From 35be00271bcb7263ba3e34d9357c4c7b8043b22f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wofsauge <jan-.-@t-online.de>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:48:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: remove trailing space after color markup in
 filterColorMarkup function

closes #958
---
 features/eid_api.lua | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/features/eid_api.lua b/features/eid_api.lua
index 97f3fc67..2a21dbe1 100644
--- a/features/eid_api.lua
+++ b/features/eid_api.lua
@@ -1488,6 +1488,10 @@ function EID:filterColorMarkup(text, baseKColor)
 			lastColor = lookup
 			lastFunc = colorFunc
 			text = string.gsub(text, word, "", 1)
+			-- If the color markup is at the start of the line and is followed by a space, remove that space to avoid an extra gap at the start of the line
+			if textposition == 1 and string.sub(text, 1, 1) == " " then
+				text = string.sub(text, 2)
+			end
 		end
 	end