Subject: Pipe clients

From: Andrew Donkin <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 16:09:48 -0700

|Some time ago, there was talk about porting tinytalk to work with the
|non-networking version of MOO.  Has any work been done so far with this?

	I am also interested in a pipe-only client, because the MOO server
here is limited to local access.  Currently I'm using an Emacs shell
running `client_sysv', but I'm a sucker for bells and whistles and a proper
client would be groovy.

|Would using the *.el code be sufficient, or would that require the
|socket libs as well?

	Without ever seeing tinytalk I can't make comparisons, but I would
really like to know if there's a version of the Emacs mud client (mud.el)
that uses SysV-style pipes rather than socket connections.  I think Emacs
is a great environment for a MOO client, considering the amount of text
manipulation required, and unlimited history.  I am utterly clueless
regarding Emacs LISP, however.  I sure hope someone out there has done all
the hard work before me :-}

|Forrest

	Thanks in advance,

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From: Jerry Weiler <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 22:25:07 -0700

Oooops. You did say that you're using SysV style local connections.

OK, I hacked SysV style FIFOs in, too, using client_sysv as a guide.

All three modes now seem to work OK in tinytalk: BSD/TCP, BSD/local,
and SysV/local (at least as far as I checked - tell me if you have any
problems)

I put the new copy on parcftp as tinytalkw3.tar.Z. same place

Happy MOOing!

- Jerry Weiler
[email-masked]
Lynx on LambdaMOO