42wim
Convert formatting.
Sourced from: https://modern.ircdocs.horse/formatting.html.
| Format | IRC | Mattermost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bold | 0x02 | **/__ | |
| Italics | 0x1D | */_ | |
| Underline | 0x1F | Not supported | |
| Strikethrough | 0x1E | ~~ | IRC support only in Textual |
| Monospace | 0x11 | ` | IRC support only in IRCCloud |
| Color | 0x03 | Not supported | Already stripped |
| Hex Color | 0x04 | Not supported | Coulnd't test; maybe already stripped? |
| Reverse | 0x16 | Not supported | |
| Reset | 0x0F | Non-trivial |
Also something to take into account is that IRC format characters aren't paired; they are toggles. Only one is required to format an entire message (or starting from halfway in). In order to properly deal with this in mattermost, any message containing an odd number of the same format character (combination) should be terminated with that character in order to "close the tag".
The need for this makes the Reset character less work, since it is essentially the same functionality at an arbitrary point in the message.
@setpill, or anyone else, I have something which seems to work for me. Would you be willing to help test this out? https://github.com/42wim/matterircd/pull/546
