Leaf Colors

leaf colors - customize and update the leaf color themes

This page explains how to customize the output of the leaf commands to better display the colors that work with your terminal.

The colors configuration reads the colors from the themes.ini configuration file. themes.ini is located in the leaf configuration folder (see leaf config documentation).

Themes

Colors are grouped by "themes". The purpose of a theme is to set a collection of colors, and then switch from a colors collection to another by simply changing the active theme by selecting the active one in the themes.ini configuration file.

In the configuration file, themes are identified by its header ([NAME]) and a list of property = values. It is possible to have multiple values defined for one property.

There is a special theme called [DEFAULT] which configures the default theme behavior. This section must always be present in the themes.ini file. The coloring behavior will be that if a given property key is not defined in the selected theme, it will fallback to its value in the [DEFAULT] section.

Properties

Supported values for property, in a given theme definition. Except the selected key, all others are a color/style definition.

selected

Only used in the [DEFAULT] theme. This property identifies the active theme (identifying the theme section [NAME])

error

Defines the color for all the leaf error messages

hints

Defines the color for hint messages

hintscommands

Defines the color for commands in hints

label

Defines the color for the text labels in tables (everything that is not a property value)

tableseparator

Defines the color for the border in a table

tag.XXX

Defines the color for a keyword for XXX tag (used in leaf search and leaf package list) i.e.; tag.current = FGREEN will color all the current tag's green in leaf search

remotedisabled

Defines the color for a disabled remote (see leaf remote)

profilecurrent

Defines the color for profiles (see leaf status and leaf profile)

Colors and styles

Values for the above property keys can be a combination of:

  • foreground color
  • background color
  • style

Foreground Colors

Available supported foreground colors:

  • FBLACK
  • FRED
  • FGREEN
  • FYELLOW
  • FBLUE
  • FMAGENTA
  • FCYAN
  • FWHITE

Other foreground colors (may not be available on all terminals):

  • FLIGHTBLACK
  • FLIGHTRED
  • FLIGHTGREEN
  • FLIGHTYELLOW
  • FLIGHTBLUE
  • FLIGHTMAGENTA
  • FLIGHTCYAN
  • FLIGHTWHITE

Background Colors

Available supported background colors:

  • BBLACK
  • BRED
  • BGREEN
  • BYELLOW
  • BBLUE
  • BMAGENTA
  • BCYAN
  • BWHITE

Other background colors (may not be available on all terminals):

  • BLIGHTBLACK
  • BLIGHTRED
  • BLIGHTGREEN
  • BLIGHTYELLOW
  • BLIGHTBLUE
  • BLIGHTMAGENTA
  • BLIGHTCYAN
  • BLIGHTWHITE

Styles

Available style values are:

  • NORMAL - Default font rendering
  • BRIGHT - Highlighted (bold) font
  • DIM - Lowlighted (thin) font

Examples

Example of a [DEFAULT] section content: 

  [DEFAULT]
  selected = DEFAULT
  error = BRIGHT + FRED
  hints = FGREEN
  hintscommands = BRIGHT + FGREEN
  label = BRIGHT
  tableseparator = FLIGHTBLACK
  tag.current = FGREEN
  tag.installed = FGREEN
  tag.latest = FCYAN
  remotedisabled = FLIGHTBLACK
  profilecurrent = FGREEN

See themes.ini for other examples of setting themes.

Copyright (C) Sierra Wireless Inc.