I've noticed that at times, when using ANSI colours and wrapping, the colours don't display.
My case in point is one where a line has been wrapped to make five lines. The ANSI code is neard, but not at, the beginning of that fifth line, yet MUSHclient doesn't display it. Changing the wrapping value from 80 to 81 makes no difference to the positioning of the text on this particular line, but now the colour shows up correctly.
What's going on?
Very strange. I have not heard of this problem before. Can you tell me which version of MUSHclient you are using, and where I can connect to, to reproduce the problem?
Or, turn on "debug packets" (from the Edit menu), obtain the room description (or whatever it was), and turn off "debug packets" again. Then post the resulting output here (or email it to me).
Don't leave the debug packets on for longer than necessary or it will slow the program right down and use a lot of memory.
I'm using MC 3.17, and I'll get the debug packets.
Yes, it's a room description, but on a MUCK I now only
use for testing Multi-User Forth scripts. As such, I can't
tell you how to connect, since I only run it on my home
machine.
Still, it's a problem that might effect an actual MUCK.
I have confirmed that MUSHclient does exactly as you describe. It seems that it is getting a line transition (line wrapping) at the exact character that has the ANSI code for the bold character (ESC [1m) - somehow starting a new line is causing it to discard the style change.
This is clearly a bug, and I will look into finding a fix for it. :)
I have added this to the bug/suggestion database as #418.
I am new to this forum and I have a problem with ansi on one of my Mu*s as well. The mu* admin tell me that there is ansi color just about everywhere on it, but the only time I see color is when I look at the WHO list there. Can you help me?
I suppose it depends on what you mean by 'colour everywhere'. I connected as a guest and saw some colours, sure the WHO list had a coloured line, but the help rooms had some colours too (see below, purple text, bold white text). It might be that you are expecting more colours than you are getting. If not, can you say which room you expect to see colours in (and how to get there), and what colours you are expecting that you are not getting?
WHO
Player Name Sta On For Idle Doing
Guest-1 (NEW) 00:07 0s
Galin (AFK) 02:09 2h All reported bugs corrected
Mudnet (IC) 10d 21:46 8h See `mnhelp' and www.mudnet.org
There are 3 players connected.
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Newbie Help Room #1 <Nexus>
The following rooms, and much of the code on the MUSH utilize color and Ansi
graphics. To set these flags on yourself type @SET ME=COLOR and then @SET
ME=ANSI. These flags will allow you to see the beautiful colorized ansi text
and graphics. More help on this can be found in NEWS COLORS. Color is also
dependant on your telnet client and terminal settings. There are several
clients out there that can make your mush life alot eaiser. For more
information on this topic, type NEWS CLIENTS. In the following rooms commands
that you might find helpful have been placed in color in order to make them
more identifiable to you.
Obvious exits:
Forward-<F> Backward-<B>
f
You continue onward.
Newbie Help Room #2 <Nexus>
This room and the following rooms are designed to help players new to MUSHing
to gain a basic understanding of MUSH commands and general workings of
Battlestar MUSH. There are several different sources of help and information
available for in case you might have any questions. These systems are called
,Help, +HELP, NEWS, and lastly EVENTS. These sources are multileveled
providing a wealth of of useful information to assist you. To utilize them
type their name. ie. EVENTS.
Obvious exits:
Forward-<F> Backward-<B>
You might want to tell them too that the news is "NEWS COLOR" not "NEWS COLORS" as specified in the newbie help room. Having incorrect help in one of the very first rooms is a bit offputting for newbies.