Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Filters

Timestamp:

Jan 19, 2013, 1:55:27 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

davidben@mit.edu

Comment:

Add a note about colors, adapted from doc/intro.txt

Filters

@@ -63 +63 @@
 override the built-in filters.
 
+== Colors ==
+
+Every filter can have a color associated with it.  Messages matching
+the filter will then be displayed in that color if your terminal
+supports it.  The color for a filter can be set by using the '-c'
+option to the filter command.  For example:
+
+{{{     filter personal -c white}}}
+
+This cause all messages in the 'personal' filter to be displayed in
+white. Colors can also be set when defining a new filter:
+
+{{{     filter mail -c red class ^mail$  }}}
+
+Barnowl can also set the background color of zephyr messages, independently of the color of the text.
+To set the background color for a filter, just use the '-b' option to the filter command.
+You can produce a list of the colors available to Owl with the
+command:
+
+{{{     show colors}}}
+
+If a message matches more than one filter it will be displayed in the
+color specified in the last filter listed in the 'show filters'
+command.
+
 == Built-in special filters ==