Re: [PATCH 6/7] perf ui browser: Make the colors configurable andchange the defaults

From: David Ahern
Date: Tue Oct 18 2011 - 19:14:09 EST




On 10/18/2011 03:44 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Just use as a starting point the "[colors]" section of
> tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example.
>
> Changed the colors to be the ones in the old perf tool if used in a green on
> black xterm.
>
> The next patches should allow using the colors configured for the xterm.
>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-3vqmyerkaqltqolmnlehonew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example | 20 ++++++
> tools/perf/util/ui/browser.c | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> 2 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example b/tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..d144866
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perfconfig.example
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +[colors]
> +
> + # These were the old defaults
> + top = red, lightgray
> + medium = green, lightgray
> + normal = black, lightgray
> + selected = lightgray, magenta
> + code = blue, lightgray
> +
> +[tui]
> +
> + # Defaults if linked with libslang
> + report = on
> + annotate = on
> + top = on
> +
> +[buildid]
> +
> + # Default, disable using /dev/null
> + dir = /root/.debug
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ui/browser.c b/tools/perf/util/ui/browser.c
> index dce16ee..976b957 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/ui/browser.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/ui/browser.c
> @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
> #include "../util.h"
> +#include "../cache.h"
> #include "../../perf.h"
> #include "libslang.h"
> #include <newt.h>
> @@ -430,27 +431,89 @@ unsigned int ui_browser__list_head_refresh(struct ui_browser *self)
> return row;
> }
>
> -static struct ui_browser__colors {
> - const char *topColorFg, *topColorBg;
> - const char *mediumColorFg, *mediumColorBg;
> - const char *normalColorFg, *normalColorBg;
> - const char *selColorFg, *selColorBg;
> - const char *codeColorFg, *codeColorBg;
> -} ui_browser__default_colors = {
> - "red", "lightgray",
> - "green", "lightgray",
> - "black", "lightgray",
> - "lightgray", "magenta",
> - "blue", "lightgray",
> +static struct ui_browser__colorset {
> + const char *name, *fg, *bg;
> + int colorset;
> +} ui_browser__colorsets[] = {
> + {
> + .colorset = HE_COLORSET_TOP,
> + .name = "top",
> + .fg = "red",
> + .bg = "black",
> + },
> + {
> + .colorset = HE_COLORSET_MEDIUM,
> + .name = "medium",
> + .fg = "green",
> + .bg = "black",
> + },
> + {
> + .colorset = HE_COLORSET_NORMAL,
> + .name = "normal",
> + .fg = "brightgreen",
> + .bg = "black",
> + },

Using gnome3 with Fedora 15 these last 2 color sets don't look so good.
The 'black' background is not really black - more of a gray'ish look and
the green font does not show up well. Yes, I get that they are
configurable, but the defaults should be readable too.

David


> + {
> + .colorset = HE_COLORSET_SELECTED,
> + .name = "selected",
> + .fg = "black",
> + .bg = "lightgray",
> + },
> + {
> + .colorset = HE_COLORSET_CODE,
> + .name = "code",
> + .fg = "blue",
> + .bg = "black",
> + },
> + {
> + .name = NULL,
> + }
> };
>
> +
> +static int ui_browser__color_config(const char *var, const char *value,
> + void *data __used)
> +{
> + char *fg = NULL, *bg;
> + int i;
> +
> + /* same dir for all commands */
> + if (prefixcmp(var, "colors.") != 0)
> + return 0;
> +
> + for (i = 0; ui_browser__colorsets[i].name != NULL; ++i) {
> + const char *name = var + 7;
> +
> + if (strcmp(ui_browser__colorsets[i].name, name) != 0)
> + continue;
> +
> + fg = strdup(value);
> + if (fg == NULL)
> + break;
> +
> + bg = strchr(fg, ',');
> + if (bg == NULL)
> + break;
> +
> + *bg = '\0';
> + while (isspace(*++bg));
> + ui_browser__colorsets[i].bg = bg;
> + ui_browser__colorsets[i].fg = fg;
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + free(fg);
> + return -1;
> +}
> +
> void ui_browser__init(void)
> {
> - struct ui_browser__colors *c = &ui_browser__default_colors;
> + int i = 0;
>
> - sltt_set_color(HE_COLORSET_TOP, NULL, c->topColorFg, c->topColorBg);
> - sltt_set_color(HE_COLORSET_MEDIUM, NULL, c->mediumColorFg, c->mediumColorBg);
> - sltt_set_color(HE_COLORSET_NORMAL, NULL, c->normalColorFg, c->normalColorBg);
> - sltt_set_color(HE_COLORSET_SELECTED, NULL, c->selColorFg, c->selColorBg);
> - sltt_set_color(HE_COLORSET_CODE, NULL, c->codeColorFg, c->codeColorBg);
> + perf_config(ui_browser__color_config, NULL);
> +
> + while (ui_browser__colorsets[i].name) {
> + struct ui_browser__colorset *c = &ui_browser__colorsets[i++];
> + sltt_set_color(c->colorset, c->name, c->fg, c->bg);
> + }
> }
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