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- Synopsis:
- $cparse(<text>)
- $cparse(<text> <arguments>...)
-
- Technical:
- This function parses <text> according to the following table:
-
- Any instance of will be replaced with ^C codes to change the
- text to text to background to
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- %k %K %0 black bold black black
- %r %R %1 red bold red red
- %g %G %2 green bold green green
- %y %Y %3 yellow bold yellow yellow
- %b %B %4 blue bold blue blue
- %m %M %5 magenta bold magenta magenta
- %p %P magenta (think: purple)
- %c %C %6 cyan bold cyan cyan
- %w %W %7 white bold white white
- %F Flashing attribute turned on
- %n All colors turned off
- %N Don't put a clear-color tag at the of output
- %% A single %
-
- If the first argument to $cparse() is an extended word (string with
- quotes), it will be parsed similar to bitchx. (example below)
-
- Practical:
- This is a convenient way add color to scripts without actually using
- the control-c character.
-
- Returns:
- <text> parsed according to the rules in the above table
-
- Examples:
- $cparse(bl%Bah)
- returns
- bl^C4ah
- where ^C4 is the control-c color code for blue.
-
- $cparse("This is a $0 test" cparse)
- returns
- This is a cparse test
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