From dd5f204f879e3bc7b0fc9b682ea855c7dd499601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:26:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Allow specifying * instead of any of the MENU COLOR fields.

---
 README.menu                | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 com32/modules/readconfig.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.menu b/README.menu
index 5d7b0fc8..6d309326 100644
--- a/README.menu
+++ b/README.menu
@@ -178,25 +178,28 @@ MENU COLOR element ansi foreground background
 	represents fully transparent, and #ffffffff represents opaque
 	white.
 
+	
+	If any field is set to "*" then that field is left unchanged.
+
+
 	The current defaults are:
 
-	timeout_msg
-	screen	    37;40      #80ffffff #00000000
-	border	    30;44      #40000000 #00000000
-	title	    1;36;44    #c00090f0 #00000000
-	unsel	    37;44      #90ffffff #00000000
-	hotkey	    1;37;44    #ffffffff #00000000
-	sel	    7;37;40    #cf101010 #20ff8000
-	hotsel	    1;7;37;40  #ff353535 #20ff8000
-	scrollbar   30;44      #40000000 #00000000
-	tabmsg	    31;40      #90ffff00 #00000000
-	cmdmark	    1;36;40    #c000ffff #00000000
-	cmdline	    37;40      #c0ffffff #00000000
-	pwdborder   30;47      #80ffffff #20ffffff
-	pwdheader   31;47      #80ff8080 #20ffffff
-	pwdentry    30;47      #80ffffff #20ffffff
-	timeout_msg 37;40      #80ffffff #00000000
-	timeout	    1;37;40    #c0ffffff #00000000
+	menu color screen	37;40      #80ffffff #00000000
+	menu color border	30;44      #40000000 #00000000
+	menu color title	1;36;44    #c00090f0 #00000000
+	menu color unsel	37;44      #90ffffff #00000000
+	menu color hotkey	1;37;44    #ffffffff #00000000
+	menu color sel		7;37;40    #cf101010 #20ff8000
+	menu color hotsel	1;7;37;40  #ff353535 #20ff8000
+	menu color scrollbar	30;44      #40000000 #00000000
+	menu color tabmsg	31;40      #90ffff00 #00000000
+	menu color cmdmark	1;36;40    #c000ffff #00000000
+	menu color cmdline	37;40      #c0ffffff #00000000
+	menu color pwdborder	30;47      #80ffffff #20ffffff
+	menu color pwdheader	31;47      #80ff8080 #20ffffff
+	menu color pwdentry	30;47      #80ffffff #20ffffff
+	menu color timeout_msg	37;40      #80ffffff #00000000
+	menu color timeout	1;37;40    #c0ffffff #00000000
 
 
 MENU WIDTH 80
diff --git a/com32/modules/readconfig.c b/com32/modules/readconfig.c
index 0a779568..24057b1b 100644
--- a/com32/modules/readconfig.c
+++ b/com32/modules/readconfig.c
@@ -420,15 +420,25 @@ void parse_config(const char *filename)
 	  if ( (ep = looking_at(p, cptr->name)) ) {
 	    p = skipspace(ep);
 	    if (*p) {
-	      free(cptr->ansi);
-	      cptr->ansi = dup_word(&p);
+	      if (!strcmp(p, "*")) {
+		p++;
+	      } else {
+		free((void *)cptr->ansi);
+		cptr->ansi = dup_word(&p);
+	      }
 
-	      p = skipspace(ep);
+	      p = skipspace(p);
 	      if (*p) {
-		cptr->argb_fg = parse_argb(&p);
-		p = skipspace(ep);
+		if (!strcmp(p, "*")) {
+		  p++;
+		} else {
+		  cptr->argb_fg = parse_argb(&p);
+		}
+
+		p = skipspace(p);
 		if (*p) {
-		  cptr->argb_bg = parse_argb(&p);
+		  if (strcmp(p, "*"))
+		    cptr->argb_bg = parse_argb(&p);
 		}
 	      }
 	    }
-- 
2.11.4.GIT