[PENNMUSH-ANNOUNCE] 1.7.7-patch29

[Javelin]

The PennMUSH development team announces the release of 1.7.7-patch29

You can retrieve this patch, or a complete tarball of this version
of PennMUSH, from the PennMUSH download site http://ftp.pennmush.org/Source

Please read the instructions at the top of the patch file if using
a patch. Sometimes they differ slightly. Changes in this patch
are listed below.

Enjoy!

  Javelin, for the penndevs

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Major changes:
  * Anonymous attributes via #lambda. See help anonymous attributes. [SW]
  * Wizards (other than God) and royalty are no longer treated as No_Pay
    unless the No_Pay power is explicitly set on them, although they
    can still give (themselves or others) as many pennies as they wish.
    This helps stop runaway wizards in the queue (they'll run out of cash
    like anyone else). To get the old behavior back, @power your admin
    No_Pay. You probably want to @power any globals that use search(),
    children(), mail*stats(), etc, No_Pay as well. Suggested by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * game/restrict.cnf, alias.cnf, names.cnf are renamed in the tarball and
    made with make update like mush.cnf. Suggested by Philip Mak. [SW]
  * @powers now operate under the same code as the @flag system, so God
    can add and modify powers in the MUSH with @power/add, etc. 
Commands:
  * @nsemit, @nsoemit, @nslemit, @nsremit, @nszemit and function forms
    of the same. Suggested by Cloud at M*U*S*H.
Functions:
  * andlpowers(), orlpowers(), andpowers(), orpowers().
  * align() performs fancy text alignment tricks. Patch by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * sent() and recv() show more player descriptor data from SESSION.
    Suggested by Ricochet at M*U*S*H.
  * scan() with a single argument assumes the executor's point of
    view. Suggested by Cheetah at M*U*S*H.
  * valid() can also check for syntactically correct passwords,
    command names, and function names.
Minor changes:
  * No more CRYPT_SYSTEM in options.h. We try everything and we
    always reset passwords to SHS. Patch by Vadiv at M*U*S*H.
  * Wizards and other privileged players can @chan/recall on channels they're
    not on. Suggested by Trispis at M*U*S*H. [SW]
  * A separate ip address to bind the SSL port to can now be specified
    in mush.cnf.
  * @flag/type allows God to change flag types. Suggested by Renee at ShoreSide.
  * After each @startup is enqueued (during startup or @restart/all),
    we immediately run up to 5 queue cycles. This allows, e.g., God's
    @startup to up to five levels of @dol/@tr/@switch/etc and still have
    the queued code run ahead of other startups. This requires that you
    keep God's dbref as #1. Based on comments by Philip Mak and o
    Trispis at M*U*S*H.
  * The message after successful @password is now clearer, to avoid
    confusion in some unusual cases. Report by Kholnuu.
  * Makefile is no longer set executable. Report by Luke at M*U*S*H.
  * Server now handles telnet NOP and AYT commands. Suggested by
    Philip Mak and Liz (author of Muckclient).
  * announce.c is no longer distributed. portmsg.c cleanup.
Fixes:
  * @undestroy on an invalid (garbage, or !going) object now produces
    an error message. Suggested by T'orA at M*U*S*H.
  * On shutdowns, all queue deposits are now refunded.
  * Ansi behavior on second and later lines of text fixed by Walker at M*U*S*H.
  * Database reading improvements for win32 - ideally, you should now
    be able to read a database written on win32/unix on either system.
  * allof() now evaluates its separator argument. [SW]
  * firstof() doesn't add an extra space before the value it returns. [SW] 
  * Slackware portability fixes by Dale @ Wolfpaw.net hosting
  * ]page properly noevals (the right hand side) now. Report by 
    Cheetah at M*U*S*H.
  * Partial channel match listings no longer reveal channels the player
    isn't allowed to see. Report by Taz.
  * Help fixes by Trispis at M*U*S*H and Tanaku at M*U*S*H.
  * ssl() and terminfo() don't work on other players unless you're
    See_All, as promised. Based on patch by Tanaku at M*U*S*H.
  * lcon, etc. all do an INTERACT_SEE interaction check now.
    Suggested by Thor at bDv.
  * Code cleanup. [SW]
  * Fixes from 1.7.6p16