From 3463d1862995d65c70e398e3440218572bec5a97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valentin Lorentz <progval+git@progval.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:38:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] multiline: Specify behavior with respect to formatting.

Tthis is the only way to format the fallback for multiline-unaware clients
the same way as for multiline-aware clients
---
 extensions/multiline.md | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/multiline.md b/extensions/multiline.md
index 9c1d47132..0cb68e29d 100644
--- a/extensions/multiline.md
+++ b/extensions/multiline.md
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ The combined message value of a multiline batch is defined as the concatenation
 
 Each line feed used to join line messages contributes one byte towards the `max-bytes` limit. No line feed is appended to the final line message of a batch.
 
+Each message in the batch starts with the default formatting state; as if messages were joined by a format reset character (`\x0f`).
+
 Servers MUST NOT reject blank lines other than in the following cases:
 
 * Clients MUST NOT send blank lines with the `draft/multiline-concat` tag.
@@ -182,6 +184,8 @@ This section is non-normative.
 
 NOTE: In these examples, `<SPACE>` indicates a space character which would otherwise not be clearly visible.
 
+### Normal usage
+
 Client sending a mutliline batch
 
     Client: BATCH +123 draft/multiline #channel
@@ -206,16 +210,52 @@ Server sending messages to clients without multiline support
     Server: @account=account :n!u@h PRIVMSG #channel :how is<SPACE>
     Server: @account=account :n!u@h PRIVMSG #channel :everyone?
 
-Final concatenated message
+Final concatenated message:
 
-    hello
+<pre>
+hello
 
-    how is everyone?
+how is everyone?
+</pre>
 
 This example is also valid if every instance of PRIVMSG is replaced with NOTICE.
 
+### Formatting
+
+Formatting control codes must be repeated at the beginning of each line:
+
+    Client: BATCH +123 draft/multiline #channel
+    Client: @batch=123 PRIVMSG #channel :this is not bold, <0x02>but this is
+    Client: @batch=123 PRIVMSG #channel :<0x02>and this is still bold
+    Client: @batch=123 PRIVMSG #channel :but this is not
+    Client: BATCH -123
+
+Final concatenated message:
+
+<pre>
+this is not bold <strong>but this is</strong>
+<strong>and this is still bold</strong>
+but this is not
+</pre>
+
 ---
 
+And this works the same
+
+    Client: BATCH +123 draft/multiline #channel
+    Client: @batch=123 PRIVMSG #channel :this is not bold, <0x02>but this is,<SPACE>
+    Client: @batch=123;draft/multiline-concat PRIVMSG #channel :<0x02>this is still bold,<SPACE>
+    Client: @batch=123;draft/multiline-concat PRIVMSG #channel :but this is not
+    Client: BATCH -123
+
+Final concatenated message:
+
+<pre>
+this is not bold <strong>but this is, and this is still bold</strong> but this is not
+</pre>
+
+### Error cases
+
 Invalid multiline batch target
 
     Client: BATCH +456 draft/multiline #foo

From f4ff0165c48161a9f8cfb3cdf289660f0385265e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Val Lorentz <progval+git@progval.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 08:51:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix example

Co-authored-by: JustAnotherArchivist <JustAnotherArchivist@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 extensions/multiline.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/extensions/multiline.md b/extensions/multiline.md
index 0cb68e29d..0567355ae 100644
--- a/extensions/multiline.md
+++ b/extensions/multiline.md
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ And this works the same
 Final concatenated message:
 
 <pre>
-this is not bold <strong>but this is, and this is still bold</strong> but this is not
+this is not bold <strong>but this is, and this is still bold </strong>but this is not
 </pre>
 
 ### Error cases