Best Of

So, since I had to switch to Mudlet because of the OSX Catalina update awhile back, and had no desire to try and get demonnic's chatbox working (nothing against it, I just felt it was overcomplicated for my needs), I decided to build a chatbox out of the newish Adjustable Container stuff in Mudlet. It's simple, not tabbed, but it fits my needs perfectly. Been using it for a few months, had zero issues.

Screenshot:


Installation Instructions:
1. Create the Windows folder and 3 scripts specified in Scripts Layout below, pasting in the relevant section of code into each.
2. Restart Mudlet.
3. Move and resize to your liking (click-drag top to move, click-drag lower right to resize). You can optionally right click and hit "lock" to lock it in place and remove the green borders.

Scripts layout:

Windows (Folder)
   |- Chat Window
   |- GMCP Chat Hook
   |- GMCP enable chat

Windows code

win = win or {}

Chat Window code

function win.createChat()
  win.chatparent = Adjustable.Container:new({name="win.chatparent"})
  win.chat = Geyser.MiniConsole:new({
    name="win.chat",
    x="0%", y="0%",
    width="100%", height="100%",
    autoWrap=true,
    scrollBar=true,
    fontSize=12
  }, win.chatparent)
  win.chat:setColor(0,0,0,255)
end

registerAnonymousEventHandler("sysLoadEvent", "win.createChat")

GMCP Chat Hook code

function win.handleCommChannelText()
  local text = ansi2decho(win.stripMXP(gmcp.Comm.Channel.Text.text)) .. "\n"
	win.chat:decho(text)
end

function win.stripMXP(str)
  return str:gsub("\27%[4z\3.-\4", '')
end

registerAnonymousEventHandler("gmcp.Comm.Channel.Text", "win.handleCommChannelText")

GMCP enable chat code

function win.opencomms()
	sendGMCP('Core.Supports.Add ["Comm.Channel 1"]')
end

registerAnonymousEventHandler("gmcp.Char.Name", "win.opencomms")