             Adding Color codes to Messages on TRIBBS
                          By Fire Escape

You can make your text in your messages ANY COLOR you want to 
whenever you want easy now. BUT it only works in LOCAL conferences!
So don't try to get it to work in any of the networked conferences 
like "General", "Computer Help", "Netted E-Mail" etc... okay? Here's 
how it works...
 
You enter a @X code before the word or phrase or paragraph you want 
colored. The @X code looks like this: @X## (Where the first # equals the 
background code and the second # equals the foreground code). Here are 
the following codes:
 
 Background Color:      0 = Black
--------------------    1 = Blue
                        2 = Green
 THIS IS THE COLOR      3 = Cyan
    BEHIND THE          4 = Red
      TEXT YOU          5 = Magenta
        TYPE!!          6 = Brown
                        7 = White
                        8 = Black Blinking
                        9 = Blue    "
                        A = Green   "
                        B = Cyan    "
                        C = Red     "
                        D = Magenta "
                        E = Brown   "
                        F = White   "
 
 Foreground colors:     0 = Black@X0B
--------------------    1 = DARK Blue
                        2 = DARK Green
 THIS IS THE COLOR      3 = DARK/Dull Cyan
    OF YOUR TEXT        4 = DARK Red
       YOU TYPE!        5 = DARK Magenta
                        6 = Brown/Dull Yellow
                        7 = Dull White/Light Grey
                        8 = Dark Grey
                        9 = BRIGHT/Bold Blue
                        A = BRIGHT/Bold Green
                        B = BRIGHT/Bold CYAN
                        C = BRIGHT/Bold Red
                        D = BRIGHT/Bold Magenta
                        E = BRIGHT/Bold Yellow
                        F = Bright/Bold White
 
                        Have fun! Experiment! 
 
You need to type a "@X0B" to restore the TriBBS DEFAULT Colors (which
are Bright Cyan on Black) BACK after you are done with the part of the
text you wish to "emphasize". Otherwise the colors will remain in the
mode you have placed them in till you save the message. TriBBS does
not restore the default colors after a line word wraps. So just remember
"@X0B"!!  
 
@X codes are filtered from the display for people who don't have ANSI 
emulation so don't worry about bothering the non-ansi users, they 
won't see anything!! UNLESS YOU SCREW UP or POST THESE CODES IN NETWORKED
CONFERENCES <Grin>!

Here is an example for you to see how adding these codes is done:

@X0C
Hi, Bob.. @X0E I haven't heard from you for weeks. Did your @X15 Modem @X0E
get fried @X02 OR WHAT!? @X09

Well I got that file you were looking for @X4B SCANV115 @X09, Hope you
still wanted it.. Gotta split. See ya later..

@X0C -@X0E=@X05Pit Viper@X0E=@X0C- @X0B

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In the above example, Pit Viper sends a note to Bob telling him he has
a file the other wanted, The initial "Hi Bob" is Bold Red on Black. Then
Viper switches to Bold Yellow on Black. He asks if Bob's modem was fried,
he emphasizes "modem" by making it dark magenta on bold Blue, then he sets
the colors back again to Bold Yellow on black. The Viper wants to emphasize
the "Or What!?" with changing colors again, this time he picks Dark Green on
Black. Before moving on to the next topic, he switches colors to Bold Blue
on Black. When Vipe gets to the "file name" in question, he changes it's
colors to Bold Cyan on Red, then after the file name is stated, he puts the
colors back to Bold Blue on Black to finish his thought. Then he signs his
missive with a colorful macro -= Pit Viper =- (The - is Red on Black and
the = is Yellow on Black, the name is in Magenta on black and the sequence
is repeated on the other side of the name). To finish the message, Pit Viper
sets the colors back to the TriBBS Default scheme of Bold Cyan on Black.

This is thoughtful in case someone quotes his message, this will prevent
his color codes from messing up their message since @X color codes are
imported into QUOTES when you quote a portion of a message which contains
them! It's a GOOD idea, to begin your "reply" to a quote with an @X0B just
to make sure you aren't going to be typing in some WEIRDO color scheme!

It may take a little time to do these text color changes until you learn 
the numbers for the colors (BLACK BACKGROUND is ALWAYS "0", not the letter
O) or you can prewrite an @X code color signature and just upload or import
them to the end's of your messages.. In any event, @X color codes are fun
and versatile, much more interesting and varied than the dull WWIV ^P codes.
 
                              Fire Escape
