Log formatting issue

Posted by Madnesssoft on Fri 07 Oct 2011 10:12 AM — 7 posts, 26,577 views.

Madnesssoft Fri 07 Oct 2011 10:12 AM #0

I'm having a little trouble with running the log in HTML, it keeps inserting code like this(ignore the color I just yanked it from the logfile)



When it should just be



Any reason why the extra is getting tossed in there? It's strange because it makes the log perfectly once told to start, but after that it flakes out once more things are added in real time and starts adding the extra bit of preamble.

Zeno USA Fri 07 Oct 2011 04:57 PM #1

It's mostly likely because MUD colors don't have any ending color tag. So in order to end a font color in HTML, it has to force close the font tag.

Example:
&Rred color&Bblue color

Becomes logged as:
red colorblue color

Madnesssoft Fri 07 Oct 2011 05:29 PM #2

Ok, well that would make sense. But I'm on a MUCK, no color is being sent to me, I'm just using color triggers in mushclient to let me notice key things easier. It works perfect like I said if I stop the log, start it again and it takes what is in the buffer and turns it into the htm file, but that's completely overwriting the file, something I don't want in the long run and defeats the purpose of a log.

Also the htm is still readable, it just makes everything really thin lined which is annoying how it can go from WYSIWYG to WTFAILA(what the fuck am I looking at?).

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Fri 07 Oct 2011 09:12 PM #3

You should probably add a:


 <font color="white">

to the file preamble. That way they are balanced.

Then each line closes the previous font and starts a new one.

Quote:

It works perfect like I said if I stop the log, start it again and it takes what is in the buffer and turns it into the htm file, but that's completely overwriting the file, something I don't want in the long run ...

There is an option to append to the log.

Madnesssoft Sat 08 Oct 2011 10:15 AM #4

<html>
<body bgcolor="#000000">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="60">
<head>
<title>Log of %N session</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border=0 cellpadding=5 bgcolor="#000000">
<tr><td>
<pre><code>

is what my preamble looks like, where should I put it to keep my colors or does that not matter? I also have in the output preamble.

%I:%M

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Sun 09 Oct 2011 02:32 AM #5

Madnesssoft said:

is what my preamble looks like, where should I put it to keep my colors or does that not matter?

At the end. Then the preamble ends with an opening font tag, and then each line closes it and opens a new one.

Madnesssoft Sun 09 Oct 2011 01:13 PM #6

Nice, yeah, that works perfectly now. Thanks!