#!/bin/bash
# color-inc
# Library to colorize prompt text especially in shell prompt
#
# Muhammad Ichsan <ichsan@gmail.com> http://michsan.web.id
# Oct 2009
# 

black=0
red=1
green=2
yellow=3
blue=4
magenta=5
cyan=6
white=7

# Borders to prevent messy prompt
bfr='\['
afr='\]'

# color: The color of the text (0-7)
# bgcolor: The background color. Give -1 to give no background color
function colorize {
	text=$1
	color=$2
	bgcolor=$3
	bold=$4

	# Specify color
	color_plate='3'$color

	# Specify background color
	[ $bgcolor -lt 0 ] || color_plate=$color_plate';4'$bgcolor

	# Make text bold or not
	[ $bold -eq 0 ] || color_plate=$color_plate';'1

	begin=$bfr"\e["$color_plate'm'$afr
	end=$bfr"\e[0m"$afr

	echo $begin''$text''$end

	return 0
}