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Per Amundsen, 08/09/2015 05:41 AM

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h1. Formatting text
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AdiIRC supports control codes for formatting text.
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All control codes can be combined to format the same block.
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Most IRC clients supports these control codes, so they can used to send formatted text to others as well as formatting incoming [[Scripting_Events|text events]] using the [[/echo]] command.
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h1. Colorchar
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Colors blocks of text.
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"ASCII":http://www.asciitable.com/ character [[$chr]](3)
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Ctrl + K can be used in editbox to type this character.
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The character can be followed by 1-2 digits that represent the color number.
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By specifying a comma after the digits, you can add a 1-2 digit background color as well.
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The default colors can be changed in [[Options_Dialog|Options]] -> [[Colors_Options|Colors]] -> [[Colors_Options#mIRC-Colors|mIRC Colors]].
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A second color character can be used to stop the coloring and revert to default line color.
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*Example*
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<pre>
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; Prints the text 'Hello World' with color 4 which is red by default.
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//echo -ag $chr(3) $+ 3 Hello world
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</pre>
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Result: %{color:#FF0000}Hello World%
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; Prints the text 'Hello' with color 4 which is red by default and 'world' is the default line color.
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//echo -ag $chr(3) $+ 3 Hello $+ $chr(3) world
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</pre>
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Result: %{color:#FF0000}Hello% world
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<pre>
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; Prints the text 'Hello World' with color 4 which is red by default and background color 12 which is blue by default.
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//echo -ag $chr(3) $+ 3,12 Hello world
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</pre>
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Result: %{background:#0000CC;color:#FF0000}Hello world%
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h1. Boldchar 
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Makes the block use a *bold* font.
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"ASCII":http://www.asciitable.com/ character [[$chr]](2)
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Ctrl + B can be used in editbox to type this character.
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*Example*
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<pre>
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//echo -ag $chr(2) this text is bold $chr(2) this text is not
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</pre>
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Result: *this text is bold* this text is not
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h1. Italicchar 
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Makes the block use a _italic_ font.
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"ASCII":http://www.asciitable.com/ character [[$chr]](29)
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Ctrl + I can be used in editbox to type this character.
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*Example*
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<pre>
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//echo -ag $chr(29) this text is italic $chr(29) this text is not
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</pre>
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Result: _this text is italic_ this text is not
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h1. Underlinechar 
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Makes the block use a +underline+ font.
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"ASCII":http://www.asciitable.com/ character [[$chr]](31)
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Ctrl + U can be used in editbox to type this character.
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*Example*
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<pre>
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//echo -ag $chr(31) this text is underline $chr(31) this text is not
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</pre>
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Result: +this text is underline+ this text is not
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h1. Stopchar 
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Stops all color and font formatting.
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"ASCII":http://www.asciitable.com/ character [[$chr]](15)
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Ctrl + O can be used in editbox to type this character.
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*Example*
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<pre>
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//echo -ag $chr(3) $+ 4 $+ $chr(2) this text is bold and colored $chr(15) this text is not
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</pre>
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Result: *%{color:#FF0000}this text is bold and colored%* this text is not
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h1. Alternative colorchar 
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AdiIRC has an alterinative color character as of 1.9.7, this is AdiIRC only.
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Unicode character [[$chr]](61442)
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Works the same as colorchar, except it takes a hexcolor format RRGGBB same as html colors.
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By specifying a comma after the hexcolor, you can add a second hexolor for setting the background color as well.
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A normal color character can be used to stop the coloring and revert to default line color.
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*Example*
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; Prints the text 'Hello World' with hex color FF0000 which is red.
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//echo -ag $chr(61442) $+ FF0000 Hello world
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Result: %{color:#FF0000}Hello World%
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; Prints the text 'Hello' with hex color FF0000 which is red and 'world' is the default line color.
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//echo -ag $chr(61442) $+ FF0000 Hello $+ $chr(3) world
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</pre>
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Result: %{color:#FF0000}Hello% world
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; Prints the text 'Hello World' with hex color FF0000 which is red and hex background color 0000CC which is blue.
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//echo -ag $chr(61442) $+ FF0000,0000CC Hello world
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Result: %{background:#0000CC;color:#FF0000}Hello world%
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h1. In Options
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The control codes can also be used in many options such as [[Options_Dialog|Options]]  -> [[Message_Options|Messages]]  -> [[Message_Options#Timestamp|Timestamp]] / [[Message_Options#Message-Prefix|Message prefix]].