How to format About.xml description

[UncleIROH]

The description node in About.xml is loaded into a Unity label, and it supports Rich Text (https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/StyledText.html)

Tag	Example
b	We are <b>not</b> amused.
i	We are <i>usually</i> not amused.
size	We are <size=50>largely</size> unaffected.
color	<color=#00ffffff>...</color>

However if you attempt to put any <tags> inside the <description> node, RimWorld will throw many errors. It is possible to encode the < into &lt; but it is difficult to maintain. But if we indicate the entire contents of <description> is character data using the <![CDATA[ ... ]]> wrapper we don't have to encode the <tags>.

Example:

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<description><![CDATA[<size=30><color=#ffa500ff>Mod Name</color></size>
• Text about your awesome mod
• More text
• etc
]]>
</description>


Here is a complete About.xml file using this technique: https://github.com/cmdprompt/NanoRepairTech/blob/master/_rimworld/About/About.xml

[RawCode]

good job but
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDATA
not original research actually

[JohnnyMacaroni]

Interesting I always wondered why I never managed to change the color of the description.
Thanks for sharing!

[RawCode]

almost everything in game affected by control codes, you can ever insert textures or icons into mod description or any of your texts if you want to.