Add a ColorRegistry class responsible of color parsing and supporting aliases

colalias command permits to define names for color pairs

src/color.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef color_hh_INCLUDED
+#define color_hh_INCLUDED
+
+namespace Kakoune
+{
+
+enum class Color
+{
+    Default,
+    Black,
+    Red,
+    Green,
+    Yellow,
+    Blue,
+    Magenta,
+    Cyan,
+    White
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // color_hh_INCLUDED
+

src/color_registry.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#include "color_registry.hh"
+
+#include "exception.hh"
+
+namespace Kakoune
+{
+
+static Color parse_color(const String& color)
+{
+    if (color == "default") return Color::Default;
+    if (color == "black")   return Color::Black;
+    if (color == "red")     return Color::Red;
+    if (color == "green")   return Color::Green;
+    if (color == "yellow")  return Color::Yellow;
+    if (color == "blue")    return Color::Blue;
+    if (color == "magenta") return Color::Magenta;
+    if (color == "cyan")    return Color::Cyan;
+    if (color == "white")   return Color::White;
+    throw runtime_error("Unable to parse color '" + color + "'");
+    return Color::Default;
+}
+
+const ColorPair& ColorRegistry::operator[](const String& colordesc)
+{
+    auto alias_it = m_aliases.find(colordesc);
+    if (alias_it != m_aliases.end())
+        return alias_it->second;
+
+    auto it = std::find(colordesc.begin(), colordesc.end(), ',');
+    ColorPair colpair{ parse_color(String(colordesc.begin(), it)),
+                       it != colordesc.end() ?
+                           parse_color(String(it+1, colordesc.end()))
+                         : Color::Default };
+
+    m_aliases[colordesc] = colpair;
+}
+
+void ColorRegistry::register_alias(const String& name, const String& colordesc)
+{
+    if (m_aliases.find(name) != m_aliases.end())
+       throw runtime_error("alias '" + name + "' already defined");
+
+    if (std::find_if(name.begin(), name.end(),
+                     [](Character c) { return not isalnum(c); }) != name.end())
+        throw runtime_error("alias names are limited to alpha numeric words");
+
+    auto it = std::find(colordesc.begin(), colordesc.end(), ',');
+    auto fg = parse_color(String(colordesc.begin(), it));
+    auto bg = Color::Default;
+    if (it != colordesc.end())
+        bg = parse_color(String(it+1, colordesc.end()));
+
+    m_aliases[name] = { fg, bg };
+}
+
+}

src/color_registry.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef color_registry_hh_INCLUDED
+#define color_registry_hh_INCLUDED
+
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include "color.hh"
+#include "utils.hh"
+
+namespace Kakoune
+{
+
+using ColorPair = std::pair<Color, Color>;
+
+class ColorRegistry : public Singleton<ColorRegistry>
+{
+public:
+    const ColorPair& operator[](const String& colordesc);
+    void register_alias(const String& name, const String& colordesc);
+
+private:
+    std::unordered_map<String, ColorPair>    m_aliases;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // color_registry_hh_INCLUDED
+

src/commands.cc

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "completion.hh"
 #include "shell_manager.hh"
 #include "event_manager.hh"
+#include "color_registry.hh"
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <mach-o/dyld.h>
@@ -861,6 +862,12 @@ void register_commands()
                              [](const Context& context, const String& prefix, CharCount cursor_pos)
                              { return context.window().option_manager().complete_option_name(prefix, cursor_pos); }
                          }));
+
+    cm.register_commands({"ca", "colalias"},
+                         [](const CommandParameters& params, Context&) {
+                              if (params.size() != 2) throw wrong_argument_count();
+                              ColorRegistry::instance().register_alias(params[0], params[1]);
+                         });
 }
 
 }

src/display_buffer.hh

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "string.hh"
+#include "color.hh"
 #include "line_and_column.hh"
 #include "buffer.hh"
 
@@ -31,19 +32,6 @@ enum Attributes
     Bold = 8
 };
 
-enum class Color
-{
-    Default,
-    Black,
-    Red,
-    Green,
-    Yellow,
-    Blue,
-    Magenta,
-    Cyan,
-    White
-};
-
 struct AtomContent
 {
 public:

src/highlighters.cc

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "assert.hh"
 #include "window.hh"
 #include "highlighter_registry.hh"
+#include "color_registry.hh"
 #include "highlighter_group.hh"
 #include "string.hh"
 
@@ -113,20 +114,6 @@ private:
     }
 };
 
-Color parse_color(const String& color)
-{
-    if (color == "default") return Color::Default;
-    if (color == "black")   return Color::Black;
-    if (color == "red")     return Color::Red;
-    if (color == "green")   return Color::Green;
-    if (color == "yellow")  return Color::Yellow;
-    if (color == "blue")    return Color::Blue;
-    if (color == "magenta") return Color::Magenta;
-    if (color == "cyan")    return Color::Cyan;
-    if (color == "white")   return Color::White;
-    return Color::Default;
-}
-
 HighlighterAndId colorize_regex_factory(Window& window,
                                         const HighlighterParameters params)
 {
@@ -135,7 +122,7 @@ HighlighterAndId colorize_regex_factory(Window& window,
 
     try
     {
-        static Regex color_spec_ex(LR"((\d+):(\w+)(,(\w+))?)");
+        static Regex color_spec_ex(LR"((\d+):(\w+(,\w+)?))");
         ColorSpec colors;
         for (auto it = params.begin() + 1;  it != params.end(); ++it)
         {
@@ -145,11 +132,8 @@ HighlighterAndId colorize_regex_factory(Window& window,
                                      "' expected <capture>:<fgcolor>[,<bgcolor>]");
 
             int capture = str_to_int(String(res[1].first, res[1].second));
-            Color fg_color = parse_color(String(res[2].first, res[2].second));
-            Color bg_color = res[4].matched ?
-                               parse_color(String(res[4].first, res[4].second))
-                             : Color::Default;
-            colors[capture] = { fg_color, bg_color };
+            ColorPair& color = colors[capture];
+            color = ColorRegistry::instance()[String(res[2].first, res[2].second)];
         }
 
         String id = "colre'" + params[0] + "'";

src/main.cc

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "context.hh"
 #include "ncurses.hh"
 #include "string.hh"
+#include "color_registry.hh"
 
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     RegisterManager     register_manager;
     HighlighterRegistry highlighter_registry;
     FilterRegistry      filter_registry;
+    ColorRegistry       color_registry;
 
     run_unit_tests();