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Color Codes
Beyond Synchronet's own Ctrl-A codes for colors, there is support in Synchronet for a number of other color/attribute code formats which may be used in messages and text files. Support for these extra color/attribute code formats may be individually enabled or disabled in SCFG->Message Options->Extra Attribute Codes:
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WWIV Format
Synchronet optionally supports color/attribute codes which are native to WWIV BBS software. These codes consist of a Control-C (ASCII 3) character followed by a single decimal digit (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 optionally supports color/attribute codes which are native to Celerity BBS software.
These codes consist of a pipe symbol (|) followed by a single alphabetic 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/atribute codes are not supported when using RIP terminal mode.
Renegade/Telegard Format
Synchronet optionally supports color/attribute codes which are native to Renegade BBS software. These codes consist of a pipe symbol (|) followed by a two digit decimal number (00-23):
| Code | Color |
|---|---|
| 00 | Normal Black |
| 01 | Normal Blue |
| 02 | Normal Green |
| 03 | Normal Cyan |
| 04 | Normal Red |
| 05 | Normal Magenta |
| 06 | Brown |
| 07 | Normal White |
| 08 | High Intensity Black |
| 09 | 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 |
| 24 | High Intensity Black Background (or blinking foreground) |
| 25 | High Intensity Blue Background (or blinking foreground) |
| 26 | High Intensity Green Background (or blinking foreground) |
| 27 | High Intensity Cyan Background (or blinking foreground) |
| 28 | High Intensity Red Background (or blinking foreground) |
| 29 | High Intensity Magenta Background (or blinking foreground) |
| 30 | High Intensity Yellow Background (or blinking foreground) |
| 31 | High Intensity White Background (or blinking foreground) |
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/attribute codes are not supported when using RIP terminal mode.
PCBoard / Wildcat Format
Two of the color/attribute code formats which Synchronet optionally 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 | Normal | 1 | Blue | Normal |
| 2 | Green | Normal | 2 | Green | Normal |
| 3 | Cyan | Normal | 3 | Cyan | Normal |
| 4 | Red | Normal | 4 | Red | Normal |
| 5 | Magenta | Normal | 5 | Magenta | Normal |
| 6 | Brown | Normal | 6 | Brown | Normal |
| 7 | White | Normal | 7 | White | Normal |
| 8 | Black | Blinking Foreground | 8 | Black | High Intensity |
| 9 | Blue | Blinking Foreground | 9 | Blue | High Intensity |
| A | Green | Blinking Foreground | A | Green | High Intensity |
| B | Cyan | Blinking Foreground | B | Cyan | High Intensity |
| C | Red | Blinking Foreground | C | Red | High Intensity |
| D | Magenta | Blinking Foreground | D | Magenta | High Intensity |
| E | Brown | Blinking Foreground | E | Yellow | High Intensity |
| F | White | Blinking Foreground | F | White | High Intensity |
Example: @1F@ in Wildcat! format and @X1F in PCBoard format would set the current color to high intensity white on a blue background.
Additionally, PCBoard supports @X00 to save the current color and @XFF to restore the previously saved color.
Note
The “Blinking Foreground” attribute may be displayed as a “High Intensity Background” attribute in some terminals. This terminal mode is sometimes referred to as “ICE color” mode and may be enabled and subsequently disabled in SyncTERM with specific ANSI terminal escape sequences.
