color

Syntax: %color(fore,back)

converts a descriptive color into an attribute value. You can use the following special strings for certain effects:

hi            highlight (select highlighted color)

bold      bold text

rev      reverse video

blink      blinking text

under      underlined text

Recognized color names:

black, blue, green, cyan, red, magenta,brown, gray, yellow, white

 

Examples:

#SHOW %color(red,magenta)

outputs 84

#COLOR %eval(%color(hi)+%color(blink)+%color(rev)+%color(blue,grey))

colors the last line in the output buffer in a flashy manner. You need the %eval in order to add up the colors into a single number.



Contents %clip %colorname