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Tom Jakubowski <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
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Package: Puffin MUD Client
System name: puffin
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

Description:
Puffin is a sciptable (TCL? Perl? Guile?) MUD client geared towards LPmuds. It 
is currently in the very early stages of development (I had a sort of working 
model earlier, but rm\'d it by accident. grr), meaning, there is very little 
code done. :>

Puffin is based on the principle that the more easily customisable, the more 
flexible, and therefore the better. All of the low level functions (the 
framework for the UI, sockets, and the embedding of the scripting language 
itself) are handled at the compiled, C side. The rest (how both input from the 
user and the MUD is processed/displayed, aliases, triggers, colour support, 
etc.) is done via the script. This has three advantages:

- The user need not recompile for most changes.
- The user need not know a complex language like C to customise his client; all 
he needs to know is a simple (yet powerful) scripting language.
- The ability to get many features from other people, easily. If the majority 
of features were implemented on the compiled side, the user could not easily 
implement a friend\'s customisation (they\'d have to use cvs or apply a patch, 
which is sort of iffy). Using this system, the user could just add the script 
to Puffin\'s list, and poof! It works (assuming the script is written correctly)

Other Software Required:
- The Ncurses package.
- The language(s) used for scripting need to be installed.


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