Logging & the chat log

Session log

• Turn it on with Log in the connection bar, or Session › Start Logging (⌘⇧L).
• The file is Character_MUD_yyyy-MM-dd_HHmmss.txt, saved in your log folder.
• The first time, Veilrunner asks you to choose a folder. You can change it later with Session › Choose Log Folder… or the arrow next to Log. Because Veilrunner runs in the App Sandbox, it can only write where you've allowed it, and it remembers your choice securely.
• Your commands start with > in the log.
• The footer shows Logging: <file> or Logging Stopped.
• Passwords are never written. Disconnecting or quitting closes the file.

Chat patterns

Chat patterns tell Veilrunner which lines are chat. They're saved with the character.

#chatconfig                          list chat patterns
#chatconfig add {tell} {tells you}
#chatconfig add {gossip} {gossip}
#chatconfig add {ooc} {ooc}
#chatconfig add {shout} {*shouts*}    * is any text, ? is one character
#chatconfig remove {gossip}
#chatconfig clear                    remove every pattern
#chatconfig darke                    DarkeMUD tells, replies and channels

Matching ignores case. A pattern must look like a channel line: it matches at the start of a line, or right after a name.

Chat panel

View › Show Actions (⌘⇧J) opens a live panel with automation lines and chat tabs: All, plus one tab per pattern name. #chat shows or hides the chat window.

• Lines you receive are sky blue. Lines you send are lilac.
• Typing in the chat box sends that text to the MUD.

Chat log

The ChatLog button, next to Log, writes only chat lines to ChatLog_<MUD>_…_chatlog.txt. Each line is tagged with its pattern name, for example [Gossip] ….

• It has its own folder.
• It doesn't start by itself when you connect.

Reviewing the chat log

#chatlogreview loads the open chat log, or the newest one, into the session window so you can scroll through it. #chatlogreview {path} loads a specific file. This doesn't turn ChatLog on and doesn't send anything to the MUD.

Automatic setup backups

When you disconnect or quit, Veilrunner writes a .vrbak copy of the character's setup into a backup folder inside your log folder. The copy never includes a password.