Well, the mud cannot respond to a single keystroke (like esc) that's not followed by a carriage return.
Your mud will use a line based, not character based input. I don't know the answer to your question, but thought I would mention this. >-----Original Message----- >From: ArKHaM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:39 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: clear command buffer > > >Hello List, > Got a question for you guys and I seemed to be stumped on. > I want a way >to clear all the commands i've stacked in a buffer with one >keystroke. IE: >I enter a fight with backstab, type circle about 200 times, >then something >happens and I don't want to wait through 199 more circles to >do something. >I want a way to clear those commands out with one keystroke: >say esc. I >wouldn't come to the list if I wasn't sure how to do this. My brain is >telling me to streamline all my input to the mud into one >buffer and parse >there, but my brain is also saying that's an overcode. Has to be more >simple than that. Anyone care to share ont he subject? >Please, feel free. > >Eljon Curry > > >-- >ROM mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >

