Subj : DDMsgReader - MCI Color Code Conversion
To   : Nightfox
From : Codefenix
Date : Sun Jan 08 2023 12:31 pm

Hi Nightfox,

I made a local modification to DDMsgReader yesterday to convert Y-style MCI color codes on Amiga systems to CTRL-A codes.

function convertYStyleMciCodesToCtrlA (str) {
   if (/\x19c/.test(str)) {
      return str.replace(/\x19c0/g,    "\x01n\x01k"  // Normal Black
               ).replace(/\x19c1/g,    "\x01n\x01r"  // Normal Red
               ).replace(/\x19c2/g,    "\x01n\x01g"  // Normal Green
               ).replace(/\x19c3/g,    "\x01n\x01y"  // Brown
               ).replace(/\x19c4/g,    "\x01n\x01b"  // Normal Blue
               ).replace(/\x19c5/g,    "\x01n\x01m"  // Normal Magenta
               ).replace(/\x19c6/g,    "\x01n\x01c"  // Normal Cyan
               ).replace(/\x19c7/g,    "\x01n\x01w"  // Normal White
               ).replace(/\x19c8/g,    "\x01k\x01h"  // High Intensity Black
               ).replace(/\x19c9/g,    "\x01r\x01h"  // High Intensity Red
               ).replace(/\x19c[Aa]/g, "\x01g\x01h"  // High Intensity Green
               ).replace(/\x19c[Bb]/g, "\x01y\x01h"  // Yellow
               ).replace(/\x19c[Cc]/g, "\x01b\x01h"  // High Intensity Blue
               ).replace(/\x19c[Dd]/g, "\x01m\x01h"  // High Intensity Magenta
               ).replace(/\x19c[Ee]/g, "\x01c\x01h"  // High Intensity Cyan
               ).replace(/\x19c[Ff]/g, "\x01w\x01h"  // High Intensity White
               ).replace(/\x19z0/g,    "\x010"       // Background Black
               ).replace(/\x19z1/g,    "\x011"       // Background Red
               ).replace(/\x19z2/g,    "\x012"       // Background Green
               ).replace(/\x19z3/g,    "\x013"       // Background Brown
               ).replace(/\x19z4/g,    "\x014"       // Background Blue
               ).replace(/\x19z5/g,    "\x015"       // Background Magenta
               ).replace(/\x19z6/g,    "\x016"       // Background Cyan
               ).replace(/\x19z7/g,    "\x017");     // Background White
   } else {
      return str; // Just return the original string if no "Y" MCI codes found.
   }
}

Right now I'm just calling it everywhere msgbase.get_msg_body gets called, but realized today it might make more sense if it were added to attr_conv.js where the rest of the conversion functions live. :)

There are also Q-style codes, which I didn't bother converting yet. I think they're older and less often seen.

There are a handful of Amiga boards on ArakNet and I think fsxNet and FidoNet too, so thought it might be worth converting the Y-style codes. Hope you find it useful.

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