Add stripColors option to remove mirc colors and ircII formatting (bo…

…ld, underline, reverse) in order to make bots easier to write.

lib/irc.js

@@ -530,7 +530,8 @@ function Client(server, nick, opt) {
         retryDelay: 2000,
         secure: false,
         selfSigned: false,
-        floodProtection: false
+        floodProtection: false,
+        stripColors: false
     };
 
     if (typeof arguments[2] == 'object') {
@@ -905,7 +906,7 @@ Client.prototype.connect = function ( retryCount ) { // {{{
         var lines = buffer.split("\r\n");
         buffer = lines.pop();
         lines.forEach(function (line) {
-            var message = parseMessage(line);
+            var message = parseMessage(line, self.opt.stripColors);
             try {
                 self.emit('raw', message);
             } catch ( err ) {
@@ -1076,15 +1077,22 @@ Client.prototype._clearWhoisData = function(nick) { // {{{
 } // }}}
 
 /*
- * parseMessage(line)
+ * parseMessage(line, stripColors)
  *
  * takes a raw "line" from the IRC server and turns it into an object with
  * useful keys
  */
-function parseMessage(line) { // {{{
+function parseMessage(rawLine, stripColors) { // {{{
     var message = {};
     var match;
 
+    var line;
+    if (stripColors) {
+        line = rawLine.replace(/[\x02\x1f\x16\x0f]|\x03\d{0,2}(?:,\d{0,2})?/g, "");
+    } else {
+        line = rawLine;
+    }
+
     // Parse prefix
     if ( match = line.match(/^:([^ ]+) +/) ) {
         message.prefix = match[1];