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IMP specification 1.20
Details on the Internet Mudding Protocol used by Fire Client and Fire Server.
The Purpose
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Select a working subset of
HTML that incorporates easily into a MUD stream
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Allow for a seamless integration
into normal servers so that users of an IMP-enabled client notice only
the tremendous special features and not the detection process while users
of other clients are not affected at all.
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Detection
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Client detection is initiated by the server upon a new connection
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The server immediately sends the following string:
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"Autodetecting IMP...v1.xx" where xx stands for the IMP server version (i.e. "30" is the most recent)
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The purpose of this string is to identify an IMP-enabled server to regular mudders and to tip
off IMP clients while informing them of the IMP server version.
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Anytime an IMP-enabled
client initiates a connection, it has an IMP-check tag enabled until it
sees that trigger or it recieves 2 of more lines of data that aren't that trigger.
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Once a client detects
IMP, it responds immediately to the server with the following string:
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"v1.xx" where xx stands for the IMP client version (i.e. "50" being the newest release)
IMP is now offically enabled and detected for both sides of the connection.
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A non-required third step is for the server to acknowledge the receipt of the IMP client's version by sending the IMP command <IMPDEMO> which triggers a demo on the client's computer.
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Recognized Commands
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<IMPDEMO>
- Triggers a display determined the completes at a minimum acknowledging
enabled IMP capabilities
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<A HREF="http:// to signal a URL or anything else for a command to get sent to the MUD">text to display</A> - Format for inline links in the client window
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<IP> - Replaces
text with your IP address
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<D | DEFAULT FACE=fontname SIZE=fontsize COLOR=acolor BACK=acolor COMMAND=acolor> - Allows
you to set defaults for the client to return to after a </F> command or before text is even altered.
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<DEFSHOW> - Displays current defaults in client window
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<HEIGHT SUPER|SUB=#> - Superscripts or subscripts text by # pixels
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<S> | <STRIKETHRU>
/ </S> | </STRIKETHRU> - Enables/disables strikethru
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<C> | <CENTER>
/ </C> | </CENTER> - Enables/disables text centering (usually
better to append a line break to function properly)
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<B> | <BOLD>
/ </B> | </BOLD> - Enables/disables bold text
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<I> | <ITALIC>
/ </I> | </ITALIC> - Enables/disables italic text
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<U> | <UNDERLINE>
/ </U> | </UNDERLINE> - Enables/disables underlined text
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<FONT |
F SIZE="point size" COLOR=<red/orange/yellow/green/etc>
FACE="font name"> / </FONT> | </F> - Enables/disables font effects
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<CT> - Clears
the active text window
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<CS> - Clears
the status window
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<AUDIO FILE=filename
or URL> - Plays an audio file
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<STOPAUDIO>
- Halts playback of audio
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<WINDOW SIZE=[MIN/MAX]
NEW=title TITLE=title - Maximizes, minimizes, creates a new window with a certain title, or changes
the active window title
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<CONNECT> / <DISCONNECT>
/ <RECONNECT> - Connects, disconnects, or reconnects with the active
window's host and port
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<CONNECTION HOST=host PORT=port>
- Changes active host and port for active window if disconnected, and then
creates a new window bound to new host and port
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<ST | STATUS
MSG=statusmsg BOX=msgbox INP=popupquestion INIT=init commands to do before
answer to popup question>
- Creates any or all of the following: a status message, a message box,
or a popup input box that will send back to the server the INIT commands
followed by the user's response to the INP question
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<IMG SRC=file/URL
ALT=description text>
- Displays a file in the current active window location and sends an ALT
message to the status window
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<BACK COLOR=<red/orange/yellow/etc>>
/ </BACK> - Sets the background to a solid color or returns background
to original color
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<BR> - Inserts
a line break into the text stream
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Notes: The following abbreviations are recognized... F for FONT, F again for FACE, S for SIZE, C for COLOR, O for OFFBIOS. All IMP commands are case insensitive. For sake of syntax, do not add spaces between a sub tag (i.e. href) and the = sign. That also goes for between the = and the value (i.e. "http://firebolt.com")
There's more, but it will come later after further testing...
Leave comments about this (c) 1999-2000 Firebolt Software proposed spec at our forum
http://forum.firebolt.com
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