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NAME

6       powwow - telnet protocol client for MUD playing
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SYNOPSIS

9       powwow [ host port ] | [ definition-file ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       powwow  is a client program that implements the telnet protocol, adding
13       some bells and whistles to the standard telnet(1)  communication  util‐
14       ity,  mainly  intended for playing multi-user games such as MUDs (Multi
15       User Dungeons).
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17       powwow is either invoked with host and port, and then does not save any
18       definitions,  or  with  a definition-file, which is supposed to contain
19       various definitions as well as the name of the host and the  port  num‐
20       ber.  If  the  definition-file does not exist, the user is prompted for
21       the host name and port number which are saved in the new file. The def‐
22       inition  file  can be edited with any text editor, and is updated when‐
23       ever a definition (action, alias, etc.) is changed. If the  environment
24       variable POWWOWDIR is defined, powwow will look there first for defini‐
25       tion files (and create new ones there).
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27       Lines that begin with `#' are assumed to be special commands to be pro‐
28       cessed locally. Help is available with the #help command. There is also
29       a more detailed manual somewhere. Notably, semicolons separate commands
30       on  a  single line. To send a literal semicolon, prefix it with a back‐
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33       powwow also supports  the  MUME  editing  protocol  for  editing  texts
34       locally.  The name of the editor is taken from the environment variable
35       POWWOWEDITOR or EDITOR.  emacs(1) is used by default. For text viewing,
36       POWWOWPAGER is searched, then PAGER and more(1) is used by default.
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38       If  the  first  character of the editor is `&' (which is then skipped),
39       the editor is assumed to run in another window and powwow will run con‐
40       currently with the editor without waiting for it to finish.
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42       When launched, the editor program will have its TITLE environment vari‐
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AUTHOR

47       Massimiliano Ghilardi <max@Linuz.sns.it> and Gustav Hållberg <gustav at
48       gmail dot com> are the people that added many new features to an exist‐
49       ing client, Cancan and transformed it into powwow.   Mattias  Engdegård
50       (f91-men@nada.kth.se)  was the original author of Cancan but many other
51       people have contributed at least as much, including Finn Arne  Gangstad
52       (finnag@pvv.unit.no),  David  Gay (dgay@di.epfl.ch), Gary Dezern (gdez‐
53       ern@satelnet.org) and Lai-Chang Woo (vivriel@scs.com.sg).
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55       powwow moved to hoopajoo.net in 2005, and is now  maintained  by  Steve
56       Slaven  <bpk@hoopajoo.net>, please send bug reports and patches to that
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59       The powwow WWW page is: http://hoopajoo.net/projects/powwow.html
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61       powwow was originally inspired by Peter Unold's Tintin client, but  now
62       only  bears  a very remote resemblance to the original. It aims to be a
63       simple but very interactive client,  and  contains  features  that  are
64       interesting for ``immortal'' players, in particular on MUME, though any
65       mud player should benefit from powwow as well.
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FILES

68       powwow           The binary.
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70       $(POWWOWDIR)/*   Definition files for aliases, etc.
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ENVIRONMENT

73       TERM   Your terminal type.
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75       POWWOWDIR
76              Where powwow will store and search for its files by default.
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78       POWWOWEDITOR or EDITOR
79              Name of editor to use.
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81       POWWOWPAGER or PAGER
82              Name of pager to use.
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SEE ALSO

85       telnet(1), more(1), emacs(1)
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DIAGNOSTICS

88       Most diagnostics are self-explanatory. Some are even more self-explana‐
89       tory than others, namely those who crash the program.  There is a diag‐
90       nostic report called `core' which is not  currently  in  human-readable
91       form.   The  messages  from powwow are generally prefixed with a `#' to
92       separate them from output from the remote host.
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BUGS

95       Are you kidding?
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