. New ssl() function returns 1 | |
| if a player/descriptor is using SSL, 0 otherwise. New file README.SSL | |
| documents how to set up SSL. Two things to note: | |
| - SSL connections are dropped on @shutdown/reboot, so SSL users may | |
| wish to write client triggers to reconnect. | |
| - Output flushing behaves slightly differently for SSL connections. | |
| * The way lock keys are handled internally has been rewritten to allow | |
| them to be tracked by the same chunk-management code that handles | |
| attributes. [SW] | |
| * @mail message texts are now stored with the chunk-management code. [SW] | |
| * The new code can no longer read databases created by versions of Penn | |
| before 1.7.5p0. If you need to do this, load it in 1.7.6, shutdown, | |
| and use that database. [SW] | |
| Minor changes: | |
| * A new minimal.db is distributed (older ones probably won't work, | |
| and this one probably won't work with older versions). [TAP] | |
| * Contents/exits lists and functions that use first_visible (like | |
| lcon, lexits, etc.) are now affected by INTERACT_SEE. Suggested by | |
| Prospero@Metro. | |
| * @chan/recall now displays the last 10 lines by default. Use | |
| @chan/recall <chan>=0 to get the full buffer. Suggested by [TAP]. | |
| * Various boolexp tweaks. [SW] | |
| * @power provides more verbose feedback. Suggested by Mordie@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Additional chunk tweaks, including limiting migrations to one | |
| per second. [TAP] | |
| * PROFILING #define for use when profiling the code (surprise). This | |
| just disables the CPU timer. | |
| * When matching $-commands, only call the slower capturing wildcard match | |
| function when we already know it succeeds, since it won't most of the time. | |
| The faster non-capturing function is checked first to find a match. [SW] | |
| * PCRE is initialized once, at startup, rather than testing to see if it has | |
| to be done before each place regular expressions are used. [SW] | |
| * The TERSE flag now applies to objects, not just players. Suggested | |
| by Aur@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The terminfo() function now returns SSL status as well. | |
| * help-like commands without arguments now use the command name | |
| as the argument. E.g. 'news' now looks for topic 'news', instead of | |
| 'help'. If not found, we fall back on help. Patch by Mike Griffiths. | |
| * When an object is zoned to an unlocked ZMO, the ZMO is now autolocked | |
| to =me instead of $me, because it's probably less confusing. | |
| Suggested by Luke@M*U*S*H. | |
| * @name now automatically trims leading and trailing spaces from its | |
| newname argument, to avoid confusing people who use edit() to | |
| generate new names and leave in spaces. Report by [TAP], patch by [SW]. | |
| Commands: | |
| * New 'logargs' and 'logname' restrictions in restrict.cnf allow | |
| per-command logging. Suggested by Saturn @ M3. | |
| Functions: | |
| * The sha1() function has been renamed sha0(), since that's what it | |
| really does. [TAP] | |
| * trimtiny() and trimpenn() work like trim(), but force the TM or | |
| Penn argument style. | |
| * New 'logargs' and 'logname' restrictions in restrict.cnf allow | |
| per-function logging. Suggested by Saturn @ M3. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * The side-effect version of name() was producing a weird return | |
| value. Reported by Saturn@M3. | |
| * Problems with restrict_command and restrict_function with multiple | |
| restrictions now fixed. Report by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * stddef.h now included in src/extchat.c. Report by [EEH]. [SW] | |
| * INFO output now includes a missing newline. Report by [EEH]. [SW] | |
| * help BUILDER updated. Report by Laura Langland-Shula. | |
| * down.txt message wasn't being sent. Report by Sholevi@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * New Win32 project files that include the chunk code. [EEH] | |
| * @chan/what no longer highlights the channel's name, as this is | |
| confusing if you use ansified channel names. Suggested by | |
| Oriens@Alexandria. | |
| * ex/mortal now operates more correctly. Report by Amy Kou'ai. | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p13. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 16 June 23, 2003 | |
| Commands: | |
| * New switch /room for 'with' to run a $command available in a remote | |
| location. Suggested by Mike Griffiths. [SW] | |
| Functions: | |
| * Added the terminfo() function, which returns information about a | |
| client's name and capabilities for a particular connection. [SW] | |
| * New lports() function. Like lwho() but returns port descriptors. | |
| For mux2 compatibility. [SW] | |
| * Functions that return information about a connected player now treat | |
| integer arguments as a port descriptor to look up, rather than using | |
| the least-idle connection of a player. To force a player name to | |
| be treated as such even when it's a number, prefix it with a * in | |
| softcode. For mux2 compatibility. [SW] | |
| * Players can use ports() on themselves and use the descriptors | |
| they're connected to as arguments to the information functions. | |
| For mux2 compatibility. [SW] | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * Compute various chunk stats (total used, total free space, etc.) | |
| on demand instead of keeping running totals. [TAP] | |
| * @chan/what displays information about a channel's recall buffer, if any. | |
| [SW] | |
| * @chan/recall'ed lines are more clearly marked as such. Suggested by | |
| Oriens@Alexandria. [SW] | |
| * Consolidation of a common idiom used to format times throughout the source | |
| into a simple function call. [SW] | |
| * The time a @mail was sent was stored, unusually, as a string. | |
| No longer. Now it's handled the same way as all other times. [SW] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Bug in resizing @chan/recall buffers fixed. Reported by Oriens@Alexandria. | |
| [SW] | |
| * Objects with user-defined locks had problems with finding built-in locks | |
| on the object. Reported by Walker@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Unregistered() macro was checking wrong flag name. Report by | |
| Matt Kirby. | |
| * Help fix by Adu@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Potential problem with ambigious names in the information functions fixed. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 15 June 1, 2003 | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Problem with checking command flag masks when the number of | |
| flags was an even multiple of 8. Reported by Nymeria and | |
| Mordie@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Tweak to improve efficiency of ancestor checking code and delint | |
| warning reported by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * SESSION output no longer misaligned with 5-digit dbrefs. | |
| Reported by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. [TAP]. | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p11. | |
| * game/txt/index-files.pl now uses locale information in the | |
| environment to, e.g., correctly lowercase accented characters. | |
| Report by Krad@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Modified several Makefile.SH targets to prevent Javelin from | |
| releasing patches that don't have the autogenerated files | |
| up-to-date for Windows folks. | |
| * Removed some dependence on typedefs that may or may not be in system | |
| header files. [SW] | |
| * Patch compiler warnings. [SW,EEH] | |
| * Help fixes by Mike Griffiths and Oriens@Alexandria. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 14 May 22, 2003 | |
| Major changes: | |
| * Ancestors: an object can be configured to serve as an 'ultimate | |
| parent' of every room, exit, thing, or player, and attributes | |
| that are not found on an object or any of its parents may be inherited | |
| from the ancestor for that object type. The ORPHAN flag prevents | |
| ancestors from being used on an object. Patch by Walker@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Mail messages now track not only the dbref of the sender but the | |
| sender's creation time, so messages from dbrefs that have been | |
| nuked and recreated can be distinguished from messages from the | |
| original sender. This modifies the maildb and make it not usable | |
| with older versions. All existing @mail is grandfathered in, and | |
| can't be tracked this way. Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| * New chunk memory allocator can be used to greatly reduce process | |
| memory requirements by swapping little-used attribute texts out | |
| to disk and caching often-used attribute texts in memory. | |
| This is incompatible with forking dumps, so if you use it, | |
| you'll do nonforking dumps. Configurable in mush.cnf, see comments | |
| there. [TAP] | |
| * Hardcode: new interaction type INTERACT_PRESENCE marks the | |
| arrival/departure/connection/disconnection/grows ears/loses ears | |
| messages. Many message types that used to be considered auditory | |
| (like most @verb-style messages) are now marked as visual instead. | |
| Functions: | |
| * strreplace() works like replace() for strings. [SW] | |
| * fraction(), for turning floating-point numbers into fractions. [SW] | |
| * root(), for finding roots higher than the square root. [SW] | |
| Minor changes: | |
| * We now use wrapper functions atr_value and safe_atr_value instead of | |
| uncompress(AL_STR(...)) or safe_uncompress(AL_STR(...)), so we | |
| can do future work with attribute storage cleanly. [TAP] | |
| * @*payment attributes now receive the amount of money paid in | |
| as %0. Suggested by Sholevi and Time@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Config options that take times now accept a notation describing what kind | |
| of units to use. For example, 3600s, 60m, 30m1800s, and 1h all refer to | |
| the same period of time. Suggested by Time@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Doxygen commenting of non-static members is essentially complete! | |
| Pennhacks see: http://www.pennmush.org/docs/1.7.7/html/ | |
| * The mail() function no longer matches non-player objects by name. | |
| * Several additional messages (locks, parents, etc.) are now quieted by | |
| the QUIET flag. Patch by [EEH]. | |
| * New config option default_home sets the room to send homeless things | |
| to. [TAP] | |
| * Added visual progress indicators for utils/mkcmds.sh so that slow | |
| systems won't think they're hung. Suggested by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p10. | |
| * The 'i' sort type was not properly implemented. Reported by | |
| Noltar and BlaZE@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Cleanup of all accesses to ATTR values to use AL_STR() in preparation | |
| for future work on attribute storage. [TAP] | |
| * The 'any' string for specifying flag types didn't work properly. | |
| Reported by Krad@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The connect screen may now appear correctly under windows telnet. [SW] | |
| * The more efficient channel buffer shifting code now handles | |
| pathological cases correctly. | |
| * The tag*() functions could leave tags open at the end of full | |
| buffers. No longer. | |
| * Code cleanup in src/notify.c. | |
| * @rejectmotd and @wizmotd set the wrong messages. Report by | |
| Konstantine Shirow. [SW] | |
| * Using @chan/buffer to resize a recall buffer gives feedback. Reported by | |
| Sholevi@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Help fix for grab() by Adu@AbryssMUSH. | |
| * You can no longer destroy the base_room (or default_home). Suggested | |
| by Philip Mak. [TAP] | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 13 April 9, 2003 | |
| Major changes: | |
| * Interactions (something like "realms" in mux2). Two functions | |
| in local.c can now be used to control conditions under which | |
| objects can see, hear, or match each other. Possibly useful for | |
| implementing umbral worlds, etc. Patch by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| Functions: | |
| * children(), syntactic sugar for lsearch(all,parent,<dbref>). | |
| Suggested by Kyieren@M*U*S*H. Patch by BlaZe@M*U*S*H. | |
| * powers() can now take a second argument to set an @power. | |
| Suggested by Rob@BtFMUSH. | |
| Minor changes: | |
| * @config/set can now set null strings. Suggested by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * In restart, set LC_ALL as well as LANG from the given LANG value, | |
| in case the user's got an LC_ALL in their shell. | |
| * The channel buffer shifting code has gotten much more efficient. | |
| Suggested by [TAP]. | |
| * @function/restrict can accept arguments of the form '!<restriction>' | |
| to clear a restriction. Suggested by Saturn@M3. | |
| * Most of the asterisk lines between different login message files | |
| have been removed. Suggested by Vadiv@M*U*S*H most recently. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p9. | |
| * Win32 portability fixes. [EEH] | |
| * deny_silent in access.cnf was ignored in several cases, and no | |
| longer is. Patch by Cloud@Sci-Fi Chat | |
| * Help fixes by Cheetah@M*U*S*H and LeeLaLimaLLama@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 12 March 21, 2003 | |
| Commands: | |
| * @channel/buffer creates a buffer for a channel to store the most | |
| recent messages broadcast on the channel. @channel/recall can be | |
| used to recall them. These are not stored across reboots and should | |
| be set up by #1's @startup. | |
| Functions/Substitutions: | |
| * accname() gives the accented name of an object (applying @nameaccent). | |
| * %~ gives the accented name of the enactor. | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * The chat-related commands and functions have been moved out | |
| of bsd.c and funmisc.c and into extchat.c. Patch by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| * The notification stuff has been moved out of bsd.c and into a new | |
| notify.c file. | |
| * @name no longer requires a password for changing player names, | |
| and ignores one if given. Suggested by Ambrosia@M*U*S*H (and others). | |
| * @hook can not be used on the @password or @newpassword commands. | |
| * The dump_complete message is also shown after a forking dump, | |
| if one is defined. Suggested by Nathan Schuette. | |
| * @lock/leave on a room now prevents people within it from leaving | |
| via exits or via @tel. Suggested by Peter Bengtson, patch by | |
| BlaZe@M*U*S*H. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p8 | |
| * Cleanup of a few new db[x] mentions in the source to use dbdefs.h | |
| macros. Inspired by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| * @command/restrict didn't work properly for most flags, especially | |
| new ones. Reported by Caesar and Sholevi@M*U*S*H. | |
| * @pemit/list didn't honor NOSPOOF. Patch by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 11 February 22, 2003 | |
| Commands: | |
| * New IDLE command (socket-level) does nothing, and does not update | |
| the socket's last_time (so it doesn't change idle times). Useful | |
| for people behind lame NAT firewalls that timeout their connections if | |
| nothing is sent for 5 minutes. Suggested by Bolt and BladedThoth@M*U*S*H. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Win32 (and other OS) portability fixes. [EEH] | |
| * Fixed the openssl Configure thing again. The right way, this time. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 10 February 22, 2003 | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Fix to stupid typo in Configure script that breaks on systems | |
| without openssl. Argh. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 9 February 20, 2003 | |
| Functions: | |
| * New function scan() works like @scan. Suggested by Viila@M*U*S*H. | |
| Flags: | |
| * New flag, MISTRUST, prevents an object from controlling anything | |
| but itself. | |
| Configuration: | |
| * mush.cnf directives ansi_justify, globals, and global_connects have | |
| been removed (they are now always on). | |
| * New unconnected_idle_timeout directive in mush.cnf controls | |
| timeouts for connections idle at the connect screen. | |
| * New max_guests directive in mush.cnf can limit the number of | |
| guests allowed to connect at once. Suggested by Sholevi@M*U*SH. | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * New lflags search class takes a list of flag names. | |
| * Improved connection failure messages. | |
| * Somewhat more informative message when you @chan/gag,hide,mute | |
| all channels at once. Suggested by Tanaku and Kevin@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Began commenting files using doxygen. | |
| * Internal code cleanup. Mostly converting some magic numbers to | |
| #define'd symbols, and some #define'd symbols to enums for better | |
| debugging and improved readability. Also some conversion of old | |
| K&R style functions. [SW] | |
| * sort() and the set functions understand all the same comparison | |
| types as comp(). [SW] | |
| * Case-sensitive comparison currently isn't always possible, depending | |
| on the locale the mush is running on. Help files reflect this. [SW] | |
| * @uptime shows the time of the last successful database save, and | |
| the time of future events like saves, not just the time until them. | |
| Suggested by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * Improvements to reporting of failed saves. [SW] | |
| * Code cleanup. [SW] | |
| * tel() now takes a third argument that makes it function like | |
| @tel/silent. Suggested by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. [SW] | |
| * @idescformat operates like @descformat for internal descriptions. | |
| Suggested by Tanya@M*U*S*H. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * local_startup() was getting run earlier than in the past due to | |
| changes in the startup sequence. This has been rectified, so | |
| local_startup() again runs after all other initialization (and | |
| just before all object startups are triggered). Report by | |
| BladedThoth and grapenut@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Improved testing for openssl libraries in Configure. The old | |
| approach used to cause problems on systems with runtime-only | |
| openssl installations without development libraries. | |
| * help opaque mentions that opaque blocks look/outside. Suggested | |
| by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| * itext() and inum() now generate an error on a null argument, | |
| regardless of tiny_math and null_eq_zero settings. Reported by | |
| Intrevis@M*U*S*H. | |
| * Another fix to the new matcher. Bug report by Kyieren@M*U*S*H. | |
| * @flag/alias was broken. Fixed. Reported by Kevin@M*U*S*H. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 8 January 27, 2003 | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * command_add now expects to receive the flag list and the | |
| switch list as strings. Folks who hack into cmdlocal.c should | |
| take note and read example in the new cmdlocal.dst | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Players were not created with all the player_flags. In a related | |
| bug, checking of command flag restrictions wouldn't work with | |
| all flags. Reported by Cory Descoteau. | |
| * Flagmasks on commands weren't grown properly when flags were added. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 7 January 25, 2003 | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Crash bug in zone-checking during @dbck fixed. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 6 January 23, 2003 | |
| Major changes: | |
| * Rewrite of the flag system. The new system allows for any number | |
| of flags, which may apply to any set of object types (the flags/toggles | |
| distinction has been eliminated). Flags without single-character | |
| abbreviations are better supported. Flags are stored in the object | |
| database, and are referenced in hardcode and the db by the name | |
| of the flag rather than bit positions. Older databases will be | |
| automatically converted to the new format on load, but can not be | |
| converted back (so make backups!). New flaglocal.dst file for | |
| hardcode patch hackers to add custom flags. | |
| * Rewrite of the matcher code (src/match.c). Some semantics of the | |
| matching have changed: matching adjectives are parsed earlier and | |
| restrict the match for greater efficiency; they also behave more | |
| close as described in the help with respect to object ordering. | |
| In addition, you can now do things by dbref without controlling | |
| the object in many cases that previously required control. | |
| Provoked by bug reports by Intrevis@M*U*S*H and Philip Mak. | |
| Commands: | |
| * @flag allows God to manipulate flags within the game, including | |
| adding new flags. Flags additions/changes are maintained across | |
| reboots, so this command does not need to be run at every startup. | |
| Functions: | |
| * lflags(), orlflags(), andlflags() return or test flag lists. | |
| Minor changes: | |
| * New NUMVERSION macro defined in hdrs/version.h that can be tested | |
| by hardcode hacks to add code conditional on version. | |
| * Much cleanup of @wall. Minimally-user-visible changes: | |
| The @rwallemit, @rwallpose, @wallemit, @wallpose, @wizemit and | |
| @wizpose commands have been removed. @wall no longer accepts the | |
| /wizard, /royalty, and /pose switches, and @rwall and @wizwall accept | |
| the /emit switch. Suggested by Vadiv@M*U*S*H, though he'd really | |
| rather see @wall removed. | |
| * @lock and @unlock now show which type of lock was set/cleared. | |
| @lset now specifically notes that lock flags are being changed. | |
| Suggested by Tanaku@M*U*S*H. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * @boot/me will no longer boot a connection if it is the sole | |
| connection the player, even if it's technically inactive. | |
| Suggested by Ambrosia@M*U*S*H. | |
| * @boot'ing an active self (by descriptor) crashes the MUSH. | |
| Discovered by Ashlynn@ChicagoMUSH. | |
| * The thorn and eth characters generated with accent() would | |
| convert to 'th' when stripped or viewed under NOACCENT, which | |
| could be very confusing in object names. Same for the German sharp | |
| s, which converted to 'ss'. Until we can cleverly set up separate | |
| tables for object name unparsing, these have been reverted to their | |
| old behavior so that stripaccents(accent(X,Y)) should return X for | |
| any X and Y. Reported by DeeJee, Intrevis, and Time (@M*U*S*H). | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 5 January 7, 2003 | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p5. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 4 January 2, 2003 | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * When room_connects is on, @aconnect and @adisconnect also | |
| functions on things when players (dis)connect inside them. | |
| Suggested by Philip Mak. [SW] | |
| * Parser-enforced argument counts for user-defined @functions, | |
| as an option to @function. | |
| Config: | |
| * New mush.cnf option max_global_fns allows increasing the number | |
| of @functions allowed without editing source code. If you change | |
| this, you should reboot the MUSH or bad things can happen. | |
| Suggested by hilikiradi@Dardalani. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * mkcmds.sh doesn't always regenerate every file, only what's | |
| needed. Speeds up compiles. Suggested by Philip Mak. [SW] | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p4. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 3 December 25, 2002 | |
| Commands: | |
| * @sitelock/check <host> tells you which rule, if any, would match. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * The objdata hashtable routines had a serious bug that could | |
| cause crashes. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 2 December 22, 2002 | |
| Major Changes: | |
| * The LOCAL_DATA define has been removed along with the pointer | |
| in the object structure. The local functions called on creation, | |
| destruction, and cloning are now always called. Objects can | |
| now store data in a single hashtable using the set_objdata() | |
| and get_objdata() functions. As a proof of concept, the transitory | |
| channel lists on objects are now stored here, and the "channels" | |
| pointer has been removed from the object structure. Design | |
| and much of the implementation by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| Powers: | |
| * can_nspemit power can be used to provide access to @nspemit | |
| without a Wizard bit. [SW] | |
| Functions: | |
| * lpos from Mux, TM3. [SW] | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Fix to some gcc-specific macros reported by Peter Bengston and | |
| Michael Holbrook. [SW] | |
| * Improvements to stripaccents/noaccents conversions. [SW] | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p3. | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 1 December 17, 2002 | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * ex obj/attrib returns the attribute value even if it's veiled, | |
| if a specific (non-wildcard) attribute is given. Suggested by | |
| Nhoj@M*U*S*H. | |
| Fixes: | |
| * Win32 portability fixes. [EEH] | |
| * Fixes from 1.7.6p2 | |
| Version 1.7.7 patchlevel 0 December 8, 2002 | |
| Major Changes: | |
| * Clients that understand telnet NAWS (See RFC 1073) can tell the mush | |
| what dimensions a given connection's display is. Added the | |
| width() and height() functions, and SCREENWIDTH and SCREENHEIGHT | |
| psuedo-commands for getting/setting this information from the mush. | |
| This changes the reboot.db format and requires a full shutdown. [SW] | |
| * Two new atoms for locks. "#true" in a lock is always evaluated as true | |
| (anyone can pass), and "#false" is always evaluated as false (no one | |
| can pass). Suggested by Vadiv@M*U*S*H. | |
| Internationalization: | |
| * The pronoun sets are no longer hardcoded. If you're running in a | |
| locale other than C or en*, you'll see weird looking pronoun descriptions | |
| for things like %s until a translation team translates them to your | |
| locale's language. Suggested by Dandy@M*U*S*H. | |
| Attributes: | |
| * @DESCFORMAT can be used to separate description contents from formatting. | |
| Suggested by Philip Mak. | |
| * VEILED attribute flag causes attribute value not to be displayed | |
| on default examine, but otherwise accessible as usual. Good for spammy | |
| data attributes. See 'help attribute flags'. Suggested by Cheetah@M*U*S*H. | |
| Commands: | |
| * examine/all shows contents of veiled attributes. Suggested by | |
| Intrevis@M*U*S*H. | |
| Flags: | |
| * The FIXED and ROYALTY flags are no longer optional. | |
| Minor Changes: | |
| * Object creation times are no longer optional. | |
| * Warnings are no longer a compile-time option; they're turned on. | |
| You can stop automatic warnings in mush.cnf, as before. | |
| * Cleanup of the telnet-option code in general. [SW] | |
| * Consolidation of much of the code for functions that return information | |
| about the least-idle connection of a given player. [SW] | |
| * The tiny_attrs configuration option has been removed. | |
| * Removed a lot of preprocessor checks for conditionally including header | |
| files that always succeed because they're standard C headers. [SW] | |
| * Removed the Size_t typedef in favor of the standard size_t. [SW] | |
| * Some optimization hints for the GCC and VS.NET compilers. [SW] | |
| * We try to be more conservative about when we show lines of | |
| asterisks around motd-type messages, to avoid showing them when | |
| there's no message. | |
| * Continued ansi-C-ification of function declarations. |