Release notes for MUSHclient version 3.00

Version 3.00

Released on 20 Jul 2000

Triggers 

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* Improved trigger-handling - can match on multiple lines 

* Triggers that match on multi lines pass all lines to scripts 

* Triggers can now match on incoming colours

* Triggers can now be used to colour individual words, not just the whole line 

* Triggers can now make words or lines bold, italic or underline 

* Triggers can now send to the output window, the status line, a notepad window or the log file

* Triggers can optionally play a sound only if the world is inactive 

* Perl-compatible regular expressions in triggers, aliases, find screens 

* Triggers can now be sequenced, so they execute in an order you determine 

* Trigger matching has been speeded up 



Defaults 

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* Default colours/triggers/aliases/macros/timers/fonts - you can now specify triggers etc. that will apply across all worlds. 



Spell checker 

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* Spell checker - can check on request or automatically as you type commands



Colours 

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* Custom colours - 16 extra colours for triggers, and other uses. Custom colours can be named so you can see their purpose when selecting them from the drop-down menu. 

* Button to swap normal and bold colours 

* Buttons to lighten/darken all colours, or add/remove colour saturation

* Colours in the colour configuration screens can be copied and pasted 



Commands 

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* Double-click to send word to world 

* Double-clicking to select words now selects wider range of characters 

* Control-double-click selects a paragraph 

* Tab-completion now uses user-defined "end-of-word" delimiters 

* Send to all worlds - you can now type a command into a special window and have it sent to all open worlds 

* Character name generator. Generates random names like Rhiralath, Eralinyth, Cadaleg and Glaliseth. 

* All typing can now optionally go to the command window (no more typing into the output window and having it discarded)



Logging 

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* Auto-log option for logging every time you connect 

* Auto-log file name can automatically include the date/time 

* Logging can now have a line preamble and postamble, that is, something that is logged at the start and end of each line (eg. the date and time) 

* Log files can now have a postamble, that is, something that is written when the log file is closed 

* Logging in HTML is now supported



Aliases

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* Option to omit alias from output 

* Perl-compatible regular expressions in aliases 



Scripting 

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* More scripting properties 

* Support for PerlScript 

* Example scripts provided in JavaScript, as well as VBscript 



Recall/find

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* Recall feature recalls text into a separate window 

* Find now searches for paragraphs 

* Recall window can be "refreshed" to update it



Notepad window

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* You can now create "notepad" windows which can be used to edit text

* Edit commands, scripts or general text files

* Change case (upper to lower, lower to upper)

* Convert files to and from DOS/Mac/Unix text formats

* Find and replace

* Send to world, or send to world command window

* Parenthesis-balancing for checking MUSHcode with nested brackets

* Insert date/time

* Word/line/character count

* Wrap/quote lines

* Remove extra blanks

* Quickly flip from world to notepad and vice-versa

* Spell checker

 

Configuration/miscellaneous

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* Configuration screens layout improvements 

* Configuration screens "highlighting" and "strings" removed 

* Support for mouse-wheel mouses (mice) 

* Smooth scrolling provided as an option

* Full-screen mode

* Default directory for world files can be specified

* Worlds can be automatically opened in user-specified order

* "Trace" mode can be turned on for script debugging

* Fixed numerous minor bugs and inconsistencies
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