For making changes on the mud itself, there was no other way to write code unless you were an admin and had direct machine access.
There are some vi-like mud editors out there, but they were always wonky when I tried them, and caused more problems than they were worth (weird screen redraws, keys stopped working randomly, etc.). That said, I believe Dead Souls mudlib[1] may ship with one now, but I haven't looked at the lib in a few years, so I can't say for sure.
There are some vi-like mud editors out there, but they were always wonky when I tried them, and caused more problems than they were worth (weird screen redraws, keys stopped working randomly, etc.). That said, I believe Dead Souls mudlib[1] may ship with one now, but I haven't looked at the lib in a few years, so I can't say for sure.
[1] http://dead-souls.net/
EDIT: link to dead souls FAQ entry on this topic: http://dead-souls.net/ds-admin-faq.html#144