Utilities

There are various utility functions built into MUSHclient, some of which are in the built-in notepad. Follow the links below for more details. See Also ... Topic Scripting Commands Base64Decode (Decodes Base-64 coding) Base64Encode (Encodes text into Base-64 coding) ConvertForumCodes (Converts text on the clipboard for use in the forum) ConvertHTMLspecial (Converts special HTML characters, eg. < to &lt;) DosToMac (Converts selection from DOS text to Mac text) DosToUnix (Converts selection from DOS text to Unix text) FunctionList (Shows a list of all scripting functions) GenerateCharacterName (Generates a random MUD character name) GenerateUniqueID (Generates a 24-character hashed unique string) KeyName (Converts a keypress into its name) MacToDos (Converts selection from Mac text to DOS text) QuoteForumCodes (Escapes the characters [, ], \ with a backslash.) QuoteLines (Adds '> ' to the start of each line) UnixToDos (Converts selection from Unix text to DOS text) UpperCase (Converts to all upper case) Dialogs Choose from combo-box Choose from list box Colour picker Functions Generate Unique ID Input Box Input Edit Box Key name Functions Base64Decode (Takes a base-64 encoded string and decodes it.) Base64Encode (Encodes a string using base-64 encoding.) ChangeDir (Changes the MUSHclient working directory) CreateGUID (Creates a GUID - Global Unique Identifier) EditDistance (Returns the Levenshtein Edit Distance between two words) ErrorDesc (Converts a MUSHclient script error code into an human-readable description) ExportXML (Exports a world item in XML format) FixupEscapeSequences (Converts "escape sequences" like &#x5C;t to their equivalent codes.) FixupHTML (Fixes up text for writing as HTML) GenerateName (Generates a random character name) GetClipboard (Gets the clipboard contents) GetScriptTime (Returns the amount of time spent in script routines) GetUniqueID (Creates a unique ID for general use, or for making Plugin IDs) GetUniqueNumber (Returns a unique number) Hash (Produces a hash (checksum) of a specified piece of text) Help (Shows help for a script function, or a list of functions) ImportXML (Imports configuration data in XML format) Metaphone (Returns the metaphone code for the supplied word) MtRand (Returns pseudo-random number using the Mersenne Twister algorithm) MtSrand (Seed the Mersenne Twister pseudo-random number generator) ReadNamesFile (Loads in a file for generating character names) Replace (Replaces one substring with another) SetClipboard (Sets the clipboard contents) SetStatus (Sets the status line text) Simulate (Simulate input from the MUD, for debugging purposes) Sound (Plays a sound) StripANSI (Strips ANSI colour sequences from a string) Trace (Trace mode property) TraceOut (Outputs the supplied message to the world Trace) TranslateGerman (Translate German umluat sequences) Transparency (Sets the transparency of the main MUSHclient window under Windows XP) Trim (Trims leading and trailing spaces from a string) (Help topic: general=utils) Documentation contents page