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CHANGE XML, XML

The XML mode is a client mode, an alternative to the default VT100 mode, that special clients can use.

The game output will be (not very strict) XML with the following tags (and attributes) supported:

prompt game prompt

room

room section; has the following attributes:

	`terrain="<terrain>"`	where <terrain> is a terrain name as per `help terrain`
	`area="<area>"`	the zone area name
	`id=<id>`	(optional) room number (an integer in [1..0x7fffffff]); not all rooms have numbers.

name room name; or message that you cannot see it

description room description

terrain extra terrain information such as trails, snow, and water

magic magic effects, portals, detect magic, etc.

exits information about exits; has an optional from=<id> attribute (the source room's room number)

exit a single exit's information; has dir=<dir> and optional id=<id> attributes

weather weather message

achievement you accomplished an achievement

gratuitous output the player doesn't want to see, like room descriptions with change spam off

movement empty tag; sent when you move; includes a dir=<direction> attribute if the direction of movement is known

move_in observing someone move into the room

move_out observing someone move out of the room

social a social message

emote the emote command

narrate the narrate command

pray the pray command

say the say command

shout an Ainu shouting

song the song command

tell the tell command

yell the yell command

character the name of a character (player or NPC); some NPCs that are meant to seem like plants do not have this markup

enemy the name of an enemy player character; usually inside <character>

player the name of a non-enemy player character; usually inside <character>

hit you hit someone else

damage you take damage

avoid_damage you avoid taking damage

miss an attack that misses its mark

object the name of an object

code a command or code

em emphasized text

header a (table or section) header

status a status value

highlight text highlight as per its type=<name>; <name> is one of the tag names

familiar seen by a familiar

snoop seen by snooping someone (for Ainur); the symbol=<string> attribute specifies the prefix string

xml sent when enabling/disabling XML mode

You can enable or disable XML mode with change xml or by sending <MPI>X1\n<state>\n where <MPI> is the MUME Protocol Initiator ~$#E and <state> is 0 to disable or 1 to enable XML mode. 2 and 3 disables/enables XML mode without sending any <xml> or </xml> tag.

Attribute values use HTML syntax and may be unquoted or quoted as per https://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-html-markup-20120329/syntax.html#syntax-attributes

There will be more, and all of the above is subject to change.

What is MUME?

MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer text-based online game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth during the epic wars of the late Third Age between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the Free peoples. MUME is completely at no cost and has been continuously running, expanded, and remastered by a community of volunteers since 1991.

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