One more thing. I noticed that the directions don't stay in the que when I'm trying to map the area. But still, no new room is created. In case that helps anyone know what might be going on.
When I enter a room, my mud displays a compass rose that shows the available exits. The name of the room is always on the same line as the middle of the compass, so I match the compass and tag the ro ...
I capture my mud's various chat lines and send them to child windows. Usually (but not always) the chat is followed by a blank line. The blank line does not contain any spaces - it's just a crlf (or ...