I've played a quite few RP only muds and always enjoyed the Bard, Skald, Minstrel. But sometimes the charater limits on the buffer can be a hindrance as you type an emote or say something, then go to the next stanza then go to the next one if you understand what i mean. So there was always a pause. Sometimes a long one if they didn't hotkey or script their performance.
Anyways the question, is there a way that an editor can be opened and they enter all their text and when they close it it's performed. Yes this can be done with front ends but not everyone can write scripts and triggers.
Any idea on how to go about this? Maybe something already in the code that can be used as a template/guide on how to do it.
Yes it could be done. I would use something like the editor in SMAUG. (See "help editor"). Something similar to writing a note would do it.
I would point out however that it can be done in the client without any scripting or lengthy mucking around. Using MUSHclient, for example, you could compose your poem or whatever you want to say in an independent editor (eg. Notepad, Wordpad, Crimson Editor), or the inbuilt notepad editor (built into the client).
While you are writing your message you could check back periodically to see if there are any messages to you that you need to respond to.
Once you are done, copy the message to the clipboard, and then in MUSHclient go to Edit menu -> Paste to world. This lets the entire clipboard get sent to the world, a line at a time. In order for the message to be "said" you would put a quote (or the word "say" followed by a space) in the box which says "Send this at the start of each line".
You might also put a delay (say 100 milliseconds, which is a tenth of a second, or more) between each line, to make it look more natural, rather than a scripted message.
Then when you hit OK the whole message is delivered without lengthy pauses.
Oh, well thanks for the info on the flexibility of the MUSHclient, for the longest time I only used Zmud. But only started using mush because I was sure not going to pay more money to be able to play muds on my laptop which has vista.
If it's too much of a chore I'll just tell everyone the client of choice is yours ;)
IMHO MUSHclient is a superior client to begin with; the fact that it is free now is only icing on the cake. :-)