Hello Android phone users.

Since commonly used Android mudclient Blowtorch is no longer available on play
store, we need an alternative method for connecting to BatMUD with our phones.

Quick test showed that most of the clients are rubbish, so don't bother trying
those.

We have two options here.
1. Search for the obsolete Blowtorch apk from some site and do install outside
of play store. This is obviously not possible with company phones or in
similar situation.
2. Install terminal emulator Termux from play store, and run a mudclient on
termux.

We'll focus on the second option here.

The possible clients to run from termux would be tinyfugue and tintin++.
There's probably some other niche client available too, but who cares.

I had problems with settings using tinyfugue and even though BatMUD has a
strong tf-userbase, I couldn't bother myself to spend more time fixing the
issue. Since I'm only using mobile for checking tells and similar simple
stuff, I don't need fancy triggers or scripts. Tintin++ on the other hand was
bit more straightforward to get working, but AFAIK it doesn't have as much
triggers and scripts readily available for BatMUD.

So, here are some basic ideas on how to get tintin++ to work on your phone.
These are for those of you who really don't know how to do this. Those of you
who already know, please give me a tell if you feel something is incorrect.

1. Install termux from play store, and run it
2. Run the following commands:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install tintin++

3. Do a script for starting tintin++
nano bat

Add following line:
tt++ .tintin/bat.tin

Save with ctrl, x, y, enter (the ctrl button is above the phone's virtual
keyboard)
Then:

chmod 700 ~/bat  

4. Do a config file for tintin++
mkdir .tintin
nano .tintin/bat.tin

Add following lines:
#CONFIG CHARSET ISO1TOUTF8
#SPLIT
#SES bat bat.org 23;CHAR;PWD
(Obviously: replace CHAR and PWD with your own login credentials)
Save with ctrl, x, y, enter

5. Edit PATH variable
nano .bashrc

Add the following line:
export PATH="/data/data/com.termux/files/home:$PATH"

Save with ctrl, x, y, enter

6. Close termux by typing 'exit', then start it again

Now you can connect to bat just by typing:

bat

Have fun. Hope this helps.

// Ecky