It would probably be easiest to implement this with curses or another library designed for screen control, as it would take a lot of load off the programmer. I'm not sure how difficult it would be to strap the ROM engine to a curses chasis, but it would be an interesting experiment.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:38 PM Subject: VT100 Prompts > Hello List, > > First time poster.. I was just wondering if anyone out there has > implemented VT100 prompts in a Rom2.4 based MUD. I just read Erwin's > letter back from 1996 (http://www.andreasen.org/letters/vt100.txt) and > recently saw this on another mud. Basically, the prompt does not move > from the bottom few lines of the terminal and simply gets updated when > hp, mana, etc change. This feature provides for a much less spammy > mudding experience. > > Anyway, if anyone has written such code and would be willing to > contribute it let me know. Or if anyone knows where it is available on > the web, that would be great too.
