These %-variables can be inserted into help files, the banner, the MOTD, and other text files.There are four variables that can be used to format text:

%b

display bold

%v

display inverse

%_

display underline

%f

display flashing via telnet; bold underline via irc

These variables will be interpreted by Eggdrop and replaced by their respective values:

%B

bot's nickname (i.e. "LamestBot")

%V

current Eggdrop version (i.e. "eggdrop v1.7.0")

%E

long form of %V (i.e. "Eggdrop v1.7.0 (C) 1997 Robey Pointer (C) 2005 Eggheads Development Team")

%C

channels the bot is on (i.e. "#lamest, #botnetcentral")

%A

whatever is set in the config file by 'set admin'

%n

whatever is set in the config file by 'set network'

%T

the current time (i.e. "15:00")

%N

the current user's nickname (i.e. "Robey")

%U

the current operating system the bot is on

%%

a percent sign ("%")

You can also encode messages which can only be read by people with certain flags:

%{+m}some text%{-}

Only masters would see this.

%{+A}some text%{-}

Only people with the user flag +A see this.

%{+b}some text%{-}

This is only displayed to users doing a remote '.motd' from another bot.

%{+|m}some text%{-}

Only channel masters would see this.

Other variables:

%{cols=N}

start splitting output into N columns

%{cols=N/W}

same as above, but use a screen width of W

%{end}

end columnated or restricted (%{+m}) block

%{center}

center the following text (70 columns)

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