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Help Keywords : ClientUpdate.
Help Category : Information.
Related Helps : Client FAQ, WWW, Mushclient.
Last Updated : 2022-05-23 19:30:00.
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Since r2017, this update brings...
Some MUSHclient.exe updates to fixe some trigger bugs, high resolution
touchpad scrolling, I-beam cursor display, and sometimes failing to select
the last character on a line.
Many plugin and Lua module bug fixes.
Some new options added to various plugins, so poke around again in their
command lists and right-click menus. Some usability enhancements were added
as well, like being able to double/triple click on any selectable text in
miniwindows to select by whole words or lines.
A new plugin called aard_splitscreen_scrollback.xml which simulates a
split-screen scrollback view using advanced miniwindow techniques.
The main game text output area has an attached color-theme-matching
scrollbar using advanced miniwindow techniques. Right-click on the main
output area resizer for a quick option to show/hide the external scrollbar.
The soundpack plugin should now play sounds by default when the client is
backgrounded, and a new command 'aard sounds in background' has been added
(also listed in 'aard help') for toggling this behavior.
There's a new still-somewhat-experimental Lua module to make creating
miniwindow plugins one-click easy. Read about it at
https://github.com/fiendish/aardwolfclientpackage/wiki/Easy-DIY-Miniwindows
Time.xml is a small demo plugin for how simple miniwindow plugins can be
now. It's teeny tiny and just shows the current time in a miniwindow.
There's now an Aardwolf_Helpfile_Window plugin that captures game helpfiles
to a miniwindow.
There's a new plugin aard_vital_shortcuts.xml that adds some aliases for
briefly displaying player vital percentages. I'm told that this will be
useful to players using screen readers. It will be loaded by default for
brand new installs, but current users will need to add the plugin manually
after upgrading. The help command for this plugin is "vitals help".
The sub/gag plugin now uses regular expressions but defaults to plain text
with a new #regex flag. It should automatically convert your existing
patterns, which was an amazing and fun exercise in doing something weird
that nobody in the world has ever done before.
There's a new command `aard plugins check` (shown in `aard help`) to look
for any default-but-optional plugins that aren't currently loaded.
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