Text Formatting

In order to add text formating to strings either printed by XChat or sent to the server, you can't simply add %C or %B, instead you need to use another form, like \003 or \cB.

List of Codes

Format Type	Octal Escape Code	HexaD Escape Code	Control Escape Code
Bold	\002	\x02	\cB
Color	\003	\x03	\cC
Underline	\037	\x1F	\c_
Original Color	\017	\x0F	\cO
Reverse Color	\026	\x16	\cV
Beep	\007	\x07	\cG

Using Perc Colors (%O, %B) in scripts

You can use Perc Colors (%O, %B) in scripts if you use an extra function inside the script to convert the %B into \002. Following are two functions, one for Perl and one for Python that you can use, in each, obtain the value returned by colordecode("string"):

In Perl

sub colordecode {

        $_[0] =~ s/%(.)/macro_sub $1/eg;

        return ($_[0]);

}

sub macro_sub ($) {

        if    ($_[0] eq 'U') { return "\c_"; }

        elsif ($_[0] eq 'B') { return "\cB"; }

        elsif ($_[0] eq 'C') { return "\cC"; }

        elsif ($_[0] eq 'O') { return "\cO"; }

        elsif ($_[0] eq 'R') { return "\cV"; }

        elsif ($_[0] eq '%') { return '%';   }

        return '%'.$_[0];

}

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In Python

def colordecode(word):

   _B = re.compile('%B', re.IGNORECASE)

   _C = re.compile('%C', re.IGNORECASE)

   _R = re.compile('%R', re.IGNORECASE)

   _O = re.compile('%O', re.IGNORECASE)

   _U = re.compile('%U', re.IGNORECASE)

   return _B.sub('\002', _C.sub('\003', _R.sub('\026', _O.sub('\017', _U.sub('\037', word)))))

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Python code thanks to nexu