Sébastien Helleu
1bad1f60d7
Implement /theme apply <name> for themes currently in the in-memory
registry. The file-shadowing branch (read a .theme file from
${weechat_config_dir}/themes/ when no built-in matches) is added in
the next commit together with the parser.
Apply algorithm (theme_apply in core-theme.c):
- Look up the theme in the registry; abort with an error if unknown.
- If weechat.look.theme_backup is on and the target name does not
begin with "backup-", write a full snapshot of every themable
option to ${weechat_config_dir}/themes/backup-<timestamp>.theme
via theme_make_backup; abort the apply if the backup cannot be
written, so the user can always undo.
- Iterate the theme's overrides with theme_applying=1 so the
per-option config_change_color skips its gui refresh; for each
entry look up the option, refuse it if missing or non-themable
(warning to core buffer), otherwise call config_file_option_set.
- Perform a single gui_color_init_weechat + gui_window_ask_refresh
at the end.
- Persist the active label in weechat.look.theme and send signal
"theme_applied" with the name as data.
Add the new option weechat.look.theme_backup (boolean, default on)
which controls the backup-or-abort behaviour described above.
Wire the new /theme apply subcommand into core-command.c with the
existing /theme registration; update help text accordingly.
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