[tor-bugs] #28299 [Core Tor/Nyx]: Custom colors for Nyx and tor-prompt are needed

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#28299: Custom colors for Nyx and tor-prompt are needed
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 Reporter:  wagon         |          Owner:  atagar
     Type:  enhancement   |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Nyx  |        Version:  Tor: 0.3.4.8
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tor-prompt    |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by wagon):

 > Are you talking about the `​color_override` `nyxrc` option?
 No. In `m`(enu) -> `view` -> `color` you can select either `All` or
 particular color (e.g. `Green`). If you select particular color, only this
 color (and its bright type) is used for highlighting of all elements. If
 you select `All`, each set of elements is highlighted using different
 color, but you cannot select the color manually.

 Let us consider an
 [[https://nyx.torproject.org/images/screenshots/torrc.png|example
 screenshot]] from the official site. Here you have `Yellow` for line
 numbers, `Green` for names of options, and `Red` for the value `reject
 *:*`. Suppose, you want to have different color scheme: `Green` for
 `reject *:*`, `Yellow` for option names, and `Green` for line numbers. Can
 you make this? No. This is what I would like to get implemented.

 You can add `nyxrc` options like the following:

 {{{
 ColorType1 value1  # Used for highliting nyx menu, errors and reject
 value.
 ColorType2 value2  # Used for tor version value, download graph, normal
 log mesages, and some options in config editor.
 ...
 }}}

 where each value can be `Red`, `BrightRed`, `Green`, `BrightGreen`, etc.
 This is the approach many console applications are using.

 In an ideal case, you could allow users to select different color for each
 element, i.e. user will not be forced to select a single color for the
 whole group of elements (an example of group: nyx menu, errors messages,
 and reject value). Furthermore, you could add a support of RGB colors (can
 be used in some modern terminals).

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