alias bigtext {
  if (!$1) {
    echo -ace info * BigText: Insufficient Parameters.
    return
  }
  tokenize 9 $1-
  if ($0 == 1) { var %fc = 01, %bc = 00, %fs = 12, %ff = Tahoma }
  else {
    if ($3) { var %fc = $gettok($2,1,32), %bc = $gettok($2,2,32), %fs = $gettok($3,1,32), %ff = $gettok($3,2-,32) }
    else {
      if ($gettok($2,2-,32) isnum) { var %fc = $gettok($2,1,32), %bc = $gettok($2,2,32), %fs = 12, %ff = Tahoma }
      else { var %fs = $gettok($2,1,32), %ff = $gettok($2,2-,32), %fc = 01, %bc = 00 }
    }
  }
  if (%bc !isnum 0-15) { %bc = 00 }
  if (%fc !isnum 0-15) { %fc = 01 }
  if (!%ff || !$isfontinstalled($qt(%ff))) { %ff = Tahoma }
  if (!%fs || %fs !isnum) { %fs = 12 }
  var %text = $1, %i 0, %y 0
  %fc = $base(%fc,10,10,2)
  %bc = $base(%bc,10,10,2)
  window -hp @bigtext
  drawfill -r @bigtext $color(%bc) $color(%bc) 0 0
  drawtext -brp @bigtext $color(%fc) $color(%bc) $qt(%ff) %fs 0 0 %text
  var %heightend = $height(%text,%ff,%fs) - 1, %widthend = $width(%text,%ff,%fs,0,1) - 1
  while (%y <= %heightend) {
    var %x 0, %s = $null
    while (%x <= %widthend) {
      var %c = $iif($getdot(@bigtext,%x,%y) != $color(%bc),$coc($v1,%fc),%bc)
      if (%lc != %c) {
        var %lc = %c
        %c = $+($chr(3),%c,$chr(44),%c)
      }
      else %c = $null
      %s = $+(%s,%c,@)
      inc %x
    }
    %s = $+($chr(3),%bc,$chr(44),%bc,@,%s,$chr(3),%bc,$chr(44),%bc,@)
    if ($regex(%s,/\x03(?! $+ %bc $+ )/)) {
      .timerbig $+ %i 1 $calc(%i * 2) msg $active %s
      inc %i
    }
    inc %y
  }
  window -c @bigtext
}
alias coc {
  var %i 0
  while (%i < 16) {
    if ($color(%i) == $1) return $base(%i,10,10,2)
    inc %i
  }
  return $base($2,10,10,2)
}
;Alias by praetorian.
alias isfontinstalled {
  var %w = @isfontinstalled,%f = isfontinstalled.bmp
  window -ak0pBfh +d %w -1 -1 200 100
  drawfill -r %w $rgb(0,0,0) $rgb(0,0,0) 0 0
  drawtext -r %w $rgb(255,255,255) "this is surely not the name of an installed font" -9 5 5 test.
  drawsave %w %f
  var %crc = $crc(%f)
  clear %w
  drawfill -r %w $rgb(0,0,0) $rgb(0,0,0) 0 0
  drawtext -r %w $rgb(255,255,255) $+(",$1,") -9 5 5 test.
  drawsave %w %f
  var %crc2 = $crc(%f)
  .remove %f
  window -c %w
  if (%crc != %crc2) { return $true }
  else { return $false }
}