---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CDirt 2.3 Docfile Giancarlo Castrataro, 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This file describes the print codes used by bprintf(), the mud's output function. The two types of codes which are understood by the mud are special codes, and regular codes. Special codes cannot be typed in by the user, and therefore are for things like printing a file, clearing the screen, piping input to a file, and that sort of thing. Anything you don't want the average user to be able to do should be put in a special code. Regular codes are for things like color, and anything else you feel like giving users access to. Here are some special codes: printf() file read define meaning ---------------------------------------------------------- \001V\003 &V VERSION MUD Version \001@\003 &@ EMAIL Email address of implementor \001$\003 &$ MUD_NAME Name of MUD \001U\003 &U MASTER_USER Master user of MUD \001#\003 &# PORT Port of MUD \001?\003 &? HOMEPAGE Code available at \001T\003 &T LASTBUILD Time of last code build \001H\003 &H _HOSTNAME_ Hostname of MUD \001O\003 &O _OS_ OS of server \001~\003 &~ _ARCH_ Architecture of server \001!\003 &! _VERSION_ Version of server