Text Formatting

Text can be formatted in Halloy by using the /format (or /f) command.

Attributes

Below is a table with the supported text attributes.

Action	Markdown	Token
Italics	`_italic text_`	`$iitalic text$i`
Bold	`__bold text__`	`$bbold text$b`
*Italic and Bold*	`___italic and bold___`	`$b$iitalic and bold$i$b`
~~Strikethrough~~	`~~strikethrough~~`	`$sstrikethrough$s`
Underline	-	`$uunderline$u`
Code	`code`	`$mcode$m`
Spoiler	`\|\|spoiler\|\|`	-

Example

/format __this is bold__ $iand this is italic$i

Will render the following:

this is bold and this is italic

Color

Action	Token
Text color (fg)	`$c0`
Text and background (fg & bg)	`$c0,1`
End color	`$c`

The number next to the $c token indicates the color. For a comprehensive list of all numbers, see the following ircdocs.horse documentation. Below, the first 00 to 15 colors are defined and have been assigned aliases for convenience.

Colors

- 00 - white
- 01 - black
- 02 - blue
- 03 - green
- 04 - red
- 05 - brown
- 06 - magenta
- 07 - orange
- 08 - yellow
- 09 - lightgreen
- 10 - cyan
- 11 - lightcyan
- 12 - lightblue
- 13 - pink
- 14 - grey
- 15 - lightgrey

Example

/format $cred,lightgreenfoobar$c
/format $c04,09foobar$c

Will both render the following:

foobar

Configuration

By default, Halloy will only format text when using the /format command. This, however, can be changed with the auto_format configuration option:

[buffer.text_input]
auto_format = "disabled" | "markdown" | "all"