Notes on MMCP - Revision history

Jmckisson: edit command descriptions

2025-04-05T14:38:12Z

edit command descriptions

Jmckisson: Add more mmcp commands

2025-04-05T14:34:56Z

Add more mmcp commands

Jmckisson: update mudlet lua command names

2025-04-05T14:22:49Z

update mudlet lua command names

Slysven: Tweak some texts in the tables

2025-04-01T14:16:05Z

Tweak some texts in the tables

Jmckisson: fix side channel command identifier

2025-03-31T19:07:15Z

fix side channel command identifier

Jmckisson at 00:22, 31 March 2025

2025-03-31T00:22:00Z

Jmckisson: More information about Side Channel

2025-03-31T00:21:11Z

More information about Side Channel

Jmckisson: specify chatport and startchatserver MudMaster commands

2025-03-31T00:17:15Z

specify chatport and startchatserver MudMaster commands

Jmckisson: Updated development PR, added MudMaster commands, updated Mudlet commands

2025-03-31T00:13:47Z

Updated development PR, added MudMaster commands, updated Mudlet commands

Slysven: /MMCP Notes/ Start on command comparison table

2024-04-14T02:29:55Z

MMCP Notes: Start on command comparison table

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 | Change your chat name || /chatname {new name} || || #CHAT {NAME} {new name} || mmcp.chatName("new name")
 |-
-| More information about peer || /chatversions || #chatdetails <name> || ||
+| More information about peer || /chatversions || #chatdetails <name> || ||All information provided in showList() command
 |-
 | Send chat message_text to everyone || /chatall {message_text} || #chatall message_text || #CHAT {MESSAGE} {ALL} {message_text} || mmcp.chatAll("message_text")
@@ Line 89: / Line 89: @@
 | Ping someone || /ping {"someone" or id} || || || mmcp.ping("someone" or id)
 |-
-| Allow someone to snoop you || /chatsnoop {"someone" or id} || || || mmcp.allowSnoop("someone" or id)
+| Toggle allowing someone to snoop you || /chatsnoop {"someone" or id} || || || mmcp.allowSnoop("someone" or id)
 |-
-| Start snooping someone || /snoop {"someone" or id} || || || mmcp.snoop("someone" or id)
+| Toggle snooping someone || /snoop {"someone" or id} || || || mmcp.snoop("someone" or id)
 |-
-| Serve someone || /chatserve {"someone" or id} || || || mmcp.serve("someone" or id)
+| Toggle serving someone || /chatserve {"someone" or id} || || || mmcp.serve("someone" or id)
 |-
 | End call to someone || /unchat {"someone" or id} || #hangup someone || #CHAT {ZAP} {someone} || mmcp.unChat("someone" or id)

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 |-
 | Call another person on Address A.A.A.A, Port P || /call {address} {port} || #chat A.A.A.A [P] || #CHAT {CALL} {A.A.A.A} {P} || mmcp.call("A.A.A.A"[, P])
 |-
 | List connections || /chat || #chats || #CHAT {WHO} || mmcp.showList()
@@ Line 78: / Line 82: @@
 |-
 | Send chat message_text to group || /cg or /chatgroup {group name} {message_text} || || || mmcp.chatGroup("group name", "message_text")
 |-
 | End call to someone || /unchat {"someone" or id} || #hangup someone || #CHAT {ZAP} {someone} || mmcp.unChat("someone" or id)

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 ! Function !! MudMaster !! MUSHClient !! TinTin++ !! Mudlet
 |-
-| Set incoming port number to P || /chatport {port} - Start server with /startchatserver || #accept P || #CHAT {INIT} {P} || mmcp.chatStartServer(P[, "IPAddress")
+| Set incoming port number to P || /chatport {port} - Start server with /startchatserver || #accept P || #CHAT {INIT} {P} || mmcp.startServer(P[, "IPAddress")
 "IP Address" is what is advertised to peers that third parties can use to connect to us
 |-
-| Call another person on Address A.A.A.A, Port P || /call {address} {port} || #chat A.A.A.A [P] || #CHAT {CALL} {A.A.A.A} {P} || mmcp.chatCall("A.A.A.A"[, P])
+| Call another person on Address A.A.A.A, Port P || /call {address} {port} || #chat A.A.A.A [P] || #CHAT {CALL} {A.A.A.A} {P} || mmcp.call("A.A.A.A"[, P])
 |-
-| List connections || /chat || #chats || #CHAT {WHO} || mmcp.chatList()
+| List connections || /chat || #chats || #CHAT {WHO} || mmcp.showList()
 |-
 | Change your chat name || /chatname {new name} || || #CHAT {NAME} {new name} || mmcp.chatName("new name")
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 | Send chat message_text to someone || /chat {someone or id} {message_text} || #chat someone message_text || #CHAT {MESSAGE} {someone} {message_text} || mmcp.chatTo("someone", "message_text")
 |-
-| Assign peer "name" to "group" || /chatgroupset {name or id} {group} || || || mmcp.chatSetGroup("name" or id, "group")
+| Assign peer "name" to "group" || /chatgroupset {name or id} {group} || || || mmcp.setGroup("name" or id, "group")
 |-
 | Send chat message_text to group || /cg or /chatgroup {group name} {message_text} || || || mmcp.chatGroup("group name", "message_text")
 |-
-| End call to someone || /unchat {"someone" or id} || #hangup someone || #CHAT {ZAP} {someone} || mmcp.chatUnChat("someone")
+| End call to someone || /unchat {"someone" or id} || #hangup someone || #CHAT {ZAP} {someone} || mmcp.unChat("someone" or id)
 |-
 | End all calls || || #hangupall || #CHAT {ZAP} {ALL} ||

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 | List connections || /chat || #chats || #CHAT {WHO} || mmcp.chatList()
 |-
-| Change your chat name || /chatname {new name} || || #chat name {new name} || mmcp.chatName("new name")
+| Change your chat name || /chatname {new name} || || #CHAT {NAME} {new name} || mmcp.chatName("new name")
 |-
 | More information about peer || /chatversions || #chatdetails <name> || ||
 |-
-| Send chat message_text to everyone || /chatall {text} || #chatall message_text || #CHAT {MESSAGE} {ALL} {message_text} || mmcp.chatAll("message_text")
+| Send chat message_text to everyone || /chatall {message_text} || #chatall message_text || #CHAT {MESSAGE} {ALL} {message_text} || mmcp.chatAll("message_text")
 |-
-| Send emote message_text to everyone || /emoteall {text} || || || mmcp.emoteAll("message_text")
+| Send emote message_text to everyone || /emoteall {message_text} || || || mmcp.emoteAll("message_text")
 |-
-| Send chat message_text to someone || /chat {name or id} {text} || #chat someone message_text || #CHAT {MESSAGE} {someone} {message_text} || mmcp.chatTo("someone", "message_text")
+| Send chat message_text to someone || /chat {someone or id} {message_text} || #chat someone message_text || #CHAT {MESSAGE} {someone} {message_text} || mmcp.chatTo("someone", "message_text")
 |-
-| Assign peer to group || /chatgroupset {name or id} {group name} || || || mmcp.chatSetGroup("name or id", "group name")
+| Assign peer "name" to "group" || /chatgroupset {name or id} {group} || || || mmcp.chatSetGroup("name" or id, "group")
 |-
-| Send chat message_text to group || /cg or /chatgroup {group name} {text} || || || mmcp.chatGroup("group name", "text")
+| Send chat message_text to group || /cg or /chatgroup {group name} {message_text} || || || mmcp.chatGroup("group name", "message_text")
 |-
-| End call to someone || /unchat {name or id} || #hangup someone || #CHAT {ZAP} {someone} || mmcp.chatUnChat("someone")
+| End call to someone || /unchat {"someone" or id} || #hangup someone || #CHAT {ZAP} {someone} || mmcp.chatUnChat("someone")
 |-
 | End all calls || || #hangupall || #CHAT {ZAP} {ALL} ||
 |}
 ==== Links to reference material ====
-* [https://tintin.mudhalla.net/protocols/mmcp/| MMCP] Scandum's Mudhalla reference material.
+* [https://tintin.mudhalla.net/protocols/mmcp/ MMCP] Scandum's Mudhalla reference material.
-* [http://web.archive.org/web/20240118214348/https://www.zuggsoft.com/zchat/zchatprot.htm| ZChat] Zugg's notes (archive copy to ensure preservation).
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20240118214348/https://www.zuggsoft.com/zchat/zchatprot.htm ZChat] Zugg's notes (archive copy to ensure preservation).
-* Post on [https://www.gammon.com.au/forum/bbshowpost.php?bbsubject_id=15093&page=1| MUSHClient] forums where I start to discuss MMCP, Mudlet and extending the protocol to get hints on encoding and language/locale.
+* Post on [https://www.gammon.com.au/forum/bbshowpost.php?id=15093 MUSHClient] forums where I start to discuss MMCP, Mudlet and extending the protocol to get hints on encoding and language/locale.

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 | 0x1F (31) || Snoop data || Data sent by the recipient if it allows a snoop, the data should be echoed by the peer that sent the request but not be further forwarded || Yes
 |-
-| 0xE0 (240) || Mudlet side channel || Mudlet Specific. Sends an Out-Of-Band message to a peer. Upon receipt of a SideChannel message,  Mudlet will raise a sysChatChannelMessage event with this data || Yes
+| 0x28 (40) || Mudlet side channel || Mudlet Specific. Sends an Out-Of-Band message to a peer. Upon receipt of a SideChannel message,  Mudlet will raise a sysChatChannelMessage event with this data || Yes
 |-
 | 0xFF (255) || End of command || Marks the end of most messages (note that the byte value is not valid for UTF-8 but is for most extended ASCII encoding - so has to be processed at the socket side of the connection after/before it is output from/input to an encoder of a peer || Yes

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-Current development work is taking place in [https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/7155| PR 7155].
+Current development work is taking place in [https://github.com/Mudlet/Mudlet/pull/7765| PR 7765].
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 ! Function !! MudMaster !! MUSHClient !! TinTin++ !! Mudlet
 |-
-| Set incoming port number to P || || #accept P || #CHAT {INIT} {P} || chatStartServer(P[, "IPAddress")
+| Set incoming port number to P || /startchatserver || #accept P || #CHAT {INIT} {P} || mmcp.chatStartServer(P[, "IPAddress")
 "IP Address" is what is advertised to peers that third parties can use to connect to us
 |-
-| Call another person on Address A.A.A.A, Port P || || #chat A.A.A.A [P] || #CHAT {CALL} {A.A.A.A} {P} || chatCall("A.A.A.A"[, P])
+| Call another person on Address A.A.A.A, Port P || /call {address} {port} || #chat A.A.A.A [P] || #CHAT {CALL} {A.A.A.A} {P} || mmcp.chatCall("A.A.A.A"[, P])
 |-
-| List connections || || #chats || #CHAT {WHO} || chatList()
+| List connections || /chat || #chats || #CHAT {WHO} || mmcp.chatList()
 |-
-| More information about peer || || #chatdetails <name> || ||
+| Change your chat name || /chatname {new name} || || #chat name {new name} || mmcp.chatName("new name")
 |-
-| Send chat message_text to everyone || || #chatall message_text || #CHAT {MESSAGE} {ALL} {message_text} || chatAll("message_text")
+| More information about peer || /chatversions || #chatdetails <name> || ||
 |-
-| Send chat message_text to someone || || #chat someone message_text || #CHAT {MESSAGE} {someone} {message_text} || chat("someone", "message_text")
+| Send chat message_text to everyone || /chatall {text} || #chatall message_text || #CHAT {MESSAGE} {ALL} {message_text} || mmcp.chatAll("message_text")
 |-
-| End call to someone || || #hangup someone || #CHAT {ZAP} {someone} || unchat("someone")
+| Send emote message_text to everyone || /emoteall {text} || || || mmcp.emoteAll("message_text")
 |-
 | End all calls || || #hangupall || #CHAT {ZAP} {ALL} ||