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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This file may be distributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License.
+ */
+#ifndef UTIL_LINUX_COLORS_H
+#define UTIL_LINUX_COLORS_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#define UL_COLOR_RESET "\033[0m"
+#define UL_COLOR_BOLD "\033[1m"
+#define UL_COLOR_HALFBRIGHT "\033[2m"
+#define UL_COLOR_UNDERSCORE "\033[4m"
+#define UL_COLOR_BLINK "\033[5m"
+#define UL_COLOR_REVERSE "\033[7m"
+
+/* Standard colors */
+#define UL_COLOR_BLACK "\033[30m"
+#define UL_COLOR_RED "\033[31m"
+#define UL_COLOR_GREEN "\033[32m"
+#define UL_COLOR_YELLOW "\033[33m"
+#define UL_COLOR_BLUE "\033[34m"
+#define UL_COLOR_MAGENTA "\033[35m"
+#define UL_COLOR_CYAN "\033[36m"
+#define UL_COLOR_GRAY "\033[37m"
+
+/* Bold variants */
+#define UL_COLOR_DARK_GRAY "\033[1;30m"
+#define UL_COLOR_BOLD_RED "\033[1;31m"
+#define UL_COLOR_BOLD_GREEN "\033[1;32m"
+#define UL_COLOR_BOLD_YELLOW "\033[1;33m"
+#define UL_COLOR_BOLD_BLUE "\033[1;34m"
+#define UL_COLOR_BOLD_MAGENTA "\033[1;35m"
+#define UL_COLOR_BOLD_CYAN "\033[1;36m"
+
+#define UL_COLOR_WHITE "\033[1;37m"
+
+/* Initialize the global variable OUT_IS_TERM */
+extern int colors_init(void);
+
+/* Set the color to CLR_SCHEME */
+extern void color_enable(const char *clr_scheme);
+
+/* Reset colors to default */
+extern void color_disable(void);
+
+#endif /* UTIL_LINUX_COLORS_H */
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Ondrej Oprala <ooprala@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This file may be distributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License.
+ */
+
+#include "colors.h"
+
+static int ul_color_term_ok;
+
+int colors_init(void)
+{
+ ul_color_term_ok = isatty(STDOUT_FILENO);
+ return ul_color_term_ok;
+}
+
+void color_enable(const char *color_scheme)
+{
+ if (ul_color_term_ok)
+ fputs(color_scheme, stdout);
+}
+
+void color_disable(void)
+{
+ if (ul_color_term_ok)
+ fputs(UL_COLOR_RESET, stdout);
+}