Formatting

The formatting module includes functions to apply IRC formatting to text.

Availability: 4.5+

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_BOLD = '\x02'

The control code to start or end bold formatting.

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_COLOR = '\x03'

The control code to start or end color formatting.

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_FORMATTING = ['\x0f', '\x03', '\x04', '\x02', '\x1d', '\x1f', '\x1e', '\x11', '\x16']

A list of all control characters expected to appear as formatting.

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_HEX_COLOR = '\x04'

The control code to start or end hexadecimal color formatting.

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_ITALIC = '\x1d'

The control code to start or end italic formatting.

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_MONOSPACE = '\x11'

The control code to start or end monospace formatting.

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_NORMAL = '\x0f'

The control code to reset formatting.

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_REVERSE = '\x16'

The control code to start or end reverse-color formatting.

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_STRIKETHROUGH = '\x1e'

The control code to start or end strikethrough formatting.

sopel.formatting.CONTROL_UNDERLINE = '\x1f'

The control code to start or end underlining.

sopel.formatting.bold(text)

Return the text, with bold IRC formatting.

Parameters:

text (str) – the text to format

Raises:

TypeError – if text is not a string

Return type:

str

sopel.formatting.color(text, fg=None, bg=None)

Return the text, with the given colors applied in IRC formatting.

Parameters:

• text (str) – the text to format

• fg (mixed) – the foreground color

• bg (mixed) – the background color

Raises:

• TypeError – if text is not a string

• ValueError – if fg or bg is an unrecognized color value

Return type:

str

The color can be a string of the color name, or an integer in the range 0-99. The known color names can be found in the colors class of this module.

class sopel.formatting.colors(value)

Mapping of color names to mIRC code values.

BLACK = '01'

BLUE = '02'

BROWN = '05'

CYAN = '11'

FUCHSIA = '13'

GRAY = '14'

GREEN = '03'

GREY = '14'

LIGHT_BLUE = '12'

LIGHT_CYAN = '11'

LIGHT_GRAY = '15'

LIGHT_GREEN = '09'

LIGHT_GREY = '15'

LIGHT_PURPLE = '13'

LIGHT_RED = '04'

LIME = '09'

MAROON = '05'

NAVY = '02'

OLIVE = '07'

ORANGE = '07'

PINK = '13'

PURPLE = '06'

RED = '04'

ROYAL = '12'

SILVER = '15'

TEAL = '10'

WHITE = '00'

YELLOW = '08'

sopel.formatting.hex_color(text, fg=None, bg=None)

Return the text, with the given colors applied in IRC formatting.

Parameters:

• text (str) – the text to format

• fg (str) – the foreground color

• bg (str) – the background color

Raises:

• TypeError – if text is not a string

• ValueError – if fg or bg is an unrecognized color value

Return type:

str

The color can be provided with a string of either 3 or 6 hexadecimal digits. As in CSS, 3-digit colors will be interpreted as if they were 6-digit colors with each digit repeated (e.g. color c90 is identical to cc9900). Do not include the leading # symbol.

Note

This is a relatively new IRC formatting convention. Use it only when you can afford to have its meaning lost, as not many clients support it yet.

sopel.formatting.italic(text)

Return the text, with italic IRC formatting.

Parameters:

text (str) – the text to format

Raises:

TypeError – if text is not a string

Return type:

str

sopel.formatting.monospace(text)

Return the text, with monospace IRC formatting.

Parameters:

text (str) – the text to format

Raises:

TypeError – if text is not a string

Return type:

str

Note

This is a relatively new IRC formatting convention. Use it only when you can afford to have its meaning lost, as not many clients support it yet.

sopel.formatting.plain(text)

Return the text without any IRC formatting.

Parameters:

text (str) – text with potential IRC formatting control code(s)

Raises:

TypeError – if text is not a string

Return type:

str

sopel.formatting.reverse(text)

Return the text, with reverse-color IRC formatting.

Parameters:

text (str) – the text to format

Raises:

TypeError – if text is not a string

Return type:

str

Note

This code isn’t super well supported, and its behavior even in clients that understand it (e.g. mIRC) can be unpredictable. Use it carefully.

sopel.formatting.strikethrough(text)

Return the text, with strikethrough IRC formatting.

Parameters:

text (str) – the text to format

Raises:

TypeError – if text is not a string

Return type:

str

Note

This is a relatively new IRC formatting convention. Use it only when you can afford to have its meaning lost, as not many clients support it yet.

sopel.formatting.underline(text)

Return the text, with underline IRC formatting.

Parameters:

text (str) – the text to format

Raises:

TypeError – if text is not a string

Return type:

str