Squad Leader Archive
Thread: cant do a back slash
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Aspoc
Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:25 am
#1
hi guys
I'm new to Squad leader and i read your forum with interest
when i came to colour my commands i found my \ key doesnt work in the game
Works everywhere else, any ideas?
(i just know i will get a whole load of silly ones as well 
Aspoc
Oberon131313
Sun Oct 24, 2004 9:30 pm
#2
make sure you are using \#(numbers)
for red would be \#CC0000
this also doesn't work in spatial
it only works in group, guild, planet, and /system
InfluenzaSWTA
Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:16 am
#3
Do you live outside of the US? I've heard rumors that non-US keyboards don't always type the \ character correctly.
Edit: yup, thought I'd seen this before. I dug up an old post by our lovely correspondent on the issue:
Edit: yup, thought I'd seen this before. I dug up an old post by our lovely correspondent on the issue:
irott wrote:When typing in the macro box... the backslash will not show up, but it can still be used. Here is how you fix it:
Type out your macro without trying to change any of the colors. When its finished place your cursor in front of the word or sentance you want colored. Type out your color code, ie. \#FFCCCC\ using the backslashes. The word next to the cursor will dissapear on the first backslash but as you type in the hex code it will reapear. After the final backslash it should change the color of the word in the macro box, yet show no code.
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Anyway... Hope this helped.
Message Edited by InfluenzaSWTA on 10-25-2004 10:19 AM
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