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LOCAL EDITOR, MUME REMOTE EDITING PROTOCOL
The MUME remote editing protocol is a mechanism that allows users to edit files
on their local machines, as opposed to using the standard line
editor.
environment variables.
Requirements
Use of the protocol requires a special MUME-aware client to receive the files and launch your favorite editor on your local machine.
Notable clients that support the protocol
- powwow — Unix/Windows/Mac command line client (from the early 90s)
- powtty — Windows port of powwow using putty (from the late 90s)
Using the protocol with powwow or powtty
Set thePOWWOWEDITOR
and POWWOWPAGER
environment
variable and type #identify
to initialize
the protocol, which will automatically set you to change edit
mume
and change
pager mume
. Refer to your
client documentation for more detailed information about
settingenvironment variables.
Important note for Powtty users: Make sure you check the
Use MUME local editing
option in the
PowTTY category of the configuration menu.
Note for client implementors
The source code for the powwow client contains the defacto reference implementation protocol; the powwow source is available for download on the MUME website.
See also: | CHANGE EDITOR, MUME CLIENT PROTOCOL |
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