Python Efun package for virtually interactive objects

Overview

These Python efuns override native efuns to simulate interactive objects. An additional efun is provided to make an object interactive:

• void make_interactive(object ob, object|string control_ob, string ip_name, string ip_number, int ip_port, int mud_port)

The control object is used to send input to the interactive object and receive messages for it. Only the control object may call the following new efun:

• void send_interactive_input(object ob, string input)

And the following functions are called in the control object:

• void interactive_removed(object ob)
• void interactive_exec(object ob, object new)
• void receive_message(object ob, string msg)
• void receive_binary(object ob, bytes msg)
• void receive_prompt(object ob, string msg)

The virtual interactive should behave just like a normal interactive, with the following exceptions that do not work:

• Snooping (they can be snooped on, but cannot snoop themselves)
• Editing
• Tracing
• Telnet support
• object_info(ob, OI_ONCE_INTERACTIVE) for former interactives

Build & installation

You'll need to build the package.

First clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/unitopia-de/python-interactives.git

In the corresponding package directory execute

python3 setup.py install --user

Automatically load the modules at startup

Also install the LDMud Python efuns and use its startup.py as the Python startup script for LDMud. It will automatically detect the installed Python efuns and load them.

Manually load the modules at startup

Add lines like the following to your startup script:

import ldmudinteractives

ldmudinteractives.register()