local iname = item.name(i, "a")

    local iname = item.name_coloured(i, "a")

    crawl.mpr("Eat " .. iname .. "?", "prompt")

    crawl.formatted_mpr("Eat " .. iname .. "?", "prompt")

#include <sstream>

}
static std::string _item_name(lua_State *ls, item_def* item)
{
    description_level_type ndesc = DESC_PLAIN;
    if (lua_isstring(ls, 2))
        ndesc = description_type_by_name(lua_tostring(ls, 2));
    else if (lua_isnumber(ls, 2))
        ndesc = static_cast<description_level_type>(luaL_checkint(ls, 2));
    bool terse = lua_toboolean(ls, 3);
    return (item->name(ndesc, terse));

        description_level_type ndesc = DESC_PLAIN;
        if (lua_isstring(ls, 2))
            ndesc = description_type_by_name(lua_tostring(ls, 2));
        else if (lua_isnumber(ls, 2))
            ndesc = static_cast<description_level_type>(luaL_checkint(ls, 2));
        bool terse = lua_toboolean(ls, 3);
        lua_pushstring(ls, item->name(ndesc, terse).c_str());

        std::string name = _item_name(ls, item);
        lua_pushstring(ls, name.c_str());
    }
    else
        lua_pushnil(ls);
    return (1);
}
static int l_item_name_coloured(lua_State *ls)
{
    LUA_ITEM(item, 1);
    if (item)
    {
        std::string name   = _item_name(ls, item);
        int         col    = menu_colour(name, menu_colour_item_prefix(*item));
        std::string colstr = colour_to_str(col);
        std::ostringstream out;
        out << "<" << colstr << ">" << name << "</" << colstr << ">";
        lua_pushstring(ls, out.str().c_str());

    { "name_coloured",     l_item_name_coloured },

static int crawl_formatted_mpr(lua_State *ls)
{
    if (!crawl_state.io_inited)
        return (0);

    const char *message = luaL_checkstring(ls, 1);
    if (!message)
        return (0);
    int ch = MSGCH_PLAIN;
    if (lua_isnumber(ls, 2))
        ch = luaL_checkint(ls, 2);
    else
    {
        const char *channel = lua_tostring(ls, 2);
        if (channel)
            ch = str_to_channel(channel);
    }
    if (ch < 0 || ch >= NUM_MESSAGE_CHANNELS)
        ch = MSGCH_PLAIN;
    formatted_mpr(formatted_string::parse_string(message),
                  static_cast<msg_channel_type>(ch));
    return (0);
}

    { "formatted_mpr",  crawl_formatted_mpr },