Since I sent several mails to upstream author and I didn't receive an
answer, then I did the patch by myself.
The patch is attached. Now I need time to review the package, change
it to the new standards (quilt 3.0, policy and dh versions), and
upload it. Intend to do this in the following 2 weeks.
Index: tdl-1.5.2/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- tdl-1.5.2.orig/Makefile.in 2004-01-06 22:09:05.000000000 -0200
+++ tdl-1.5.2/Makefile.in 2012-03-25 21:30:20.000000000 -0300
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
OBJ = main.o io.o add.o done.o remove.o move.o list.o \
report.o purge.o util.o dates.o impexp.o narrow.o \
- inter.o
+ inter.o color.o
all : tdl
Index: tdl-1.5.2/color.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ tdl-1.5.2/color.c 2012-03-25 21:28:03.000000000 -0300
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "color.h"
+
+#define dNORMAL "[0m"
+#define dRED "[31m[1m"
+#define dGREEN "[32m"
+#define dYELLOW "[33m[1m"
+#define dBLUE "[34m"
+#define dMAGENTA "[35m"
+#define dCYAN "[36m"
+
+char NORMAL[COLORMAXSIZE];
+char RED[COLORMAXSIZE];
+char GREEN[COLORMAXSIZE];
+char YELLOW[COLORMAXSIZE];
+char BLUE[COLORMAXSIZE];
+char MAGENTA[COLORMAXSIZE];
+char CYAN[COLORMAXSIZE];
+
+void color_apply(char * varname, char * config) {
+ int i = 0;
+ while (config[i]) {
+ /* terminate string at first special char (like CR, LF and others) */
+ if (config[i] < 0x20) {
+ config[i] = 0;
+ } else {
+ /* replace tilde -> ESC */
+ if (config[i] == '~') config[i] = 0x1b;
+ i++;
+ }
+ }
+ strncpy(varname,config,COLORMAXSIZE);
+ varname[COLORMAXSIZE-1] = 0;
+}
+
+void color_map_from_file (char * filename) {
+ FILE * fh;
+ char s[1024];
+ fh = fopen(filename,"r");
+ if (fh != NULL) {
+ while (! feof(fh)) {
+ if (fgets(s, 1023, fh)) {
+ if (strncasecmp("NORMAL=",s,7)==0) {
+ color_apply(NORMAL,s+7);
+ }
+ if (strncasecmp("RED=",s,4)==0) {
+ color_apply(RED,s+4);
+ }
+ if (strncasecmp("GREEN=",s,6)==0) {
+ color_apply(GREEN,s+6);
+ }
+ if (strncasecmp("YELLOW=",s,7)==0) {
+ color_apply(YELLOW,s+7);
+ }
+ if (strncasecmp("BLUE=",s,5)==0) {
+ color_apply(BLUE,s+5);
+ }
+ if (strncasecmp("MAGENTA=",s,8)==0) {
+ color_apply(MAGENTA,s+8);
+ }
+ if (strncasecmp("CYAN=",s,5)==0) {
+ color_apply(CYAN,s+5);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ fclose(fh);
+ }
+}
+
+void color_init(void) {
+ char * s;
+
+ /* default colors */
+ strcpy(RED,dRED);
+ strcpy(GREEN,dGREEN);
+ strcpy(YELLOW,dYELLOW);
+ strcpy(BLUE,dBLUE);
+ strcpy(MAGENTA,dMAGENTA);
+ strcpy(CYAN,dCYAN);
+ strcpy(NORMAL,dNORMAL);
+
+ /* try to get colors from /etc/tdl.conf */
+ color_map_from_file ("/etc/tdl.conf");
+
+ /* try to get colors from $HOME/.tdl.color */
+ s = getenv("HOME");
+ if (s != NULL) {
+ char * t;
+ t = malloc(strlen(s)+16);
+ sprintf(t,"%s/.tdl.color",s);
+ color_map_from_file (t);
+ free(t);
+ }
+
+ /* try to get colors from CURRENT_DIR/.tdl.color */
+ color_map_from_file ("./.tdl.color");
+
+}
Index: tdl-1.5.2/color.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ tdl-1.5.2/color.h 2012-03-25 21:28:29.000000000 -0300
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef _COLOR_H
+#define _COLOR_H
+
+#define COLORMAXSIZE 32
+
+extern char RED[COLORMAXSIZE];
+extern char GREEN[COLORMAXSIZE];
+extern char YELLOW[COLORMAXSIZE];
+extern char BLUE[COLORMAXSIZE];
+extern char MAGENTA[COLORMAXSIZE];
+extern char CYAN[COLORMAXSIZE];
+extern char NORMAL[COLORMAXSIZE];
+
+void color_init(void);
+
+#endif
Index: tdl-1.5.2/list.c
===================================================================
--- tdl-1.5.2.orig/list.c 2012-03-25 21:25:28.000000000 -0300
+++ tdl-1.5.2/list.c 2012-03-25 21:29:16.000000000 -0300
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
#include <ctype.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "tdl.h"
+#include "color.h"
struct list_options {
unsigned monochrome:1;
@@ -37,17 +38,6 @@
#define INDENT_TAB 3
-/*{{{ Colour definitions */
-#define RED "[31m[1m"
-#define GREEN "[32m"
-#define YELLOW "[33m[1m"
-#define BLUE "[34m"
-#define MAGENTA "[35m"
-#define CYAN "[36m"
-#define NORMAL "[0m"
-#define DIM "[37m[2m"
-#define DIMCYAN "[36m[2m"
-
/* Table to map priority levels to colours */
static char *colour_table[] = {
NORMAL, BLUE, CYAN, NORMAL, YELLOW, RED
Index: tdl-1.5.2/main.c
===================================================================
--- tdl-1.5.2.orig/main.c 2012-03-25 21:25:28.000000000 -0300
+++ tdl-1.5.2/main.c 2012-03-25 21:29:53.000000000 -0300
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
*/
#include "tdl.h"
+#include "color.h"
#include <assert.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
@@ -933,6 +934,7 @@
/*{{{ int main (int argc, char **argv)*/
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
+ color_init();
n_cmds = N(cmds);
is_interactive = 0;
Index: tdl-1.5.2/tdl.1
===================================================================
--- tdl-1.5.2.orig/tdl.1 2012-03-25 21:25:28.000000000 -0300
+++ tdl-1.5.2/tdl.1 2012-03-25 21:32:07.000000000 -0300
@@ -945,5 +945,12 @@
.br
ln \-s ../project2/.tdldb .
+.br
+.TP
+ /etc/tdl.conf
+colour mapping config. Use this file to change colors for all users.
+You can also use $HOME/.tdl.color or ./.tdl.color as a personal preference way to configure colors. These files uses ANSI color codes,
+for more details, read /etc/tdl.conf comments.
+
.SH BUGS
Please report them to the author.
Index: tdl-1.5.2/tdl.color
===================================================================
--- /dev/null 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ tdl-1.5.2/tdl.color 2012-03-25 21:30:54.000000000 -0300
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# ANSI color mapping for tdl
+# Important: ~ means ESC
+NORMAL=~[0m
+RED=~[31m~[1m
+GREEN=~[32m
+YELLOW=~[33m~[1m
+BLUE=~[34m
+MAGENTA=~[35m
+CYAN=~[36m
