Standardized Titles with Version Number

[Sp00sty]

I am taking the time to standardize the in-game display of the ADDONS version I personally use by simple edit of the manifest.txt file for the ones that don't include it already.

I read through the wiki but haven't found the answer for some special characters I've seen used so far.

Title A descriptive title for the addon, displayed in the addons window list. Can contain spaces and other special characters.

As example here is one of Wykyyds

## Title: |cFF2222Wykkyd's|r Framework |c0066991.4.21.1|r

I understand how the color is applied and how the added spaces affect the text.

But what does the | character do and what does the r character do?

[Garkin]

Originally Posted by Sp00sty I am taking the time to standardize the in-game display of the ADDONS version I personally use by simple edit of the manifest.txt file for the ones that don't include it already. I read through the wiki but haven't found the answer for some special characters I've seen used so far. As example here is one of Wykyyds ## Title: |cFF2222Wykkyd's|r Framework |c0066991.4.21.1|r I understand how the color is applied and how the added spaces affect the text. But what does the | character do and what does the r character do?

When you want to change text color, you have to enclose text with tags "|c<color_in_hex>" and "|r". Tags won't be printed and everything inside those two tags will be in color defined by <color_in hex>.
So string "|cF70D1AFerrari Red|r" will be displayed as Ferrari Red

[Iyanga]

Originally Posted by Sp00sty But what does the | character do and what does the r character do?

The | character says that the next character is not a text character, but has a different meaning.

How else would you differentiate someone saying:"ccccccc" versus someone saying:"The letter c in the color cccccc please"?

The |r means: End of coloring (not to be confused with "end of current color").

[Sp00sty]

Thank you,

I was simply copying a style but now I know what the syntax is actually doing I can edit with knowledge.

[lyravega]

Originally Posted by Sp00sty I am taking the time to standardize the in-game display of the ADDONS version I personally use by simple edit of the manifest.txt file for the ones that don't include it already. I read through the wiki but haven't found the answer for some special characters I've seen used so far. As example here is one of Wykyyds ## Title: |cFF2222Wykkyd's|r Framework |c0066991.4.21.1|r I understand how the color is applied and how the added spaces affect the text. But what does the | character do and what does the r character do?

"|c" signifies that following 6 characters are actually HEX RGB, and all letters will be "painted" till the "|r" is met.

You can call them special characters. Somewhat like "\n" in strings.