added notification in color cyan for the event by adding a flag and using it in EventData

bin/nostr_console.dart

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Future<void> terminalMenuUi(Tree node, var contactList) async {
 
     // at the very beginning, show the tree as it is the, and them show the options menu
     node.printTree(0, true, DateTime.now().subtract(Duration(days:numLastDays)));
-
+    //gDebug = 1;
     bool userContinue = true;
     while(userContinue) {
       // need a bit of wait to give other events to execute, so do a delay, which allows
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Future<void> terminalMenuUi(Tree node, var contactList) async {
       Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: waitMilliSeconds), ()  {
         
         node.insertEvents(getRecievedEvents());
-        node.printThreads(getRecievedEvents());
+        node.printNotifications(getRecievedEvents());
         clearEvents();
       });
 
@@ -219,25 +219,22 @@ Future<void> main(List<String> arguments) async {
     Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: numWaitSeconds), () {
       // count user events
       getRecievedEvents().forEach((element) { element.eventData.kind == 1? numUserEvents++: numUserEvents;});
-      stdout.write(".. received ${getRecievedEvents().length} events made by the user\n");
+      stdout.write("...received ${getRecievedEvents().length} events made by the user\n");
 
-      // get user's feed ( from follows by looking at kind 3 event)
+      // get the latest kind 3 event for the user, which lists his 'follows' list
       List<String> contactList = [];
-      int latestContactsTime = 0;
-      int latestContactIndex = -1;
+      int latestContactsTime = 0, latestContactIndex = -1;
       for( int i = 0; i < getRecievedEvents().length; i++) {
         var e = getRecievedEvents()[i];
         if( e.eventData.kind == 3 && latestContactsTime < e.eventData.createdAt) {
           latestContactIndex = i;
           latestContactsTime = e.eventData.createdAt;
-          //print("${DateTime.now().millisecondsSinceEpoch ~/  1000}  latestContactsTime = $latestContactsTime");
-           
         }
       }
 
+      // if contact list was found, get user's feed 
       if (latestContactIndex != -1) {
           contactList = getContactFeed(getRecievedEvents()[latestContactIndex].eventData.contactList, 300);
-          //print("number of contacts = ${contactList.length}");
       }
 
       stdout.write('waiting for feed to come in...............');

lib/event_ds.dart

@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ const int  keyLenPrinted    = 6;
 const int max_depth_allowed      = 7;
 const int leftShiftDeepThreadsBy = 3;
 
+const String commentColor = "\x1B[32m"; // green
+const String notificationColor = "\x1b[36m"; // cyan
+
 //String defaultServerUrl = 'wss://relay.damus.io';
 String defaultServerUrl = 'wss://nostr-relay.untethr.me';
 
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ class EventData {
   List<String> eTagsRest;// rest of e tags
   List<String> pTags;// list of p tags for kind:1
   List<List<String>> tags;
+  bool   isNotification; // whether its to be highlighted using highlight color
 
   List<Contact> contactList = []; // used for kind:3 events, which is contact list event
   
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ class EventData {
     return "";
   }
 
-  EventData(this.id, this.pubkey, this.createdAt, this.kind, this.content, this.eTagsRest, this.pTags, this.contactList, this.tags);
+  EventData(this.id, this.pubkey, this.createdAt, this.kind, this.content, this.eTagsRest, this.pTags, this.contactList, this.tags, {this.isNotification = false});
   
   factory EventData.fromJson(dynamic json) {
     List<Contact> contactList = [];
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ class EventData {
   void printEventData(int depth) {
     int n = 3;
     String maxN(String v)       => v.length > n? v.substring(0,n) : v.substring(0, v.length);
-    void   printGreen(String s) => stdout.supportsAnsiEscapes ?stdout.write("\x1B[32m$s\x1B[0m"):stdout.write(s);
+    void   printGreen(String s, String commentColor) => stdout.supportsAnsiEscapes ?stdout.write("$commentColor$s\x1B[0m"):stdout.write(s);
 
     DateTime dTime = DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(createdAt *1000);
     
@@ -207,7 +211,12 @@ class EventData {
     stdout.write("|Author : $name     id: ${maxN(id)}      Time: $strDate\n");
     printDepth(depth);
     stdout.write("|Message: ");
-    printGreen(contentShifted);
+    if( isNotification) {
+      printGreen(contentShifted, notificationColor);
+      isNotification = false;
+    } else {
+      printGreen(contentShifted, commentColor);
+    }
   }
 
   @override

lib/relays.dart

@@ -183,21 +183,26 @@ class Relays {
 Relays relays = Relays({}, [], []);
 
 List<String> getContactFeed(List<Contact> contacts, numEventsToGet) {
+  
+  // maps from relay url to list of users that it supplies events for
   Map<String, List<String> > mContacts = {};
+
   List<String> contactList = [];
+
+  // creat the mapping between relay and its hosted users
   for( int i = 0; i < contacts.length; i++) {
     if( mContacts.containsKey(contacts[i].relay) ) {
       mContacts[contacts[i].relay]?.add(contacts[i].id);
     } else {
       mContacts[contacts[i].relay] = [contacts[i].id];
     }
-    /*if( contacts[i].id == "32e1827635450ebb3c5a7d12c1f8e7b2b514439ac10a67eef3d9fd9c5c68e245") {
-      print("In getContactFeed: sending request for jb55 32e1827635450ebb3c5a7d12c1f8e7b2b514439ac10a67eef3d9fd9c5c68e245");
-    }*/
     contactList.add(contacts[i].id);
   }
 
+  // send request for the users events to the relays
   mContacts.forEach((key, value) { relays.getMultiUserEvents(key, value, numEventsToGet);})  ;
+  
+  // return contact list for use by caller
   return contactList;  
 }
 

lib/tree_ds.dart

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Tree {
     return t;
   }
 
-  void printThreads(List<Event> events) {
+  void printNotifications(List<Event> events) {
 
     // remove duplicate
     Set temp = {};
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ class Tree {
       }
       Tree ?t = allEvents[element.eventData.id];
       if( t != null) {
+        t.e.eventData.isNotification = true;
         Tree topTree = getTopTree(t);
         topTree.printTree(0, false, 0);
         print("\n");