solved qcd -l problem. highbeam string argument rules

highbeam

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 function usage {
-echo ' High Beam Highlighter 
+echo -e ' High Beam Highlighter 
 - a trial to create a very generic modifyable 
 syntax highlighter.
 
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ Background colors: $BGR $BGG $BGB $BGY $BGC $BGM $BGW
 Usage:   highbeam [-h] [-f config]
    -h    Help
    -f    Define config file (default ~/.highbeamrc)
+   -r    Define rules with a string, replaces the other rules
+            -r '\''"land[^[:space:]]\+" "$G" "sky" "$B"'\''
 '
 
 }
 
-[[ "$1" = "-h" ]] && usage && exit
-
 E='\x1b['
 H="${E}1m"
 Z="${E}0m"
@@ -53,27 +53,41 @@ BGC="${E}46m"
 BGW="${E}47m"
 
 CONF_FILE=~/.highbeamrc
-[[ "$1" = "-f" ]] && CONF_FILE=$2
+CONF_LINE=""
+while getopts hf:r: opt
+do  case "$opt" in
+    h)
+        usage
+        exit
+    ;;
+    f)
+        CONF_FILE=$OPTARG
+    ;;
+    r)
+        CONF_LINE=( $( eval echo $OPTARG ) )
+    ;;
+    esac
+done
     
+[[ -z "$CONF_LINE" ]] && {
     # user rules:
-[[ -e "${CONF_FILE}" ]] && . "${CONF_FILE}" || echo You may have wrong construction in "${CONF_FILE}" >&2 || exit
-[[ -e "${CONF_FILE}" ]] || {
-# list of rules
-RULES=( 
-    "[0-9]"      "$C" # Show numbers with Cyan color. NOTE: since the colors are represented with numbers, having this later in the rules will break coloring!
-    "$USER[ ]\+$USER"        "$BGC$BLACK" # Use quotes to have rules with spaces. background cyan, black text
-    status       "$G" # simple word matching, coloring green
-    "^d[^ ]*"    "$H$G" # color words at the beginning of line, starting with d.  color bright green
-    "q.\{0,3\}r" "$H$Y" # q*r with maximum 3 characters in between. color bright yellow
-)
+    [[ -e "${CONF_FILE}" ]] && . "${CONF_FILE}" || {
+        echo You may have wrong format in "${CONF_FILE}" >&2 
+        usage >&2
+        exit 1
     }
-# actual code starts here
-
     for (( r=0; r<${#RULES[@]}; r++ ));
     do  REGEX="$REGEX -e 's/\(${RULES[$r]}\)/${RULES[$(( $r + 1 ))]}\1${Z}/ig'"
         r=$(( $r + 1 ))
     done    
-eval sed $REGEX || echo Maybe error in .highbeamrc >&2
+} || {
+    # string fed rules
+    for (( r=0; r<${#CONF_LINE[@]}; r++ ));
+    do  REGEX="$REGEX -e 's/\(${CONF_LINE[$r]}\)/${CONF_LINE[$(( $r + 1 ))]}\1${Z}/ig'"
+        r=$(( $r + 1 ))
+    done
+}
+eval sed $REGEX || echo Maybe errors in your rules: "$REGEX" >&2
 
 
 

qcd_function

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ have qcd &&
 _qcd()
 {
         local cur
+        local d
         COMPREPLY=()
         cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
         if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
@@ -106,11 +107,12 @@ Keeps a history of folders visited in ~/.bash_cdhistory
         esac
     done
     shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
+    if [ -z "$1" ]
+    then [[ $OPTIND -gt 1 ]] && return
+         \cd; return
+    fi
     unset OPTSTRING
     unset OPTIND
-    if [ -z "$1" ]
-    then \cd; return
-    fi
     if [ "$1" = "-" ]
     then \cd -; return
     fi