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Formatting codes do not work
Color codes work fine but the formatting codes don't work. -> http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Formatting_codes
Looks like a bug in the server not core. Possibly related to mc-server/MCServer#852
The server itself uses the at-sign (@) for color-codes, which is kinda stupid because that's a rather common character. People have been saying they want it changed to the and-sign (&), but that conflicts with most parameterized URLs.
A backslash for formatting codes? That's new. It'd be somewhat nerve-wrecking in code - it has to be escaped, which is often forgotten. But otherwise that could work. The only thing I can think of using backslashes is Windows path separator.
No as in the bell character. Or any of the other effectively obsolete ASCII charicters: Start Of Heading, Start Of Text, End Of Text, End Of Transmission, Enquiry, Acknowledge, backspace, Vertical Tab, Form Feed, ... Theres loads of characters below char 32 which aren't used any more.
But if they're only used internally then we can just use the escape sequences. For anything exposed we should use the same as the client.
Then why aren't we using the same char as vanilla, any character that is on a keyboard will have the same problem as @?
Well Bukkit normally uses &, but I don't think I've ever used my ¬ character.
I'm pretty sure I have, I don't think there a single key on my key board I haven't used at least once.
I'd say go with & then, because it's what bukkit stuff uses.
But make sure to add && as an escape, and only convert it to a colour code when it's followed by one of the right nums/letters.
Also you shouldn't be scared of broken links, the colores are just visual, minecraft converts it into colors so links still work...
The bell character is used. Command Prompt ~~screams~~ beeps at you if you feed it a bell.
@tigerw When was the last time you used a bell in a piece of text? My comment still stands about the others