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 clients
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.. Copyright (c) 2004-2018 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>.
   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
   granted under terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed with
   this software.

mudpy handles input, output and formatting of UTF-8 encoded,
multi-byte and wide characters, when coupled with a supporting
client. By default, however, only printable single-byte ASCII
characters are accepted or displayed unless the client negotiates
IETF RFC 856 *binary mode* first. If mudpy needs to send text
containing extended characters to a non-binary (7-bit) client, it
will first replace those characters with a question mark (``?``).

For example, the following is the recommended ``.telnetrc`` file for
interacting with mudpy in binary mode with the Netkit and Inetutils
Telnet clients::

  example.mudpy.org set binary
  example.mudpy.org unset echo
  example.mudpy.org unset escape
  example.mudpy.org unset flushoutput
  example.mudpy.org unset interrupt
  example.mudpy.org unset quit
  example.mudpy.org unset eof
  example.mudpy.org unset localchars