CocoMUD client

That's one feature which I had trouble developing, so it can be off or not even working properly. You will find it in source:src/accesspanel/extensions/ansi.py, if you ever want to check it and try to modify it.

Hi,

I was playing with this some time but I didn't figured out how to do this.

I coded some working solutions, but they are too slow to be usable, at least for me.

The best approach would be a stream way (without regular expressions), but we'll need to recode the entire process from scratch.

Cheers,

If it's not working, it doesn't bother me to take it down. It's an AccessPanel extension because AccessPanel used to be a standalone library (it's still on Pypi as a matter of fact). However I kept it in CocoMUD itself this time because it's not easy to port anyway. So if you want to take the extension down and create something else (either another extension, or another system altogether), don't hesitate. It has never been a side of the client I could extensively work on but it is still useful. With ANSI support we might like to add Xterm support in the end, but that's not for today.

BTW: if you want to talk on the chat, we can do so, no problem, we'll just need to schedule a time because we might not be on the project at the same time!

Hello again,

I was thinking so much about this issue. Initially I thought that the process of taking ANSI codes needed to be just at client in Client.applicationDataReceived, but this approach could be problematic and would lead to so much code complexity.

I'll try to play again with the ANSI extension and see if I can fix those problems.

OFF-TOPIC: What is your timezone? Please tell me when you have some time to chat.

Cheers,

I would prefer editing the ANSI extension if possible, since extensions are here for that, though I agree it could be somewhere else. This has the advantage to not slow down CocoMUD in non-rich text window (which is the advisable setting for accessibility if you don't care about the colors). I know regexes aren't that fast, but I don't know if you really can tell the difference with the way the extension uses them. Of course, if you find something more optimized, this would be great altogether.

I'm in GMT + 1, so any time this afternoon (for me) would be okay (it's about 1:30 PM right now). I will have to pause in 4 hours, since I have a meeting on another topic, but apart from that, you can just tell me what works for you.

Hi,

I've tested my last changes and them solves the problems at all. I don't play other MUDs, unfortunately, but the MUD I play applies colors extensively for all things.

In the original message, the word is now red coloured, excluding the space and the period symbol at the end of the line.

Cheers,