diff --git a/plugins/util/formatting.py b/plugins/util/formatting.py
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+def raw(format_string):
+    """Replace based irc formatting"""
+    stuff = {}
+    stuff['col'] = {'[white]':'\x030',
+    '[black]':'\x031',
+    '[dblue]':'\x032',
+    '[dgreen]':'\x033',
+    '[dred]':'\x034',
+    '[brown]':'\x035',
+    '[purple]':'\x036',
+    '[gold]':'\x037',
+    '[yellow]':'\x038',
+    '[green]':'\x039',
+    '[cyan]':'\x0310',
+    '[lblue]':'\x0311',
+    '[blue]':'\x0312',
+    '[pink]':'\x0313',
+    '[gray]':'\x0314',
+    '[lgray]':'\x0315',
+    '[err]':'\x034\x02'
+    '[/err]':'\x030\x02'}
+    stuff['style'] = {'[b]':'\x02',
+                      '[clear]':'\x0f'}
+    stuff['sym'] = {'[point]':'\x07'}
+    stuff['text'] = {'[url]':'http://'}
+    final = {}
+    for x in stuff:
+        final.update(stuff[x])
+    for x in final:
+        format_string = format_string.replace(x,final[x])
+    return format_string
+def err(format_string):
+    """Format the string with standard error styling"""
+    return "\x034\x02{}\x0f".format(format_string)
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