Subj : console.putmsg alternative that returns a string
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Oct 01 2014 04:13 pm

  Re: console.putmsg alternative that returns a string
  By: Nightfox to All on Tue Sep 30 2014 12:39 pm

 > Is there an alternative to console.putmsg() that returns a string instead
 > of outputting to the console?  What I'd like to do is to have @-codes, etc.
 > interpreted in a string and save that string so I can then pass that string
 > to printf() so I can specify a field length for the text.

I think you're looking for bbs.atcode().

That said, Synchronet @-codes already support a method for length field specification as well as left and rigth justification:
http://wiki.synchro.net/custom:atcodes#formatting

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