Synchronet Format The native Synchronet Color Code format (preferred) consists of a Control-A followed by a singe character. The following is a list of valid Control-A Color Codes: Foreground Background ---------- ---------- Black K 0 Red R 1 Green G 2 Yellow Y 3 Blue B 4 Magenta M 5 Cyan C 6 White W 7 Attribute Description --------- ----------- High H High Intensity Blink I Blinking Normal N No Special Attributes (Normal) Pause P Insert a Pause Prompt into message Pause Reset Q Reset the line counter for the auto screen-pause Delay , Insert a Tenth Second Delay into message Delay ; Insert a Half Second Delay into message Delay . Insert a Two Second Delay into message Date D Display the system date Time T Display the system time Cls L Insert a Form Feed (Ctrl-L, Clear Screen) into message Clreol > Clear to End of Line (leave cursor in current position) Bckspc < Non-destructive backspace (Ctrl-H) CR [ Carriage return (Ctrl-M) LF ] Line feed (Ctrl-J) Ctrl-A A Send an actual Ctrl-A character Sync S Synchronize output with remote system EOF Z End of displayable text in this file Normal - Same as 'N' but only sends ANSI codes if the High Intensity, Blinking, or Background attribute is set. Normal _ Same as 'N' but only sends ANSI codes if the Blinking or Background attribute is set. Synchronet also supports Special Control-A codes used to hide text from users not meeting certain criteria (ie: Security Level or Flags from Flag Set #1). The following is a list of Special Control-A codes, and a brief description of each code's usage: Code Description ---------- ----------- ^A thru ^Z Only display the following text to users with the corresponding flag A through Z turned on (from Flag Set #1). ! Toggle the text display off/on for users of less than level 10. @ " " 20. # " " 30. $ " " 40. % " " 50. ^ " " 60. & " " 70. * " " 80. ( " " 90. ) Restore the displaying of text to ALL users. " Display contents of (from your TEXT directory) High Bit (greater than ASCII 127) Used for cursor right positioning.