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53 changes: 51 additions & 2 deletions minitalk.c
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Expand Up @@ -70,6 +70,49 @@ typedef enum { NO, YES} BOOL;
/* The program will run as long as this is set to YES. */
BOOL cont = YES;


/* colorize */
#define RESET "\033[0m"
#define ITALIC "\033[3m"
#define YELLOW "\033[33m"
#define ORANGE "\033[38;5;214m"
#define BLUE "\033[34m"


// Color palette
const char *color_palette[16] = {
"\033[31m", // Red
"\033[32m", // Green
"\033[33m", // Yellow
"\033[34m", // Blue
"\033[35m", // Magenta
"\033[36m", // Cyan
"\033[37m", // White
"\033[90m", // Bright Black
"\033[91m", // Bright Red
"\033[92m", // Bright Green
"\033[93m", // Bright Yellow
"\033[94m", // Bright Blue
"\033[95m", // Bright Magenta
"\033[96m", // Bright Cyan
"\033[97m", // Bright White
"\033[38;5;202m" // Orange (custom)
};

// Hash function for usernames
unsigned char hash_username(const char *username) {
unsigned int hash = 0;
while (*username) {
hash = (hash * 31 + *username++) & 0xFF;
}
return (unsigned char)hash;
}

void colorize_username(char *output, const char *username) {
unsigned char color_index = hash_username(username) & 0x0F;
sprintf(output, "%s%s%s", color_palette[color_index],username, RESET);
}

/* Build the text string for the time. */
static void get_time(char *dt)
{
Expand All @@ -87,9 +130,12 @@ static void write_msg(const char *msg)
{
char dt[TIME_STRSIZE] = {0};

char colornick[50];
colorize_username(colornick,nick);

get_time(dt);

fprintf(ctrl, "[%s] <%s> %s\n", dt, nick, msg);
fprintf(ctrl, "%s[%s]%s <%s> %s\n", YELLOW, dt, RESET, colornick, msg);

fflush(ctrl);
}
Expand All @@ -99,9 +145,12 @@ static void write_status(const char *status)
{
char dt[TIME_STRSIZE] = {0};

char colornick[50];
colorize_username(colornick,nick);

get_time(dt);

fprintf(ctrl, "[%s] *** %s %s\n", dt, nick, status);
fprintf(ctrl, "%s[%s]%s *** %s %s%s %s\n", YELLOW, dt, ORANGE, colornick, ORANGE, status, RESET);

fflush(ctrl);
}
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