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authorClementTsang <cjhtsang@uwaterloo.ca>2020-02-23 13:11:38 -0500
committerClementTsang <cjhtsang@uwaterloo.ca>2020-02-23 13:15:46 -0500
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Added named colour support + rgb colour support in config files.
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## Colours
-Another use is to set colours, under the `[colors]`. The following labels are customizable with hex colour code strings:
-
-| Labels | Details | Example |
-| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
-| Table header colours | Colour of table headers | `table_header_color="#ffffff"` |
-| CPU colour per core | Colour of each core. Read in order. | `cpu_core_colors=["#ffffff", "#000000", "#111111"]` |
-| | Looks at 256 colours at most. |
-| Average CPU colour | The average CPU color | `avg_cpu_color="#d3869b"` |
-| RAM | The colour RAM will use | `ram_color="#ffffff"` |
-| SWAP | The colour SWAP will use | `swap_color="#111111"` |
-| RX | The colour rx will use | `rx_color="#ffffff"` |
-| TX | The colour tx will use | `tx_color="#111111"` |
-| Widget title colour | The colour of the label each widget has | `widget_title_color="#ffffff"` |
-| Border colour | The colour of the border of unselected widgets | `border_color="#ffffff"` |
-| Selected border colour | The colour of the border of selected widgets | `highlighted_border_color="#ffffff"` |
-| Text colour | The colour of most text | `text_color="#ffffff"` |
-| Graph colour | The colour of the lines and text of the graph | `graph_color="#ffffff"` |
-| Cursor colour | The cursor's colour | `cursor_color="#ffffff"` |
-| Selected text colour | The colour of text that is selected | `scroll_entry_text_color="#282828"` |
-| Selected text background colour | The background colour of text that is selected | `scroll_entry_bg_color="#458588"` |
+Another use is to set colours, under the `[colors]`. The following labels are customizable with strings that are hex colours, RGB colours, or specific named colours.
+
+Supported named colours are one of the following: `Reset, Black, Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Magenta, Cyan, Gray, DarkGray, LightRed, LightGreen, LightYellow, LightBlue, LightMagenta, LightCyan, White`
+
+| Labels | Details | Example |
+| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
+| Table header colours | Colour of table headers | `table_header_color="256, 256, 256"` |
+| CPU colour per core | Colour of each core. Read in order. | `cpu_core_colors=["#ffffff", "blue", "122, 122, 122"]` |
+| Average CPU colour | The average CPU color | `avg_cpu_color="Red"` |
+| RAM | The colour RAM will use | `ram_color="#ffffff"` |
+| SWAP | The colour SWAP will use | `swap_color="#111111"` |
+| RX | The colour rx will use | `rx_color="#ffffff"` |
+| TX | The colour tx will use | `tx_color="#111111"` |
+| Widget title colour | The colour of the label each widget has | `widget_title_color="#ffffff"` |
+| Border colour | The colour of the border of unselected widgets | `border_color="#ffffff"` |
+| Selected border colour | The colour of the border of selected widgets | `highlighted_border_color="#ffffff"` |
+| Text colour | The colour of most text | `text_color="#ffffff"` |
+| Graph colour | The colour of the lines and text of the graph | `graph_color="#ffffff"` |
+| Cursor colour | The cursor's colour | `cursor_color="#ffffff"` |
+| Selected text colour | The colour of text that is selected | `scroll_entry_text_color="#282828"` |
+| Selected text background colour | The background colour of text that is selected | `scroll_entry_bg_color="#458588"` |
Note some colours may not be compatible with the terminal you are using. For example, macOS's default Terminal does not play nice with many colours.