adding color to names in SN

bin/nostr_console.dart

@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> arguments) async {
 
       if( argResults[colorArg] != null) {
         String colorGiven = argResults[colorArg].toString().toLowerCase();
-        if( gColorMap.containsKey(colorGiven)) {
-            String color = gColorMap[colorGiven]??"";
+        if( gColorMapForArguments.containsKey(colorGiven)) {
+            String color = gColorMapForArguments[colorGiven]??"";
             if( color == "") {
               print("Invalid color.");
             } else

lib/event_ds.dart

@@ -307,8 +307,26 @@ class EventData {
     } else {
       commentColor = gCommentColor;
     }
-   
-    int extraLen = name.length + 4;
+
+    //name = "$name";
+    //name = name.padLeft(gNameLengthInPost);
+    int nameEffectiveLen = name.length < gNameLengthInPost? name.length: gNameLengthInPost;
+    name = name.substring(0,nameEffectiveLen);
+
+    String nameInside = " ";
+    if( name.length %2 == 1 ) // odd len names need an extra dash
+      name = name + nameInside;
+
+
+
+    String nameColor = getNameColor(name);
+    name = getNumDashes((gNameLengthInPost - name.length)~/2, nameInside ) + getStrInColor(name, nameColor) + getNumDashes((gNameLengthInPost - name.length)~/2 , nameInside);
+    
+    int extraLen = name.length + 3;  // get this before name is mangled by color
+    //name = getStrInColor(name, nameColor);
+    // colorify the name
+    
+
     String strToPrint = "";
     //strToPrint += getDepthSpaces(depth);
 
@@ -316,7 +334,7 @@ class EventData {
       strToPrint += "\n";
     }
     strToPrint += getDepthSpaces(depth);
-    strToPrint += "└ ${name}: ";
+    strToPrint += " ${name}: ";
 
     const int typicalxLen = "|id: 82b5 , 12:04 AM Sep 19".length + 5; // not sure where 5 comes from 
 
@@ -706,22 +724,29 @@ String getAuthorName(String pubkey, [int len = 3]) {
 }
 
 // returns full public key(s) for the given username( which can be first few letters of pubkey, or the user name)
-Set<String> getPublicKeyFromName(String userName) {
+Set<String> getPublicKeyFromName(String inquiredName) {
+  if( inquiredName.length < 2) {
+    return {};
+  }
   Set<String> pubkeys = {};
 
   //if(gDebug > 0) print("In getPublicKeyFromName: doing lookup for $userName len of gKindONames= ${gKindONames.length}");
 
-  gKindONames.forEach((pk, userInfo) {
+  gKindONames.forEach((pubkey, userInfo) {
     // check both the user name, and the pubkey to search for the user
-    //print(userInfo.name);
-    if( userName == userInfo.name) {
-      pubkeys.add(pk);
+
+    // check username 
+    if( userInfo.name != null) {
+      int minNameLen = min( inquiredName.length, (userInfo.name?.length)??0);
+      if( inquiredName.toLowerCase() == userInfo.name?.substring(0, minNameLen).toLowerCase()) {
+        pubkeys.add(pubkey);
+      }
     }
 
-    if( userName.length <= pk.length) {
-      //print("$pk $userName" );
-      if( pk.substring(0, userName.length) == userName) {
-        pubkeys.add(pk);
+    // check public key
+    if( inquiredName.length <= pubkey.length) {
+      if( pubkey.substring(0, inquiredName.length) == inquiredName) {
+        pubkeys.add(pubkey);
       }
     }
   });

lib/settings.dart

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ List<String> gDefaultFollows = [
 // dummy account pubkey
 const String gDummyAccountPubkey = "Non";
 
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// UI and Color related settings
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// UI and Color 
 const int  gMinValidTextWidth   = 60; // minimum text width acceptable
 const int  gDefaultTextWidth    = 100; // default text width
 int        gTextWidth           = gDefaultTextWidth; // is changed by --width option
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ const int  gSpacesPerDepth      = 4;     // constant
 int        gNumLeftMarginSpaces = 0;// this number is modified in main 
 String     gAlignment           = "center";   // is modified in main if --align argument is given
 const int  gapBetweenTopTrees   = 1;
+const int gNameLengthInPost     = 12;
 
 // after depth of maxDepthAllowed the thread is re-aligned to left by leftShiftThreadBy
 const int  gMinimumDepthAllowed = 2;
@@ -102,29 +103,50 @@ const int  gDefaultMaxDepth     = 4;
 int        maxDepthAllowed      = gDefaultMaxDepth;
 const int  leftShiftThreadsBy   = 2;
 
+// https://www.lihaoyi.com/post/BuildyourownCommandLinewithANSIescapecodes.html#8-colors
 // Color related settings
 const String defaultTextColor = "green";
 const String greenColor       = "\x1B[32m"; // green
+const String yelloColor       = "\x1B[33m"; // yellow
+const String magentaColor     = "\x1B[35m"; // magenta
 const String cyanColor        = "\x1b[36m"; // cyan
 const String whiteColor       = "\x1b[97m"; // white
 const String blackColor       = "\x1b[30m"; // black
 const String redColor         = "\x1B[31m"; // red
 const String blueColor        = "\x1b[34m"; // blue
 
-Map<String, String> gColorMap = { "green": greenColor, 
+Map<String, String> gColorMapForArguments = { "green": greenColor, 
                                   "cyan" : cyanColor, 
                                   "white": whiteColor, 
                                   "black": blackColor, 
                                   "red"  : redColor, 
                                   "blue" : blueColor};
 
+const String brightRedColor         = "\x1B[91m"; // bright red
 const String brightGreenColor       = "\x1B[92m"; // bright green
+const String brightYellowColor      = "\x1B[93m"; // bright yellow
+const String brightBlueColor        = "\x1B[94m"; // bright blue
+const String brightCyanColor        = "\x1B[96m"; // bright cyan
+const String brightMagentaColor     = "\x1B[95m"; // bright magenta
+
+
 // 33 yellow, 31 red, 34 blue, 35 magenta. Add 60 for bright versions. 
 String gCommentColor = greenColor;
 String gNotificationColor = cyanColor; // cyan
 String gWarningColor = redColor; // red
 const String gColorEndMarker = "\x1B[0m";
 
+List<String> nameColorPalette = [brightGreenColor, brightCyanColor, brightYellowColor, brightMagentaColor, brightBlueColor, brightRedColor, 
+                                                   yelloColor,        magentaColor,             redColor ];
+
+
+String getNameColor( String name) {
+  if( name.length == 0)
+    return nameColorPalette[0];
+
+  int offset = name.substring(0, 1).codeUnits[0] % nameColorPalette.length;
+  return nameColorPalette[offset];
+}
 
 // By default the threads that were started in last one day are shown
 // this can be changed with 'days' command line argument