<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name? --> <!--X-From-R13: [ngg Qunggreyrl <ebbgNzcp.qla.zy.bet> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 06:28:40 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.96.970811072433.128B-100000#mpc,dyn.ml.org --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.GSO.3.96.970811003017.3523D-100000@dryslwyn --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00460.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00462.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00460.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00454.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00461">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00461">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00461">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 07:27:29 +0000 (GMT)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:neddy#itl,net">neddy#itl,net</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Martin Keegan wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Matt Chatterley wrote: > > > On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Chris Gray wrote: > > > > > Well, you can just pick one, and ignore everyone else! Mainly because that's > > > what the Amiga uses, I picked ISO Latin-1, which works not bad for many > > > international uses. The codes for it seem to work on many UNIX boxes as > > > well, and I suspect can be made to work on PC's. A friend with a Mac > > > complained that the E-acute I had used in the name "Faberge" was some > > > wierd thing on his system. I thought about it a bit and decided I didn't > > > really care. > > > > > > Of course Microsoft would prefer you use Unicode. > > I'd prefer to use Unicode as well. Then I could use the Verdurian script. > I can't wait! :) Heh. ;) > > Heh. I suppose it depends on whether or not you intend to 'encourage' a > > custom client for the game (IIRC you mentioned ages ago that Island > > basically built in a client, Martin?). > > I don't want to encourage any such thing, no, unless it's seamlessly > integrated into the game. Yes, Island did have the burden of a built in > client. A built in client has always seemed a slightly strange thing to me -- and actually encouraging a custom client is something I dislike (unless that client is available to all platforms, not huge.. and all other sorts of constrictions that make it a real hassle to produce). > You connected to 'forker', which forked off a client which connected to a > server which talked to the main game. This filth was written by James Lord > for a game system called OxMUD, which never came to fruition, and was > inserted screaming into version 5 of Island (before which everything used > shared files). The following filk on "Dry Bones" sums it up well: > > The forker's connected to the - terminal. > The terminal's connected to the - server. > The server's connected to the - main game. > And flame the code of the ~lord. Laf. > The client did things like the ' > " : :: < <: ": ":: abbreviations and > output formatting. Version 12 will hopey see this all folded into a single > process (or see me just replace rclient with a hacked version of > TinyFugue). Maybe a hacked version of TF would be better - it now has the added advantage that many people are familiar with it, and may find it easier to use than anything custom built. > > If so, and even without, you could distribute a font for non-unix systems > > that can handle these special characters, surely? Those users who actually > > object to unusual characters looking funny on their systems can snag the > > relevant font file, and then proceed to install and use it to alleviate > > their problems. > > How do I do that? I'd primarily be aiming at the WinLosers. I'm no expert, but I'd imagine you could get a program from somewhere that allows you to create TrueType (.ttf) font files, which a user could install (I've installed them before - its pretty dashed easy). > > This isn't as easy for UNIX users - so I'd suggest you use something UNIX > > is happy with as your base. > > Ok. So what is this and where do I get it? ISO-xxxx-xxxx? Chris Gray dropped the name of something he said might work, I lost that part of the text. ;) Regards, -Matt Chatterley <A HREF="http://user.itl.net/~neddy/index.html">http://user.itl.net/~neddy/index.html</A> "Speak softly and carry a big stick." -Theodore Roosevelt </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00460" HREF="msg00460.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Martin Keegan <martin#cam,sri.com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00460.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00462.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00460.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The 'Socialiser' problem</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00461"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00461"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00458" HREF="msg00458.html">[MUD-Dev] Languages: "strong" vs "weak"</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 22:19 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00455" HREF="msg00455.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 18:12 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00456" HREF="msg00456.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 18:51 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00460" HREF="msg00460.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>, Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 23:43 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00461" HREF="msg00461.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Mon 11 Aug 1997, 06:28 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00454" HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The 'Socialiser' problem</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 10 Aug 1997, 18:12 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00447" HREF="msg00447.html">Release out!</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 09 Aug 1997, 17:17 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00446" HREF="msg00446.html">Dots in a name?</A></strong>, Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Sat 09 Aug 1997, 16:41 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00530" HREF="msg00530.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dots in a name?</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 14 Aug 1997, 00:24 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>