From f6158ba4df055d3b1ec8cefdd6332a0786193781 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Qvist <bc7291552be7a58f361522990465165c>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 00:38:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added custom nick color theme option

---
 nomadnet/NomadNetworkApp.py    | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 nomadnet/ui/textui/Channels.py | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nomadnet/NomadNetworkApp.py b/nomadnet/NomadNetworkApp.py
index e18663d..3e9b068 100644
--- a/nomadnet/NomadNetworkApp.py
+++ b/nomadnet/NomadNetworkApp.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class NomadNetworkApp:
         self.rrc_filter_loaded_history = True
         self.rrc_ephemeral_notices = 600
         self.rrc_nick_colors = True
+        self.rrc_nick_colors_theme = None
         self.rrc_ui_justify_msgs = True
         self.rrc_ui_space_msgs = False
         self.rrc_ui_render_markdown = True
@@ -950,6 +951,20 @@ class NomadNetworkApp:
                     except Exception: value = True
                     self.rrc_nick_colors = value
 
+                if option == "nick_colors_theme":
+                    try:
+                        colors = self.config["rrc"].as_list(option)
+                        nick_colors_theme = []
+                        for c in colors:
+                            if len(c) == 6:
+                                try: bytes.fromhex(c)
+                                except: continue
+                                nick_colors_theme.append(c)
+                        self.rrc_nick_colors_theme = nick_colors_theme
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log(f"Could not load custom nick colors theme: {e}", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                        self.rrc_nick_colors_theme = None
+
                 if option == "render_markdown":
                     try: value = self.config["rrc"].as_bool(option)
                     except Exception: value = True
@@ -1306,6 +1321,11 @@ nick_colors = yes
 justify_msgs = yes
 space_msgs = no
 
+# You can configure your own color theme
+# for nick color assignment
+# nick_colors_theme = f68787, 00c394, d59e00, ...
+
+
 [node]
 
 # Whether to enable node hosting
diff --git a/nomadnet/ui/textui/Channels.py b/nomadnet/ui/textui/Channels.py
index 07e33fb..143dd0d 100644
--- a/nomadnet/ui/textui/Channels.py
+++ b/nomadnet/ui/textui/Channels.py
@@ -909,12 +909,14 @@ class _ChatLinkDelegate:
         except Exception as e:
             RNS.log("Could not open page link: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
-def get_nick_color(sender_hash, theme, shift=15):
+def get_nick_color(sender_hash, theme, app, shift=15):
+    if app.rrc_nick_colors_theme: nick_colors = app.rrc_nick_colors_theme
+    else: nick_colors = theme["nick_colors"]
     if type(sender_hash) == str:
         try: sender_hash = sender_hash.encode("utf-8")
         except: pass
     if not type(sender_hash) == bytes: return theme["nick_peer"]
-    return theme["nick_colors"][(int.from_bytes(sender_hash)+shift)%len(theme["nick_colors"])]
+    return nick_colors[(int.from_bytes(sender_hash)+shift)%len(nick_colors)]
 
 room_nick_src_cache = {}
 mdc = MarkdownToMicron(max_width=80, syntax_highlighter=SyntaxHighlighter(), url_scope=None)
@@ -978,7 +980,7 @@ def _message_widget(app, hub, m, link_delegate=None):
         if ms.startswith("irc_mention"):
             if not app.rrc_nick_colors: message_body += f"`!`F{t['mention']}{mb}`f`!"
             else:
-                try: message_body += f"`!`FT{get_nick_color(room_nick_src_cache[m.nick], t)}{mb}`f`!"
+                try: message_body += f"`!`FT{get_nick_color(room_nick_src_cache[m.nick], t, app)}{mb}`f`!"
                 except: message_body += f"`!`F{t['mention']}{mb}`f`!"
 
         elif ms.startswith("link_"):
@@ -998,7 +1000,7 @@ def _message_widget(app, hub, m, link_delegate=None):
                 mbo = mdc.format_block(strip_escaped_micron(mb)) if app.rrc_ui_render_markdown else strip_escaped_micron(mb)
                 message_body += strip_non_formatting_tags(mbo)
 
-    if app.rrc_nick_colors: nick_attr = f"`FT{get_nick_color(m.src, t)}"
+    if app.rrc_nick_colors: nick_attr = f"`FT{get_nick_color(m.src, t, app)}"
     else:                   nick_attr = f"`F{t['nick_self']}" if own else f"`F{t['nick_peer']}"
     irc_ts = f"`F{t['ts']}"