Subj : Concatenated CTRL-A code causes previous char to be lost
To   : GitLab issue in main/sbbs
From : Josh Renaud
Date : Tue Nov 11 2025 20:33:56

open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1008

In putting together my test case script for issue #1007 I came across another problem.

If you concatenate CTRL-A color codes in the middle of a string, the previous character will be consumed and not output. For example:

```
var lowRed = '\1N\1R\10';
var lowBlue = '\1N\1B\10';
console.putmsg(lowBlue+'TEST1 TEST1'+lowRed+' TEST1')
```

will result in the characters `TEST1 TEST TEST1` being output -- notice the second numeral `1` has been lost. 

This apparently happens in both console.putmsg() and Frame.js .putmsg().
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