A chunk from the zMUD helpfile (god help me, I read!)...:

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Posted by [_SnArF_] on March 23, 2000 at 10:41:37:

In Reply to: I just figured it out myself and im in geed mood, so here is how you color tells: posted by Xzenlodan on March 23, 2000 at 06:22:35:

COLOR



Syntax: #CO attribute

#CO pattern attribute

Related: #HIGHLIGHT

If the pattern parameter is left out, this command changes the color of the last line received from the MUD. The color attribute can be a numeric attribute (compatible with the attribute values used by the text modes of DOS) or can be a combination of string values listed below, separated by commas.
If the pattern is included, a trigger is created to color any line matching the given pattern with the specified color.

Color values:

black 0
blue 1
green 2
cyan 3
red 4
magenta 5
brown 6
grey 7
yellow 14
white 15
bold 128

to make a color brighter, add 8 to the base value. For example, 9 is bright blue. To change the background color, rather than the foreground, multiply the base value by 16. For example, to get a red background, use 4*16 or 64. To make the foreground font bold, add 128 to the value.

Thus, a bold white on a blue background would be 128 + 1*16 + 15 = 159.

COLOR examples

#CO red

changes the color of the last line received to red.

#CO bold,red

changes the last line to bold font and colors it red

#CO 159

set color of last line received to bold white on blue background.

#CO {tells the group} red

same as #ACTION {tells the group} {#CW red}. Whenever a string is received from the MUD containing the pattern tells the group, the phrase is colored red. Only the phrase is used because #COLOR secretly uses the #CW command. If you really want the entire line colored, you must create the trigger manually using:

#TRIGGER {tells the group} {#COLOR red}


So, If you want to get all fancy-smashy:
#trigger {(*) tells you '(*)'} {#cw white,bold} -- will make "SnArF tells you 'I kick ass.'" bold white.
#trigger {You parry (*)} {#cw green,bold} -- will make "You parry SnArF's thwack." bold green.
#trigger {You lose concentration.} {#cw blue} -- will make "You lose concentration." blue.
If you want shit done for you, e-mail me a list of things you want colored and the colors you want them (That means ALL of them, the text sent by the MUD). If I get time, I'll respond with the colors or whatever.

--SnArF is tired of hearing stupid people.

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