(Newbie) Help with sockets.

[mentaltruckdriver at gmail.com]

On Feb 28, 11:22 pm, Grant Edwards <gra... at visi.com> wrote:
> On 2008-02-29, Gabriel Genellina <gagsl-... at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>
> > En Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:20:26 -0200, <mentaltruckdri... at gmail.com> escribió:
>
> >> Hi everyone. I'm fairly new to Python, and even more new to socket
> >> programming. I think I've wrapped my head around sockets, and with
> >> that I want to create a Telnet-based chat server, the idea being
> >> people connect to the telnet servers with their clients and they all
> >> communicate. I've got the code working, but the server sends each
> >> letter to the clients on a new line! I've read about this kind of
> >> thing on Windows on Google, but I can't find a solution to this issue.
>
> > The telnet client can use "line mode" or "character mode". In "line mode"  
> > nothing is sent until the user press Enter; line editing is made on the  
> > client side. In "character mode" keystrokes are sent as soon as typed;  
> > probably your telnet client is using this mode.
>
> That's definitely going to be a problem.
>
> To the OP:
>
> You claim to be writing a telnet server, yet I don't see any
> code that actually implements the telnet protocol. Different
> telnet clients default to different modes, so if you want them
> in a certain mode, you have to put them in the desired mode by
> implementing the telnet feature negotiation protocol.
>
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OP here - sorry for the confusion, it's just a listener program that
people connect to via telnet.

I'll take a look at the Twisted engine and see if that helps at all.