Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of doc/common/skins

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+= Color schemes =
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+Midnight Commander supports color schemes. This allows to change the look of all elements of the program interface.
+If you not need for colors, you may run Midnight Commander with {{{-b}}} or {{{--nocolor}}} option.
+
+== Colors in Midnight Commander ==
+
+Color of any interface element described by color pair:
+
+#!rst
+
+||Color for text and background|| Colors just for text||
+||black||gray||
+||red||brightred||
+||green||brightgreen||
+||brown||yellow||
+||blue|| brightblue||
+||magenta||brightmagenta||
+||cyan||brightcyan||
+||lightgray||white||
+
+
+== Definition of color scheme ==
+
+Default color scheme now hardcoded and noo able to change without recompile of project. At start of program first initialized default color scheme. Then analyzes the user-defined color schemes. User has four opportunities to redefine the colors of interface elements Midnight Commander:
+ * in section [Colors] in {{{~/.mc/ini}}} configuration file;
+ * in section describing the terminal in {{{~/.mc/ini}}} configuration file.You can define your color scheme for each type of terminal;
+ * in environment variable MC_COLOR_TABLE;
+ * through the command-line {{{-C}}} option (or {{{--colors}}} option).
+
+Each of these settings supplements or replace previous settings
+
+
+== Default color scheme ==
+
+||Parameter||Value||Description||
+||normal||lightgray,blue||Main color||
+||reverse||black,lightgray||Inverse color||
+||gauge||white,black||Progressbar indicator||
+||input||black,cyan||Input string||
+||selected||black,cyan||Panel: current file||
+||marked||yellow,blue||Panel: marked file||
+||markselect||yellow,cyan||Panel: current marked file||
+||directory||white,blue||Panel: directory||
+||executable||brightgreen,blue||Panet: executable file||
+||link||lightgray,blue||Panel: symlink||
+||stalelink||brightred,blue||Panel: stale symlink||
+||device||brightmagenta,blue||Panel: file of device||
+||core||red,blue||Panel: core-file||
+||special||black,blue||Panel: special file||
+||dnormal||black,lightgray||Dialog window: main color||
+||dfocus||black,cyan||Dialog window: color of focused element||
+||dhotnormal||blue,lightgray||Dialog window: Color of character for hotkey||
+||dhotfocus||blue,cyan||Dialog window: Color of character for hotkey in focused element||
+||errors||white,red||Error message: main color||
+||errdhotnormal||yellow,red||Error message: Color of character for hotkey||
+||errdhotfocus||yellow,lightgray||Error message: Color of character for hotkey in focused element||
+||menu||white,cyan||Menu: main color||
+||menusel||white,black||Menu: selected item||
+||menuhot||yellow,cyan||Menu: Color of character for hotkey||
+||menuhotsel||yellow,black||Меню: Color of character for hotkey in selected item||
+||helpnormal||black,lightgray||Help: main color||
+||helpitalic||red,lightgray||Help: italic text||
+||helpbold||blue,lightgray||Help: bold text||
+||helplink||black,cyan||Help: unselected text link||
+||helpslink||yellow,blue||Help: selected text link||
+||viewunderline||brightred,blue||Viewer and editor: underlined text||
+||editnormal||lightgray,blue||Editor: main color||
+||editbold||yellow,blue||Editor: color of highlighted search results||
+||editmarked||black,cyan||Editor: marked text||
+||editwhitespace||brightblue,blue||Editor: tabs and trailing spaces||
+||editlinestate||white,cyan||Editor: color of status field for lines||
+
+
+== Description of format user-defined color scheme ==
+
+Use short help by calling:
+{{{
+$ mc -H
+or
+$ mc --help-colors
+}}}
+