Strip color/bold code

[intel]

I have a tcl script that responds to NEW in from a bot but I need it to work regardless of what color (and bold) the bot is announcing that in.
bind pub -|- NEW in ms:newdir
would I do bind pub -|- $strip New in:newdir

What do I need to do to get it to work? I think the $strip but have no idea what the whole thing looks like or where it should go.

[nml375]

This topic is pretty much covered in this thread.

[intel]

That code doesnt work for me.
I have
bind pub -|- "/002 /00310NEW" ms:newdir
bind pub -|- "/002 /0010NEW" ms:newdir

proc ms:newdir {nick uhost hand chan arg} {
putlog "we are in the proc"

obviously not the whole code but I NEVER see we are in the proc from the partyline of the bot.

So is it because the NEW is in bold and color?

[nml375]

Did you intentionally put a space between the \002 and the \003 control codes?

Keep in mind that only the first word will become the command word with pub bindings, so there can be no spaces whatsoever within the command argument. It must also exactly match (apart from upper-/lower-case) the first word letter by letter (including control codes).

[intel]

I tried with and without the spaces and neither work.

[nml375]

Then you are not exactly, character by character, matching your command with what is written (including the order of bold, color, etc) in the channel.

Of course, if you are using something like suggested in the thread I linked, no control codes should be included whatsoever...