Re: How to use 8-bit ascii in MOO ?

• Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 13:42:05 PST
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  Michael Moore <mike@mail.datasys.net>
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Heikki J Wilenius wrote:
> 
>         Hi,
> 
> I can't output any 8-bit ascii characters in the MOO. For example, when
> I do the following command:
> 
> ;"a";  (the character inside the quotes being an a with dots, ascii 132)
> 
> the output is
> 
> => ""
> 
> Any fix for this requiring not to edit the sources? Or if I have to
> do that, any tips where to start looking?
> 
>         Thanks,
>                 Heikki


Here's code that switches a connection into binary mode, outputs ASCII 132,
followed by a carriage return and a linefeed.

#2:output132   none none none
 1:  set_connection_option(this, "binary", 1);
 2:  notify(this, "~84~0D~0A");
 3:  set_connection_option(this, "binary", 0);

You can read more on this in the LambdaMOO programmer manual.  Look for
"binary strings" and set_connection_option().

Also, keep in mind that how a high-ASCII character is displayed is up to
your MUD client.  Mine was nice and gave me the dotted 'a'.  If your
client is Windows-based, what you get in the high-ASCII series depends
on the font you've chosen.  In other words, high-ASCII characters are not
standard.

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