//if you have erwin's board system + you're doing this on ROM + you use Lope's colour read on //if not, discontinue reading //credit to those who came before me, who gave their life so that i may have none :D //i don't use erwin's board system myself, but this seems to work for me. //the regulations regarding this function are that you may not use it to harm any ducks in any way, plus you have to be nice /*add to merc.h somewhere: size_t lopelen(char *string); in board.c (line 861 stock download) change strlen(text) to lopelen(text) you should also use lopelen instead of strlen anywhere else you think you need it */ size_t lopelen(char *string) { const char formatlope [] = { '{', 'x', 'X', 'R', 'G', 'B', 'M', 'Y', 'C', 'W', 'r', 'g', 'b', 'm', 'y', 'c', 'w', '/','D','d', '~'};//that's a lotta colour codes, who needs more const char *outputascii [] = { "{", "\033[0m", "\033[0m", "\033[1;31m", "\033[1;32m", "\033[1;34m", "\033[1;35m", "\033[1;33m", "\033[1;36m", "\033[1;37m","\033[0;31m", "\033[0;32m", "\033[0;34m", "\033[0;35m", "\033[0;33m", "\033[0;36m", "\033[0;37m", "\n", "\033[1;30m", "\033[1;30m", "~"}; int i; size_t total=0; int lopelen; lopelen = sizeof(formatlope) / sizeof(formatlope[0]); for(;*string;string++) { if (*string=='{') { string++; if (*string==0) return total; for (i=0; i