color codes

[Jay-C]

how can i set the background color of a text ?

[ppslim]

This is off-topic.

You should refer to a IRC help channel, or help site for this.

However, with a little starting point.

COlour codes, are produced by usind a colour control character, which tells a clinet, to change the colour in this. This is represented by CTRL+C on the keyboard.

After which, you should have at least a 2 digit colour code, which represents the forgound (font) colour.

TO change the background colour, you need to place a comma (,) after the forground colour code, and type the 2 digit background colour code.

[caesar]

CTRL + K probably :] .. anyway.. this is for mirc clients and other.. for eggdrop is \033collor.. if I'm not wrong.. I've forgot.. shoot me :]

[Papillon]

it's \003color for eggys

/me shoots ceasar

[Jay-C]

yeah.. cool .. fine... i know that /003 is for color.. but does this also works to set the background color ?
/003[textcolor],[backgroundcolor] ?

[Nexus6]

yeah.. cool .. fine... i know that /003 is for color.. but does this also works to set the background color ?
/003[textcolor],[backgroundcolor] ?

yes it does why don't you check it?
example:

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/0034,8REDonYellowBg/003 text

there would be REDonYellowbg, red letters, yellow background and /003 would close color, so text would be normal black text.

Cheers and I hope that you finally get it

[caesar]

not in the balls hehe.. I've mixed them a bit

[ppslim]

CTRL+K is not just for windows or mIRC.

CTRL+K will send the character code \003.

If you use VI, it has the handy feature, of injecting CTRL codes into documents, and you will notice that K will inject the colour code.

There is no differance betweent eh two, with the exeption, that Tcl interprets the \003 as it's escaped.

[NewzUK]

how is that 'off topic'?? it actually is very relevant and answered the same question I had.

thanks Jay-C for asking it...

[ppslim]

Because the ascii alphabet is not Tcl.

[SmokeyOne]

okay i see what your saying, but i have a question, how would you set if you wanted the entire text background in black then have green brackets with cyan text i never tried to use color before, thought i would try something new.


Type [ !rules ] for a list of channel rules

would it be \00312,8 /0039[\003 \00311!rules\003 \0039]\003 \0039 for a list of channel rules\\003

???

[ppslim]

Try reading my FAQ over in the Tcl FAQ forum.

Wha you want is

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\0039,1\[ \00311!rules \0039\] \00311for a list of channel rules

Lets split it up a bit

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\0039,1\[

First, define the colour green (9) and the background black (1). We then place the [ character. In Tcl, you need to escape it, so note the \

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 \00311!rules \0039\]

Here we change the colour to cyan (11) for some text, and back to green (9) for the bracket. You don't need to escape this bracket, but of well.

Note that we don't change the background colour at all here. The background colour will remain in affect, until one of two conditions are met.

1: That \003 is used on its own, without any colour numbers.
2: The CTRL+O character is used, to normalise the text.

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 \00311for a list of channel rules

Finish off in cyan (11) text.

[Papillon]

well... first off, that line would result in an error since you don't escape the [
second... have you tried it... cause it will NOT be all in a black background color with cyan text and green brackets .. try it and you'll see what I mean
to get it correct use this:

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\0039,1\[\00311,1 !rules \0039,1]\00311,1 for a list of channel rules\003

[SmokeyOne]

thank you very much on this, its funny how i can do some complex commands yet a simple little color command blew my mind lol

I'm glad you guys are around to help us " no reading people" learn the right commands =D