rewrote quoteAnswer

client.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // =============================================================================
 // Auth: alex
 // File: client.go
-// Revn: 09-06-2026  3.0.0
+// Revn: 09-12-2026  3.0.2
 // Func: ask server for a message of the day quote
 //
 // TODO: remove ioutil import
@@ -43,23 +43,28 @@
 // 09-04-2026: rewrote in() with bufio instead of scanln
 //#09-06-2026: fixed blank message error in secondEdit()
 //             comments
+// 09-07-2026: added fatih/color import
+//             rewrote quoteAnswer() to handle coloring escape
+//              sequences
+// 09-12-2026: commented quoteAnswer()
 //
 // =============================================================================
 
 package main
 
 import (
-    "bufio"     // NewReader, ReadString
+    "bufio"                     // NewReader, ReadString
-    "io"        // io.EOF
+    "io"                        // io.EOF
-    "io/ioutil" // ReadFile
+    "io/ioutil"                 // ReadFile
-    "flag"      // BoolVar, StringVar, Parse
+    "flag"                      // BoolVar, StringVar, Parse
-    "fmt"       // Println
+    "fmt"                       // Println
-    "math/rand" // NewSource, New, Intn, *rand.Rand
+    "math/rand"                 // NewSource, New, Intn, *rand.Rand
-    "net"       // ResolveTCPAddr, DialTCP, conn.Write,Read
+    "net"                       // ResolveTCPAddr, DialTCP, conn.Write,Read
-    "os"        // Exit, Create, Stdin
+    "os"                        // Exit, Create, Stdin
-    "strconv"   // Atoi, Itoa
+    "strconv"                   // Atoi, Itoa
-    "strings"   // Split
+    "strings"                   // Split
-    "time"      // Now, UnixNano
+    "time"                      // Now, UnixNano
+    "github.com/fatih/color"    // color.New, Printf, Println
 )
 
 
@@ -169,6 +174,74 @@ func sizeAnswer( subcom []string ) string {
 
 // receive quote, print
 func quoteAnswer( subcom []string ) string {
+
+    // split subcommand over spaces
+    words := strings.Split( subcom[0], " " )
+
+    // default text is white
+    c := color.New( color.FgWhite )
+    for _, w := range words {
+        // if first char is normal color escape character
+        if string( w[0] ) == "$" {
+            // see which color is requested
+            switch string( w[1] ) {
+                case "1":   // 1 -> red
+                    c = color.New( color.FgRed )
+                case "2":   // 2 -> yellow
+                    c = color.New( color.FgYellow )
+                case "3":   // 3 -> green
+                    c = color.New( color.FgGreen )
+                case "4":   // 4 -> blue
+                    c = color.New( color.FgBlue )
+                case "5":   // 5 -> cyan
+                    c = color.New( color.FgCyan )
+                case "6":   // 6 -> magenta
+                    c = color.New( color.FgMagenta )
+                case "7":   // 7 -> black
+                    c = color.New( color.FgBlack )
+                case "0":   // 0 -> white again
+                    c = color.New( color.FgWhite )
+                default:
+                    // none of these, continue with the last color
+            }
+            // color chosen, print string with trailing space, minus
+            // first two characters
+            c.Printf( "%s ", w[2:] )
+        // if first char is bold color escape character
+        } else if string( w[0] ) == "#" {
+            // see which color is requested
+            switch string( w[1] ) {
+                case "1":   // 1 -> red
+                    c = color.New( color.FgRed, color.Bold )
+                case "2":   // 2 -> yellow
+                    c = color.New( color.FgYellow, color.Bold )
+                case "3":   // 3 -> green
+                    c = color.New( color.FgGreen, color.Bold )
+                case "4":   // 4 -> blue
+                    c = color.New( color.FgBlue, color.Bold )
+                case "5":   // 5 -> cyan
+                    c = color.New( color.FgCyan, color.Bold )
+                case "6":   // 6 -> magenta
+                    c = color.New( color.FgMagenta, color.Bold )
+                case "7":   // 7 -> black
+                    c = color.New( color.FgBlack, color.Bold )
+                case "0":   // 0 -> white again
+                    c = color.New( color.FgWhite, color.Bold )
+                default:
+                    // none of these, continue with the last color
+            }
+            // color chosen, print string with trailing space, minus
+            // first two characters
+            c.Printf( "%s ", w[2:] )
+        } else {    // TODO add if for if w[0] is "\"
+            // using the currently selected color, print the next work
+            // and a trailing space
+            c.Printf( "%s ", w )
+        }
+    }
+
+    c.Println()     // print final newline
+
     fmt.Println( subcom[0] )    // whole-ass just print quote
     return "te@success"         // set transaction end message
 }
@@ -480,7 +553,6 @@ func handle( conn net.Conn ) {
 //var qsize int       // keep track of num of quotes
 var conn net.Conn   // keep track of connection
 
-
 // global flag variables
 var add bool        // add new quotes to quote file ( on server )
 var remove bool     // remove quotes from quote file ( on server )
@@ -507,7 +579,7 @@ func main() {
     flag.Parse()
 
     // FIXME get better versioning method
-    VERS = "3.0.0"
+    VERS = "3.0.2"
 
     if vv {         // display info and exit
         fmt.Println( "ekho client v" + VERS )

go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module earth-1.net/oracle/ekho
+
+go 1.27.1
+
+require github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 // indirect
+)

go.sum

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0 h1:Zp3PiM21/9Ld6FzSKyL5c/BULoe/ONr9KlbYVOfG8+w=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.19.0/go.mod h1:zNk67I0ZUT1bEGsSGyCZYZNrHuTkJJB+r6Q9VuMi0LE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 h1:9A9LHSqF/7dyVVX6g0U9cwm9pG3kP9gSzcuIPHPsaIE=
+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14/go.mod h1:6LmQG8QLFO4G5z1gPvYEzlUgJ2wF+stgPZH1UqBm1s8=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0 h1:omrd2nAlyT5ESRdCLYdm3+fMfNFE/+Rf4bDIQImRJeo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.42.0/go.mod h1:4GL1E5IUh+htKOUEOaiffhrAeqysfVGipDYzABqnCmw=

server.go

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // =============================================================================
 // Auth: alex
 // File: server.go
-// Revn: 09-06-2026  3.0.0
+// Revn: 09-12-2026  3.0.1
 // Func: host MOTD connection
 //
 // TODO: add user-specific prints
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 // 05-12-2026: added v and vv input flags
 // 09-05-2026: buncha shit happened, dropped the commit
 //#09-06-2026: added /e1/, /e2/, and /cr/, got edit working
+// 09-12-2026: minor comments in receive()
 //
 // =============================================================================
 
@@ -151,25 +152,16 @@ func receive( conn net.Conn ) {
     n, err := conn.Read( buffer[:] )
     checkN( err, conn ) // make sure read worked
 
-    // message anatomy
-    // command@number[@user]
-    //        @       @             delimiter
-    // command                      command, like list request or quote request
-    //         number               sequence or quote number
-    //                 user         quote username if applicable, default if not give
-    // add request message anatomy
-    // command@quote[@user]
-    //         quote                quote to be added
-    //                user          quote username, default if not given
-
     // cast message to string, take first n bytes, split over @
     command := strings.Split( string( buffer[:n] ), "@" )
 
+    // if command is to end transaction
     if command[0] == "te" {
-        conn.Close()
+        conn.Close()    // end transaction
-        return
+        return          // and bail
     }
 
+    // process command get response
     resp := handle( command )
 
     // write response to client
@@ -438,7 +430,6 @@ func handle( command []string ) string {
 
 // globals
 var qlist []string      // list of quotes
-//var qlist = make( map[string][]string )
 var qfile string        // file object
 var tsize int           // size of transmission buffer
 var VERS string         // version
@@ -462,7 +453,7 @@ func main() {
     flag.Parse()
 
     // FIXME get better versioning method
-    VERS = "3.0.0"
+    VERS = "3.0.1"
 
     if vv {         // display info and exit
         fmt.Println( "ekho server v" + VERS )