[Remind-Fans] Formatting text

[Tim Chase]

On 2024-11-02 00:20, Remind list wrote:
> Is it possible to make text bold, italic, underlined, hyperlinked or
> any other type of formatting?

You might be able to cheat a bit to coerce it:

    SET ESC char(27)
    SET CSI ESC + "["
    SET reset CSI + "0m"
    SET bold CSI + "1m"
    SET italic CSI + "3m"
    SET underline CSI + "4m"
 
    IF $UseVTColors || $Use256Colors || $UseTrueColors
        FSET b(s) bold + s + reset
        FSET i(s) italic + s + reset
        FSET u(s) underline + s + reset
    ELSE
        FSET b(s) s
        FSET i(s) s
        FSET u(s) s
    ENDIF
 
    MSG I love [b("tacos")], [i("pizza")], [u("brownies")], and cookies

It should do nothing by default, but if you've specified color output
with -@ like

  $ rem -q - at 2

it should emit the ANSI[1] sequences for the bold/italic/underline.

-tim

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansi_color