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Align message window text ? #58630 01/11/03 07:10 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10 Australia D digian OP Pikka bird
OP digian Pikka bird D Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10 Australia	Is there a simple way to align nicknames / messages in the message window ... im looking to get a justified effect like so : ------------------------------------------------- .....<johndoe> hello .........<betty> hi ...........<mat> greetings ...<cleopatra> welcome ------------------------------------------------ or alternatively: ------------------------------------------------- <johndoe>........ hello <betty>........... hi <mat>............. greetings <cleopatra>...... welcome ------------------------------------------------ Please ignore the .... it was just to show the tabbed effect im after. Thanks in advance.

Re: Align message window text ?

#58631 01/11/03 08:19 AM

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Procided you use a fixed width font, there is. If you use a proportional font, it is not. You also won't be able to use the "use single message window option" in mIRC.

Code:

[color:green]; catch messages[/color]
on ^*:TEXT:*:?: {
  [color:green]; check if window exists, if not - open it[/color]
  if (!$window([color:blue]@messages[/color])) window [color:blue]@messages[/color]
  [color:green]; aline the text, but parse the nick through a identifier first[/color]
  aline [color:blue]@messages[/color] $wid($nick) $2-
  [color:green]; haltdef the default message procedures[/color]
  haltdef
}
[color:green] [/color]
[color:green]; custom identifier - adds spaces or any other character to align stuff[/color]
alias wid {
  [color:green]; adds &lt;&gt; to the nick, you can change the following options:[/color]
  [color:green]; N - ASCII code for the character you want to use to align - 32 for space, 46 for .[/color]
  [color:green]; M - width of nick column - align over M characters[/color]
  return $+(&lt;,$1,&gt;,$str($chr([color:blue]N[/color]),$calc([color:blue]M[/color] - $len($1))))
}

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Re: Align message window text ? #58632 01/11/03 09:44 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10 Australia D digian OP Pikka bird
OP digian Pikka bird D Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 10 Australia	Well I added this to remotes and it didnt seem to affect any text alignment, all it did was show replies from private chats in @messages. The main channels text wasnt affected. Is there a way to parse it without having this @ window in between ? No doubt im missing something, as im new to this .. but please help. I did change the variables for chr and amount of spaces. No luck yet. Thx.

Re: Align message window text ? #58633 01/11/03 06:49 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,271 Sunnydale, CA L LocutusofBorg Hoopy frood
LocutusofBorg Hoopy frood L Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,271 Sunnydale, CA	Hmm. you mean you are talking about channel text? According to your original question, you were talking about queries... If you want it for channel text, just add the following: Code: [color:green]; catch channel text[/color] on ^:TEXT::#: { [color:green]; echo text but parse the nick through a identifier first[/color] echo # $wid($nick) $1- [color:green]; haltdef the default procedures[/color] haltdef } PS: in the original code I gave, change $2- to $1- DALnet #Helpdesk I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -Confucius

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