better colors for newt, whiptail, etc

diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 55fc7ec2c4ad4e84b857e7dff0431abedbac7d44..82550facd40f75d7384b5709062337084843f3f5 100644 (file)
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -29,7 +29,82 @@ export PATH=${PATH}:~/bin
 
 # colors for newt/whiptail (for debconf, needrestart, etc.)
 # works better with selenized colorscheme
-export NEWT_COLORS='checkbox=yellow,;roottext=yellow,'
+# everything that seems irrelevant is set to brown
+NEWT_COLORS=''
+# foreground seems irrelevant
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};root=brown,blue"
+# text in the root window
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};roottext=yellow,blue"
+
+# box/window/button shadows
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};shadow=brown,black"
+
+# boxes/windows themselves
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};window=brown,lightgray"
+# box/window titles
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};title=yellow,lightgray"
+# box/window borders
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};border=gray,lightgray"
+
+# full buttons
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};button=black,red"
+# compact buttons
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};compactbutton=black,lightgray"
+# selected/active button
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};actbutton=green,gray"
+
+# checkbox itself and text
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};checkbox=black,blue"
+# selection marker for checkbox
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};actcheckbox=yellow,gray"
+
+# TODO FIXME: no clue what that is
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};entry=yellow,brown"
+# TODO FIXME: no clue what that is
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};disentry=brown,yellow"
+
+# TODO FIXME: no clue what that is
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};label=yellow,red"
+
+# unselected entries in menus
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};listbox=lightgray,gray"
+# selected entries in menus
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};actsellistbox=yellow,blue"
+# TODO FIXME: no clue what that is
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};actlistbox=brown,red"
+# TODO FIXME: no clue what that is
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};sellistbox=black,brown"
+
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};textbox=black,lightgray"
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};acttextbox=brown,green"
+
+# TODO FIXME: no clue what that is
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};helpline=yellow,brown"
+
+# probably for gauges
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};emptyscale=red"
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};fullscale=blue"
+
+
+# black
+# darkgray
+# brown
+# yellow
+#
+# blue
+# cyan
+# gray
+# green
+# magenta
+# red
+#
+# lightblue
+# lightcyan
+# lightgray
+# lightgreen
+# lightmagenta
+# lightred
+
 
 # where zsh looks for functions
 fpath=(~/.zsh_functions $fpath)