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< p > Evennia allows for any command syntax.< / p >
< p > If you like the way DikuMUDs, LPMuds or MOOs handle things, you could emulate that with Evennia. If you are ambitious you could even design a whole new style, perfectly fitting your own dreams of the ideal game. See the < a class = "reference internal" href = "../Components/Commands.html" > < span class = "doc std std-doc" > Command< / span > < / a > documentation for how to do this.< / p >
< p > We do offer a default however. The default Evennia setup tends to < em > resemble< / em > < a class = "reference external" href = "https://www.tinymux.org/" > MUX2< / a > , and its cousins < a class = "reference external" href = "https://www.pennmush.org" > PennMUSH< / a > , < a class = "reference external" href = "https://github.com/TinyMUSH/TinyMUSH/wiki" > TinyMUSH< / a > , and < a class = "reference external" href = "http://www.rhostmush.com/" > RhostMUSH< / a > :< / p >
< div class = "highlight-default notranslate" > < div class = "highlight" > < pre > < span > < / span > < span class = "n" > command< / span > < span class = "p" > [< / span > < span class = "o" > /< / span > < span class = "n" > switches< / span > < span class = "p" > ]< / span > < span class = "nb" > object< / span > < span class = "p" > [< / span > < span class = "o" > =< / span > < span class = "n" > options< / span > < span class = "p" > ]< / span >
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< p > While the reason for this similarity is partly historical, these codebases offer very mature feature sets for administration and building.< / p >
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< p > Evennia is < em > not< / em > a MUX system though. It works very differently in many ways. For example, Evennia
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deliberately lacks an online softcode language (a policy explained on our < a class = "reference internal" href = "Soft-Code.html" > < span class = "doc std std-doc" > softcode policy page< / span > < / a > ). Evennia also does not shy from using its own syntax when deemed appropriate: the
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MUX syntax has grown organically over a long time and is, frankly, rather arcane in places. All in
all the default command syntax should at most be referred to as “MUX-like” or “MUX-inspired”.< / p >
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