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Requested by Grave · project thread

Why

SharpMUSH room pictures stopped drawing and showed as [https://…/room-zero.webp] text. The transcripts on Grave's machine show [image: room-zero.webp] (the client's own IMAGE label) up to 11:28 on 2026-10-26 and only the server's text fallback from 14:19, after #67 took TelnetNegotiationCore to 4.x.

TNC 4.3+ (MXPProtocol, "the capability exchange, both halves") takes a server's <SUPPORT> and <VERSION> lines out of the stream once MXP mode starts and answers neither unless the client registers OnMxpSupportRequested / OnMxpVersionRequested. So MxpParser.HandleSupportRequest never ran and nothing replied. SharpMUSH asks with RequestSupportAsync(timeout, …), and when the wait runs out it records that the client renders none of the elements it asked about (TelnetServer.RecordMxpSupport), so MarkupOutputRenderer.MxpDrawsImages is false and the figure is sent as text.

This is not a window-only bug; the terminal sends the same nothing.

What

  • TelnetSession registers both handlers and answers through the library (SendSupportsAsync, SendVersionAsync, which add the ESC[1z secure-line prefix).
  • MxpParser.SupportedTags is now public and plain names, with AnswerSupport(asked): a bare <SUPPORT> gets every tag; a question about named entries gets + for tags the parser handles and - for the rest. A tag argument (send.expire) is answered -, keeping the list's rule of claiming nothing unchecked.
  • The parser's own reply path is unchanged (it still answers if a line ever reaches it) and builds from the same list and version constants.

Tests

MxpCapabilityTests drives a TelnetSession into MXP mode over ScriptedTransport and checks the <SUPPORTS> and <VERSION> replies. With the two handler registrations removed, 3 of its 6 tests fail; with them, all pass.

All six suites pass except ScrollbackSpillTests.AReadOnlyCacheDirectory_DegradesToMemoryOnly, which fails in the sandbox because it runs as root and mode bits do not stop root. That test is untouched by this change.

Not verified against the live server: the sandbox cannot reach sharpmush.com.


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  • Bug Fixes
    • MXP pictures display again when supported by the game server, instead of showing image markup or picture addresses as text.
    • The client now answers MXP capability and version requests, helping servers determine which tags and protocol details are supported.
    • Text entered in the compose window now uses consistent line endings, improving compatibility when submitting multi-line messages.

TelnetNegotiationCore 4.3 and later take <SUPPORT> and <VERSION> out of
the stream once MXP mode starts and send nothing unless the client
registers a handler, so MxpParser never saw them and nothing answered.
SharpMUSH waits for the reply, records that the client renders none of
the tags it asked about, and sends a picture's address as text instead
of an <IMAGE>. The session now answers both through the library, from
the parser's own tag list.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01W8obcVS32xYVGnX4SMAeMJ
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  • src/SharpMUTerm.Core/Protocols/MxpParser.cs
  • tests/SharpMUTerm.Avalonia.Tests/HostParityTests.cs
  • tests/SharpMUTerm.Core.Tests/Telnet/MxpCapabilityTests.cs

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The client now answers MXP SUPPORT and VERSION requests. The changes also normalize editor line endings, add a terminal harness factory, and ignore clock text when comparing terminal and window rows.

Changes

MXP capability replies

Layer / File(s) Summary
MXP capability data and reply formatting
src/SharpMUTerm.Core/Protocols/MxpParser.cs
MxpParser exposes version values and supported tag names, classifies requested tags, and formats SUPPORTS replies with + prefixes.
Telnet request handlers
src/SharpMUTerm.Core/Telnet/TelnetSession.cs
TelnetSession wires SUPPORT and VERSION callbacks. When the MXP plugin is available, it sends the corresponding reply and logs expected transport or state failures.
MXP tests and release note
tests/SharpMUTerm.Core.Tests/Telnet/MxpCapabilityTests.cs, CHANGELOG.md
Tests cover named and bare SUPPORT requests, tag classification, and VERSION replies. The changelog records that MXP pictures draw again.

Terminal harness setup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Terminal harness construction and test
src/SharpMUTerm.Tui/Hosting/ClientHost.cs, tests/SharpMUTerm.Tui.Tests/SoundTests.cs
ForHarness delegates its null-driver path to HarnessTerminal. The factory applies the supplied test overrides and disables audio and presence. The test checks the terminal host name and disabled features.

Editor body line endings

Layer / File(s) Summary
Normalize editor content
src/SharpMUTerm.Tui/ComposeOverlay.cs
ComposeOverlay.Body converts CRLF sequences to LF when returning editor content.

Terminal parity comparison

Layer / File(s) Summary
Normalize clock text in row comparisons
tests/SharpMUTerm.Avalonia.Tests/HostParityTests.cs
Row comparisons replace clock-formatted text with --:--:-- before applying the existing ordinal comparison.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Server
  participant TelnetSession
  participant MxpParser
  participant MXPPlugin
  Server->>TelnetSession: sends SUPPORT request
  TelnetSession->>MxpParser: classify requested tag names
  MxpParser-->>TelnetSession: supported and unsupported names
  TelnetSession->>MXPPlugin: sends SUPPORTS response
  Server->>TelnetSession: sends VERSION request
  TelnetSession->>MXPPlugin: sends version values from MxpParser
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Possibly related PRs

  • SharpMUSH/SharpMUTerm#46: Replaces default TelnetNegotiationCore registration with explicit protocol registration, including MXP plugin registration. This PR adds MXP request handlers to that plugin.

Suggested reviewers: claude

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 9e610

MXP replies are available, but some capability queries may underreport supported features, and the parity test can miss certain message differences. These bounded issues warrant owner follow-up.

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The title "Answer a server's MXP SUPPORT and VERSION again" matches the main change. The PR registers request handlers on TelnetSession that answer MXP <SUPPORT> and <VERSION> requests, which restores replies that TelnetNegotiationCore was consuming. The title is specific, short, and states the primary change from the developer's perspective. The supporting changes (public SupportedTags, AnswerSupport partitioning, public version constants, and test fixes for Windows CI) are secondary and do not need to appear in the title.

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build & test (windows-latest) is red for reasons outside this PR:

  • Tui: MooEditTests.AnEditOpensInTheComposerAndCtrlSSavesItsLines and SoundTests.TheTestHarnessHasNoDevice. Both fail identically on main at 0d2e209 (CI run 40403200067). The second builds a NetConsoleDriver through ClientHost.ForHarness(…, driver: null, …), and on Windows that driver throws when stdio is redirected. No fix exists yet. The test could pass a non-null driver, but that is outside this change.
  • Avalonia: HostParityTests.EveryViewDrawsTheSameCellsInTheWindowAsInTheTerminal(messages). The two frames were drawn either side of a second boundary, so the message timestamps read 21:47:41 and 21:47:42. All other cells match, and main passed this view. I'll re-run the failed job once the run finishes; the Ubuntu job is still running.

Core, the only suite this PR touches, passed on Windows.


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- SoundTests.TheTestHarnessHasNoDevice built the framework's console
  driver, which throws on Windows with stdio redirected. The harness's
  terminal arm is now HarnessTerminal, which the test reads on a
  headless driver.
- MooEditTests compared the composer's body with LF, and the editor
  joins lines with Environment.NewLine. ComposeOverlay.Body now gives
  LF on every platform.
- HostParityTests' messages view failed when the two hosts drew a
  second apart; message times come from the logger's wall clock, so
  the comparison blanks hh:mm:ss.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01W8obcVS32xYVGnX4SMAeMJ
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Review comments at @src/SharpMUTerm.Core/Protocols/MxpParser.cs:
- Line 215: Update AnswerSupport to classify implemented MXP attributes
separately from tag names, including the FORE attribute handled by OpenColor.
Expand wildcard attribute requests such as color.* into the implemented
attributes required by the MXP SUPPORT specification, and report those
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SUPPORT color.fore and color.* are now answered from the attributes the
handlers read. The host parity check forgives a difference only in a
message row's stamp, not in a clock inside the message text.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01W8obcVS32xYVGnX4SMAeMJ
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