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To connect quickly to a host simply go in the Mud-Menu an selecet the quick connect option. Enter the hostname or the ip-adress of the host and the portnumber. If you do not specify the portnumber the value 23 (standard telnet port) will be assumed.
The connection wizard is used to create character/mud profiles for connecting to a mud. To display the connection wizard, select "Connection Wizard" in the "Mud" menu.
To create a new character and mud profile, click the "New" button. A new dialog comes up where you can enter the characters name into the "name" text field. You can assign an existing profile to this character when you press "Select" beside the profile. Then enter the details for the mud into text fields in the mud section. If the mud already exists and your just creating a new character, clicking the "Select" button will allow you to select a mud. Once the detils have been entered click "Ok" to return to the main window or "Connect" to connect to the new mud.
To edit an existing character and mud, select the profile from the list on the left hand side. This will display the character details in a new dialog. Make any changes that are needed using the text fields then press the "OK" button to update the changes and close the dialog.
To create an alias select "Aliases" from the "Profile" menu. The aliases are used to create new commands. The new commands are made up from several existing commands. If for example you wanted to create a command called "move" that made a character move north , south then west you would press the "New" button in the aliases dialogue,a new dialog comes up and then enter the commands "north ; south ; west" into the "Definition" text field. The name of the new alias should be entered into the "Alias Name" field, in our case "move". If you wish the alias to be activate by pressing a key like F1 then press the "change" button and setup the key you want to use. Kmud recognizes numpad keys. So that way you can setup numpad walking by assigning for example the "8" on your keypad to "north". Press "OK" to apply the changes or "Cancel" for just closing the dialog.
Same way like inserting a new alias you can edit an existing one by selecting an alias in the list and clicking on the "Edit" button. To delete an alias select the alias from the list and press the "Delete" button. Press "OK" in the alias dialog to close the dialog and save your changes. "Cancel" will close the dialog without applying the changes.
You can change the Font and Colour settings in the Menu "Options". Under "Preferences" you can setup the echo behaviour and the memory settings. "Keep last input" means that the when enter is pressed in the input line the text is not deleted only highlighted. "Auto reconnect" is used to turn the auto reconnect option on or off. The options "Use \007 as a beep" when set is used to make a character 7 received from the mud produce a beep sound. "Local Echo" means the printing of your input to the mud-window and "Input Echo" the showing of your entered text in the input line (command line). In the buffer setup you can limit the maximum number of saved in the mud-window and in the input history to save memory allocated by the application. "Save" will explicitly save your options, but they are saved in any case you change the settings, either.
On the status bar there is a timer that shows how long you have been connect to a mud. This timer will start when you connect to a mud and stop when you disconnect from the mud. There is also a icon that changes to represent the connected/disconnected state of Kmud.
Kmud provides a feature for reconnecting to a mud when the mud disconnect you. The Auto Reconnect options can be activated in the preferences. When the options is on and Kmud is disconnect from the mud that is running, a window will appear asking if you want to reconnect. Click on the "Reconnect" button to reconnect or cancel if you don't wish to reconnect. If neither of the buttons have been pressed in 10 seconds, then Kmud will attempt to connect automatically.
It is possible to send large amounts of text to a mud. This can be difficult to do using the input lines. There is a option in the view menu that is used to display the mutiline input window. This window will allow multiple lines of text with line breaks to be sent a mud. This can be useful for things like chatting.
If kmud receives output and the user does not use kmud for a configurable amount of time, then kmud will inform the user that kmud as received input by flashing the kmud icon on the title bar.
The time before the icon starts to flash can be configured in the preferences in the Output Notification section.
When scrolling backwards in the history window of kmud, the history window will split into two sections. The top section is the history and this can be scrolled through using the scroll bar. The bottom section is used is display any new input that arrives from the mud while you are scrolling through the history. To join the two sections again, scroll too the bottom of the history section.
There are several command line parameters than can be used when starting Kmud from the command line. Kmud suppors the following parameters:
Examples: kmud -w \"Sunbright@Midnight Sun\" kmud --wizard Sunbright@WOW kmud --host midnight-sun.ludd.luth.se --port 3000
This user manual will be displayed when you press F1 in the application. Besides there are many situations where you can get quickhelp. Just right-click on the area where you want help and select "Quickhelp" in the appearing menu.
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