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Color Codes

Beyond Synchronet's own Ctrl-A codes for colors, there is support for a number of other color code definitions to use.

WWIV Format

Synchronet also supports Color Codes which are native to WWIV BBS software. These codes consist of a Control-C followed by a number (0 through 7):

Code Color
0 Normal
1 High Intensity Cyan
2 High Intensity Yellow
3 Normal Magenta
4 High Intensity White with Blue Background
5 Normal Green
6 High Intensity Blinking Red
7 High Intensity Blue
8 Low Intensity Blue
9 Low Intensity Cyan

Celerity Format

Synchronet also supports Color Codes which are native to Celerity BBS software. These codes consist of a pipe symbol '|' followed by a letter (case sensitive):

Code Color (foreground)
k Normal Black
b Normal Blue
g Normal Green
c Normal Cyan
r Normal Red
m Normal Magenta
y Brown
w Normal White
d High Intensity Black
B High Intensity Blue
G High Intensity Green
C High Intensity Cyan
R High Intensity Red
M High Intensity Magenta
Y Yellow
W High Intensity White
S Swap foreground and background

Example: “|b|S|W” would set the current color to high intensity white on a blue background.

Note: Due to conflicting escape sequences (namely, the pipe character), Celerity color codes are not supported when using RIP terminal mode.

Renegade Format

Synchronet also supports Color Codes which are native to Renegade BBS software. These codes consist of a pipe symbol '|' followed by a number (0-23):

Code Color
0 Normal Black
1 Normal Blue
2 Normal Green
3 Normal Cyan
4 Normal Red
5 Normal Magenta
6 Brown
7 Normal White
8 High Intensity Black
9 High Intensity Blue
10 High Intensity Green
11 High Intensity Cyan
12 High Intensity Red
13 High Intensity Magenta
14 Yellow
15 High Intensity White
16 Background Black
17 Background Blue
18 Background Green
19 Background Cyan
20 Background Red
21 Background Magenta
22 Background Brown
23 Background White

Example: “|15|17” would set the current color to high intensity white on a blue background.

Note: Due to conflicting escape sequences (namely, the pipe character), Renegade color codes are not supported when using RIP terminal mode.

PCBoard / Wildcat Format

Two of the Color Code formats which Synchronet supports (PCBoard and Wildcat) use similar, yet cryptic, methods of displaying colors. The PCBoard method uses the format “@X<Background><Foreground>”, and Wildcat uses the format “@<Background><Foreground>@”. The following is a list of the Background and Foreground choices available:

<Background> Color Attribute <Foreground> Color Attribute
0 Black Normal 0 Black Normal
1 Blue 1 Blue
2 Green 2 Green
3 Cyan 3 Cyan
4 Red 4 Red
5 Magenta 5 Magenta
6 Brown 6 Brown
7 White 7 White
8 Black Blinks Foreground 8 Black High Intensity
9 Blue 9 Blue
A Green A Green
B Cyan B Cyan
C Red C Red
D Magenta D Magenta
E Brown E Yellow
F White F White

Example: ”@1F@“ in Wildcat format and ”@X1F“ in PCBoard format would set the current color to high intensity white on a blue background.

See Also

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