Highlight Editor

Default key: Alt + H – Toggle all highlights: Alt + Shift + H

Highlights apply visual styles to server output when a regex pattern matches. Rules are evaluated in order; multiple rules can match the same text.

Table Columns

Column

Meaning

#

Priority order

Pattern

Regex matched against server output

Highlight

Named style applied to the match

Flags

S = Stop movement, CS = Case-sensitive, M = Multiline, C = Captured, X = disabled

Flags Explained

  • S (Stop movement) – cancel any active autodiscover or randomwalk when this pattern matches. Useful for detecting danger or important events during exploration.

  • CS (Case-sensitive) – match the pattern case-sensitively instead of the default case-insensitive matching.

  • M (Multiline) – match the pattern across multiple lines of output. Use \n in the pattern to span line boundaries (e.g. echoes:\n.*hijacked).

  • C (Captured) – extract regex groups into named variables and log matched lines to a capture channel (see Captures below).

  • X (disabled) – the rule is disabled and won’t match. Toggle via the Enabled switch in the form, or use Alt + Shift + H in-session to disable all highlights globally.

Form Fields

  • Enabled – toggle the rule on/off

  • Stop – cancel movement walks on match

  • Case Sensitive – case-sensitive matching

  • Multiline – match pattern across line boundaries

  • Captured – enable capture extraction (see Captures below)

  • Capture Name – channel name for the Capture Window (default captures); may contain group references like \1

  • Pattern – Python regex

  • Highlight – a style name (see below)

  • Add Capture – add key/value extraction rows (only visible when Captured is on)

Style Names

Styles are composed from attributes and colors separated by underscores. Attributes: bold, italic, underline, blink, reverse. Colors: red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white, black. Prefix with on_ for background.

Style

Effect

bold_red

Bold red text

blink_black_on_yellow

Blinking black text on yellow background

underline_green

Underlined green text

reverse

Reversed video

bold_white_on_red

Bold white text on red background

Example Highlights

Pattern

Style

Flags

Notes

^A Level \d+ \w+

blink_black_on_yellow

S

Flash and stop movement for level-gated items

\(medium\)

black_on_yellow

Highlight medium-difficulty indicators

treasure

bold_yellow

Highlight loot keywords

\b(gold|silver)\b

bold_white_on_blue

Highlight currency

Pattern Syntax (Python Regex)

Pattern

Matches

treasure

Literal text “treasure”

\b(gold|silver)\b

Whole word “gold” or “silver”

^You feel

“You feel” at line start

HP: (\d+)

“HP:” followed by digits

Multiline Matching

When Multiline is enabled, the pattern is matched against a full block of output rather than individual lines. Use \n in the pattern to span line boundaries.

Pattern

Matches

echoes:\n.*hijacked

“echoes:” on one line followed by “hijacked” on the next

You feel\n.*faint

“You feel” followed by “faint” across two lines

Multiline rules run in a separate pass before per-line highlights. Single-line rules continue to work unchanged.

Captures

When Captured is enabled on a highlight rule, the full matched line is logged to a capture channel visible in the Capture Window (Alt + C).

Capture Name sets the channel. It can be a fixed name like tells or a group reference like \1 that resolves dynamically per match.

Key/Value captures extract regex groups into named integer variables. Each row has a Key (variable name) and a Value (group template like \1 or \2). Only integer values are stored; non-numeric captures are silently skipped.

These variables are available in when conditions on triggers and macros. For example, a highlight on Adrenaline: (\d+)/(\d+) with captures Adrenaline=\1 and MaxAdrenaline=\2 lets you write `when Adrenaline%>50` in a macro.

Pattern

Capture Name

Captures

Use case

Adrenaline: (\d+)/(\d+)

captures

Adrenaline=\1, MaxAdrenaline=\2

Track vitals for when conditions

(\w+) tells you:

\1

(none)

Log tells per speaker name

^You receive (\d+) xp

xp

XP=\1

Track XP gains

Capture Window (Alt+C)

Press Alt + C to open the Capture Window. It shows both GMCP chat messages and highlight capture logs in a unified tabbed view. Use Tab / Shift+Tab to cycle channels.

The captures channel displays a key/value table of current captured variables at the top, followed by captured lines. Custom channels show captured lines in a chat-like format with timestamps.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key

Action

+ / =

Move selected rule up (higher priority)

-

Move selected rule down

Enter

Edit selected / submit form

Escape

Cancel form / close editor