[Tutor] How to connect a MUD client? (fwd)

[Danny Yoo]

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:14:28 +0100
From: W X Liu <csmwxl at bath.ac.uk>
To: Danny Yoo <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: [Tutor] How to connect a MUD client?

Sorry, I am not able to understand "tn.read_very_eager()", could you please
explain it?

W X


>
>
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, W X Liu wrote:
>
> > I want to use python to wrote a program to connect a MUD client
> > (mudlib.anarres.org port:5000) and simply show a " hello" on the MUD
> > interface.
>
> Hi W X Liu,
>
>
> You may want to look at telnetlib:
>
>
>     http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-telnetlib.html
>
>
> For example:
>
> ###
> >>> tn = telnetlib.Telnet('mudlib.anarres.org', 5000)
> >>> tn.read_very_eager()
> 'Welcome to Anarres II\r\n\r\nRULES:\r\n1) Code may be distributed only
> with permission from Arren.\r\n2) Do not harass or abuse people.\r\n3) You
> may encounter material which you consider offensive.\r\n\r\nThe official
> address of this MUD is mudlib.anarres.org port 5000.\r\nPlease make SURE
> that you are using that address and not an alias.\r\n\r\nNew users or
> guests may log in with any name.\r\n\r\nWARNING === WARNING === WARNING
> [... text cut]
> ###
>
>
> So you should be able to communicate with your MUD with telnetlib.
>
>
> Good luck to you!
>
>