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Malaphus Rousseau
Newbie
Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 6
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 Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:15 am
Question about ANSI color codes in CMUD!
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Why does "%ansi(blink, white, red)" produce "esc[5;57;41m" when logging to ANSI? I can't find code 57 listed in any ansi code sheets at all. Should it not be a 37? (= white). Just looking for some clarification, not sure if this is a bug.
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Tech
GURU
Joined: 18 Oct 2000
Posts: 2733
Location: Atlanta, USA
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 3:05 pm
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It probably should be 37. There's a lingering bug in CMUD around how it parses and recreates the ANSI colors, so I would guess that's why you're seeing the odd behavior that you are.
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Zugg
MASTER
Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:57 pm
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White is a "highlighted" color. The 37 code for "white" is actually just gray. ANSI only defines 8 colors for the foreground, and 8 for the background. Most MUDs use the Bold flag to indicate a highlighted color.
There was a proposed enhancement to the ANSI color standard (sorry, but I don't have any link...it's been a long time) that adds the ANSI values 50-57 to represent the highlighted foreground colors. That's what zMUD and CMUD implement.
So, this isn't a bug, it's a feature. |
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