! Copyright (c) 1990-1997  Michael Sandrof, Troy Rollo, Matthew Green,
! and other ircII contributors.
!
! All rights reserved.  See the HELP IRCII COPYRIGHT file for more
! information.
!
Usage: FORMAT [<format numeric> [<value>]]
  Sets a specified format to a given value.  If FORMAT is used
  with no parameters, all formats and their current settings
  are listed.  If FORMAT is used with a format name and no
  value, that formats current setting is listed.

  Format items are identified by the percent (%) sign.  The
  character following the percent sign specifies the item to
  show.  The following characters are valid for all format
  types:
    
    @        Timestamp
    !        Highlight
    U        Userhost
    *        Cluster(Userhost)
    #        "***" or the current numeric
    S        "(from irc.server.com)" or blank
    0-9      Parameters

See also:
  HELP FORMAT ? for a list of all formats
