This is patch to NetHack 3.4.3 allowing control over the color of values in the bottom (status) lines.

This patch attempts to generalize the hpmon patch to be more like the menucolor patch. As of v1.2, the statuscolors patch may be applied after the menucolor patch (but not before it). Unlike menucolor, it does not use regexps. Instead, it provides the following options:

To enable statuscolors, write OPTIONS=statuscolors.

To specify statuscolor options, write STATUSCOLOR=<option>,<option>

Numeric options have the format <field>%<max-percent>:<color-option>. For example: STATUSCOLOR=hp%15:red&bold,pw%100=green.

Text options have the format <text>:<color-option>. Text is case-insensitive. For example: STATUSCOLOR=hallu:orange,foodpois:red&inverse&blink.

A color option is a <color> followed by an optional sequence of &<attr>. Color and attribute names are case insensitive. Valid colors are: blue, brown, cyan, gray, green, lightblue, lightcyan, lightgreen, lightmagenta, magenta, none, orange, red, white and yellow.

Valid attributes are: blink, bold, dim, inverse, none, and underline.

A reasonable set of defaults might be:

# HP
STATUSCOLOR=hp%100=green,hp%66=yellow,hp%50=orange
STATUSCOLOR=hp%33=red&bold,hp%15:red&inverse,hp%0:red&inverse&blink
# Pw
STATUSCOLOR=pw%100=green,pw%66=yellow,pw%50:orange,pw%33=red&bold
# Carry
STATUSCOLOR=burdened:yellow,stressed:orange,strained:red&bold
STATUSCOLOR=overtaxed:red&inverse,overloaded:red&inverse&blink
# Hunger
STATUSCOLOR=satiated:yellow,hungry:orange,weak:red&bold
STATUSCOLOR=fainting:red&inverse,fainted:red&inverse&blink
# Mental
STATUSCOLOR=hallu:yellow,conf:orange,stun:red&bold
# Health
STATUSCOLOR=ill:red&inverse,foodpois:red&inverse,slime:red&inverse
# Other
STATUSCOLOR=held:red&inverse,blind:red&inverse

Changelog:

  • v1.2:

    • Menucolor compatibility.

  • v1.1:

    • Fixed several shameful bugs.

  • v1.0:

    • Initial release.

Shachaf & Oren Ben-Kiki.