reverse coloring variable

reporting/qolop

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-_qColVersion() { echo Version 2018.10.23.0; }
+_qColVersion() { echo Version 2018.12.23.0; }
 
 _qColHelp() {
   _qColVersion
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@ Examples:
   _qCol export _c
   echo -e ${_cG}Title${_cZ}
 
-Run qolop as script to print ANSI code table
+Run qolop as script to print ANSI code table, or evaluate commands
+
+  qolop eval "_qCol G; printf hello; _qCol z" | qolop export
+
+  The first command produces string with ANSI commands, the
+  second will escape the escape characters, so you can copy/paste
+  it in to another echo -e command.
 '
 }
 
@@ -123,6 +129,9 @@ _qPos() {
   [[ "$1" = "linedown" ]]  && { printf '\033['${n}'F'; return; }
   [[ "$1" = "col" ]]       && { printf '\033['${n}'G'; return; }
   [[ "$1" = "abs" ]]       && { printf '\033['${n}';'${x}'H'; return; }
+  echo "Command missing: save, restore, up, down, right, left, lineup, linedown, col, abs" >&2
+  echo "Directional commands take one argument, abs uses two (row, col)" >&2
+  return 1
 }
 
 _qClr() {
@@ -170,6 +179,17 @@ if [[ "$0" = "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" ]]; then
     rm -f "$TMPFILE"
     exit 0
   } # end update
+  [[ "$1" = "eval" ]] && {
+    set -e
+    eval "$@"
+    exit
+  }
+  [[ "$1" = "export" ]] && {
+    cat - | sed s/$'\e'/\\\\033/g
+    echo ''
+    exit
+  }
+
   _qColHelp
   [[ "$1" = *"help" ]]  && exit
   [[ "$1" = "-h" ]]  && exit

shell/select-option.sh

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ function select_option {
     cursor_blink_on()  { printf "$ESC[?25h"; }
     cursor_blink_off() { printf "$ESC[?25l"; }
     cursor_to()        { printf "$ESC[$1;${2:-1}H"; }
-    if [[ $COLORS -eq 1 ]]; then
-        print_option()     { printf "  $ESC[33m $1 $ESC[0m "; }
-        print_selected()   { printf "  [$ESC[37;1m$1$ESC[0m] "; }
-    else
+    if [[ $SELECT_MONOCHROME -eq 1 ]]; then
         print_option()     { printf "   $1 "; }
         print_selected()   { printf "  [$ESC[1m$1$ESC[0m] "; }
+    else
+        print_option()     { printf "  $ESC[33m $1 $ESC[0m "; }
+        print_selected()   { printf "  [$ESC[37;1m$1$ESC[0m] "; }
     fi
     get_cursor_row()   { IFS=';' read -sdR -p $'\E[6n' ROW COL; echo ${ROW#*[}; }
     key_input()        { read -s -n1 key1 2>/dev/null >&2
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function select_option {
                    if [ $selected -lt 0 ]; then selected=$(($# - 1)); fi;;
             down)  ((selected++));
                    if [ $selected -ge $# ]; then selected=0; fi;;
-            [0-9]) selected=$(( $user_input - 1 )); break;;
+            [0-9]) selected=$(( $user_input - 1 )) ;;
         esac
     done
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ _help() {
   exit
 }
 
-SELECT_COLORS=1
+SELECT_MONOCHROME=0
 SELECT_NUMBERS=0
 SELECT_UNDERSCORES=0
 SELECT_TOFILE=""
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
   j=$(( i + 1 ))
   [[ "$value" = "-h" ]] && _help
   [[ "$value" = "--help" ]] && _help
-  [[ "$value" = "--nc" ]] && { SELECT_COLORS=0; continue; }
+  [[ "$value" = "--nc" ]] && { SELECT_MONOCHROME=1; continue; }
   [[ "$value" = "-n" ]] && { SELECT_NUMBERS=1; continue; }
   [[ "$value" = "-_" ]] && { SELECT_UNDERSCORES=1; continue; }
   [[ "$value" = "-o" ]] && { SELECT_TOFILE="${!j}"; ((i++)); continue; }