Add frontend configuration

Allow configuring of:
  - time format
  - indentation of message that are wrapped on a new line

.cabal.yml-example

@@ -2,3 +2,9 @@ cabals:
   - cabal://bd45fde0ad866d4069af490f0ca9b07110808307872d4b659a4ff7a4ef85315a
   - 22f7763be0e939160dd04137b66aaac8f2179350eec740e57a656dfdf1f4dc29
   - cbl://3d45fde0ad866d4069af490f0ca9b07110808307872d4b659a4ff7a4ef853132
+
+frontend:
+  # or perhaps '%H%M'
+  messageTimeformat: '%T'
+  # indent line-wrapped message after: none, time, nick
+  messageIndent: nick

cli.js

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ var rootdir = Client.getCabalDirectory()
 var rootconfig = `${rootdir}/config.yml`
 var archivesdir = `${rootdir}/archives/`
 
+const defaultMessageTimeformat = '%T'
+const defaultMessageIndent = 'nick'
+
 var usage = `Usage
 
   Create a new cabal:
@@ -75,7 +78,15 @@ mkdirp.sync(rootdir)
 
 // create a default config in rootdir if it doesn't exist
 if (!fs.existsSync(rootconfig)) {
-  saveConfig(rootconfig, { cabals: [], aliases: {}, cache: {} })
+  saveConfig(rootconfig, {
+    cabals: [],
+    aliases: {},
+    cache: {},
+    frontend: {
+      messageTimeformat: defaultMessageTimeformat,
+      messageIndent: defaultMessageIndent
+    }
+  })
 }
 
 // Attempt to load local or homedir config file
@@ -85,6 +96,13 @@ try {
     if (!config.cabals) { config.cabals = [] }
     if (!config.aliases) { config.aliases = {} }
     if (!config.cache) { config.cache = {} }
+    if (!config.frontend) { config.frontend = {} }
+    if (!config.frontend.messageTimeformat) {
+      config.frontend.messageTimeformat = defaultMessageTimeformat
+    }
+    if (!config.frontend.messageIndent) {
+      config.frontend.messageIndent = defaultMessageIndent
+    }
     cabalKeys = config.cabals
   }
 } catch (e) {
@@ -189,7 +207,7 @@ if (!cabalKeys.length) {
     captureQrCode({ retry: true }).then((key) => {
       if (key) {
         console.log('\u0007') // system bell
-        start([key])
+        start([key], config.frontend)
       } else {
         console.log('No QR code detected.')
         process.exit(0)
@@ -201,11 +219,11 @@ if (!cabalKeys.length) {
         console.error('Linux: sudo apt-get install fswebcam')
       })
   } else {
-    start(cabalKeys)
+    start(cabalKeys, config.frontend)
   }
 }
 
-function start (keys) {
+function start (keys, frontendConfig) {
   if (args.key && args.message) {
     publishSingleMessage({
       key: args.key,
@@ -230,7 +248,7 @@ function start (keys) {
       console.error(`created the cabal: ${chalk.greenBright('cabal://' + client.getCurrentCabal().key)}`) // log to terminal output (stdout is occupied by interface)
       keys = [client.getCurrentCabal().key]
     }
-    if (!args.seed) { frontend({ client }) } else {
+    if (!args.seed) { frontend({ client, frontendConfig }) } else {
       keys.forEach((k) => {
         console.log('Seeding', k)
         console.log()

neat-screen.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var welcomeMessage = fs.readFileSync(welcomePath).toString().split('\n')
 function NeatScreen (props) {
   if (!(this instanceof NeatScreen)) return new NeatScreen(props)
   this.client = props.client
+  this.config = props.frontendConfig
   this.commander = Commander(this, this.client)
   var self = this
 
@@ -244,6 +245,8 @@ function NeatScreen (props) {
     state.mentions = {}
     state.selectedWindowPane = 'channels'
     state.windowPanes = [state.selectedWindowPane]
+    state.config = this.config
+    state.messageTimeLength = strftime(this.config.messageTimeformat, new Date()).length
     this.state = state
 
     Object.defineProperty(this.state, 'cabal', {
@@ -423,7 +426,7 @@ NeatScreen.prototype.formatMessage = function (msg) {
 
     var color = keyToColour(msg.key) || colours[5]
 
-    var timestamp = `${chalk.dim(formatTime(msg.value.timestamp))}`
+    var timestamp = `${chalk.dim(formatTime(msg.value.timestamp, this.config.messageTimeformat))}`
     var authorText = `${chalk.dim('<')}${highlight ? chalk.whiteBright(author) : chalk[color](author)}${chalk.dim('>')}`
     if (msg.value.type === 'status') {
       highlight = false // never highlight from status
@@ -453,8 +456,8 @@ NeatScreen.prototype.formatMessage = function (msg) {
   }
 }
 
-function formatTime (t) {
-  return strftime('%T', new Date(t))
+function formatTime (t, fmt) {
+  return strftime(fmt, new Date(t))
 }
 
 function keyToColour (key) {

views.js

@@ -189,7 +189,15 @@ function renderMessages (state, width, height) {
   // Character-wrap to area edge
   var allLines = msgs.reduce(function (accum, msg) {
     let nickLength = msg.raw.author ? msg.raw.author.length : 0
-    accum.push.apply(accum, util.wrapAnsi(msg.formatted, width, nickLength + 8 /* ti:me:msg */ + 4 /* spacing + <> */))
+    var indent = 0
+    if (state.config.messageIndent === 'time'
+        || state.config.messageIndent === 'nick') {
+      indent += state.messageTimeLength + 1  // + space
+    }
+    if (state.config.messageIndent === 'nick') {
+      indent += nickLength + 3  // + space and <>
+    }
+    accum.push.apply(accum, util.wrapAnsi(msg.formatted, width, indent))
     return accum
   }, [])