Added a color copy option for mouse selection.

src/scripts/color-copy/color-copy.lua

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+-- Abort if the API isn't available. Mouse events become available on Mudlet version 4.13.
+if addMouseEvent == nil then return end
+
+function rgbToHex(r,g,b)
+    local rgb = (r * 0x10000) + (g * 0x100) + b
+    return string.format("%x", rgb)
+end
+
+local baseAnsiMap = {"&x","&r","&g","&O","&b","&p","&c","&w","&z","&R","&G","&Y","&B","&P","&C","&W"}
+local colorCodes = {}
+
+-- Map basic ANSI set
+for i=0,15 do
+  local hex = rgbToHex(unpack(color_table["ansi_" .. string.format("%03d", i)]))
+  colorCodes[hex] = baseAnsiMap[i + 1]
+end
+
+-- Map the rest of 256 colors
+for i=16,255 do
+  local numStr = string.format("%03d", i)
+  local hex = rgbToHex(unpack(color_table["ansi_" .. numStr]))
+  colorCodes[hex] = "&" .. numStr
+end
+
+addMouseEvent("Copy with colors", "onCopyWithColors")
+
+function onCopyWithColors(event, menu, window, startCol, startRow, endCol, endRow)
+  if startCol == endCol and startRow == endRow then return end
+  local parsed = ""
+  local lastColor = nil
+  for l = startRow, endRow do
+    local cStart = l == startRow and startCol or 0
+    moveCursor(window, cStart, l)
+    local cEnd = l == endRow and endCol or #getCurrentLine() - 1
+    for c = cStart, cEnd do
+      selectSection(window, c, 1)
+      local symbol = getSelection(window) or ""
+      -- escape the tag symbol
+      if symbol == "&" then symbol = "&&" end
+      local color = rgbToHex(getFgColor(window))
+      if color == lastColor then
+        parsed = parsed .. symbol
+      else
+        lastColor = color
+        -- Check whether the color is in the 256 set. Use gray (&w) for undefined colors.
+        local cc = colorCodes[color] or "&w"
+        parsed = parsed .. cc .. symbol
+      end
+    end
+    if l ~= endRow then parsed = parsed .. "\n" end
+  end
+  setClipboardText(parsed)
+end
+
+registerAnonymousEventHandler("onCopyWithColors", "onCopyWithColors")

src/scripts/color-copy/scripts.json

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+[
+    {
+      "name": "color-copy"
+    }
+  ]
+