Start with adding colors for messages

components/chat.go

@@ -18,15 +18,21 @@ type Message struct {
 	Content string
 }
 
-func (m Message) ToString() string {
-	return html.UnescapeString(
-		fmt.Sprintf(
-			"[%s] <%s> %s",
-			m.Time.Format("15:04"),
-			m.Name,
-			m.Content,
-		),
-	)
+func (m Message) ToString(timeAttr string, nameAttr string, contentAttr string) string {
+	if (m.Time != time.Time{} && m.Name != "") {
+		return html.UnescapeString(
+			fmt.Sprintf(
+				"[[%s]](fg-red,fg-bold) [<%s>](fg-blue,fg-bold) %s",
+				m.Time.Format("15:04"),
+				m.Name,
+				m.Content,
+			),
+		)
+	} else {
+		return html.UnescapeString(
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s", m.Content),
+		)
+	}
 }
 
 // Chat is the definition of a Chat component

handlers/event.go

@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ func messageHandler(ctx *context.AppContext) {
 						// reverse order of messages, mainly done
 						// when attachments are added to message
 						for i := len(msg) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-							ctx.View.Chat.AddMessage(msg[i])
+							ctx.View.Chat.AddMessage(
+								msg[i].ToString(),
+							)
 						}
 
 						termui.Render(ctx.View.Chat)
@@ -259,11 +261,17 @@ func actionSearchMode(ctx *context.AppContext) {
 }
 
 func actionGetMessages(ctx *context.AppContext) {
-	messages := ctx.Service.GetMessages(
+	msgs := ctx.Service.GetMessages(
 		ctx.Service.Channels[ctx.View.Channels.SelectedChannel],
 		ctx.View.Chat.GetMaxItems(),
 	)
-	ctx.View.Chat.SetMessages(messages)
+
+	var strMsgs []string
+	for _, msg := range msgs {
+		strMsgs = append(strMsgs, msg.ToString())
+	}
+
+	ctx.View.Chat.SetMessages(strMsgs)
 
 	termui.Render(ctx.View.Chat)
 }
@@ -324,13 +332,18 @@ func actionChangeChannel(ctx *context.AppContext) {
 
 	// Get messages of the SelectedChannel, and get the count of messages
 	// that fit into the Chat component
-	messages := ctx.Service.GetMessages(
+	msgs := ctx.Service.GetMessages(
 		ctx.Service.GetSlackChannel(ctx.View.Channels.SelectedChannel),
 		ctx.View.Chat.GetMaxItems(),
 	)
 
+	var strMsgs []string
+	for _, msg := range msgs {
+		strMsgs = append(strMsgs, msg.ToString())
+	}
+
 	// Set messages for the channel
-	ctx.View.Chat.SetMessages(messages)
+	ctx.View.Chat.SetMessages(strMsgs)
 
 	// FIXME
 	// Set channel name for the Chat pane

service/slack.go

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (s *SlackService) SendMessage(channelID int, message string) {
 
 // GetMessages will get messages for a channel, group or im channel delimited
 // by a count.
-func (s *SlackService) GetMessages(channel interface{}, count int) []string {
+func (s *SlackService) GetMessages(channel interface{}, count int) []components.Message {
 	// https://api.slack.com/methods/channels.history
 	historyParams := slack.HistoryParameters{
 		Count:     count,
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func (s *SlackService) GetMessages(channel interface{}, count int) []string {
 	}
 
 	// Construct the messages
-	var messages []string
+	var messages []components.Message
 	for _, message := range history.Messages {
 		msg := s.CreateMessage(message)
 		messages = append(messages, msg...)
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func (s *SlackService) GetMessages(channel interface{}, count int) []string {
 
 	// Reverse the order of the messages, we want the newest in
 	// the last place
-	var messagesReversed []string
+	var messagesReversed []components.Message
 	for i := len(messages) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		messagesReversed = append(messagesReversed, messages[i])
 	}
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ func (s *SlackService) GetMessages(channel interface{}, count int) []string {
 //
 // This returns an array of string because we will try to uncover attachments
 // associated with messages.
-func (s *SlackService) CreateMessage(message slack.Message) []string {
-	var msgs []string
+func (s *SlackService) CreateMessage(message slack.Message) []components.Message {
+	var msgs []components.Message
 	var name string
 
 	// Get username from cache
@@ -377,14 +377,14 @@ func (s *SlackService) CreateMessage(message slack.Message) []string {
 		Content: parseMessage(s, message.Text),
 	}
 
-	msgs = append(msgs, msg.ToString())
+	msgs = append(msgs, msg)
 
 	return msgs
 }
 
-func (s *SlackService) CreateMessageFromMessageEvent(message *slack.MessageEvent) []string {
+func (s *SlackService) CreateMessageFromMessageEvent(message *slack.MessageEvent) []components.Message {
 
-	var msgs []string
+	var msgs []components.Message
 	var name string
 
 	// Append (edited) when an edited message is received
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func (s *SlackService) CreateMessageFromMessageEvent(message *slack.MessageEvent
 		Content: parseMessage(s, message.Text),
 	}
 
-	msgs = append(msgs, msg.ToString())
+	msgs = append(msgs, msg)
 
 	return msgs
 }
@@ -524,25 +524,32 @@ func parseEmoji(msg string) string {
 
 // createMessageFromAttachments will construct a array of string of the Field
 // values of Attachments from a Message.
-func createMessageFromAttachments(atts []slack.Attachment) []string {
-	var msgs []string
+func createMessageFromAttachments(atts []slack.Attachment) []components.Message {
+	var msgs []components.Message
 	for _, att := range atts {
 		for i := len(att.Fields) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-			msgs = append(msgs,
-				fmt.Sprintf(
+			msgs = append(msgs, components.Message{
+				Content: fmt.Sprintf(
 					"%s %s",
 					att.Fields[i].Title,
 					att.Fields[i].Value,
 				),
+			},
 			)
 		}
 
 		if att.Text != "" {
-			msgs = append(msgs, att.Text)
+			msgs = append(
+				msgs,
+				components.Message{Content: fmt.Sprintf("%s", att.Text)},
+			)
 		}
 
 		if att.Title != "" {
-			msgs = append(msgs, att.Title)
+			msgs = append(
+				msgs,
+				components.Message{Content: fmt.Sprintf("%s", att.Title)},
+			)
 		}
 	}
 

views/view.go

@@ -30,11 +30,17 @@ func CreateView(svc *service.SlackService) *View {
 	chat := components.CreateChatComponent(input.Par.Height)
 
 	// Chat: fill the component
-	slackMsgs := svc.GetMessages(
+	msgs := svc.GetMessages(
 		svc.GetSlackChannel(channels.SelectedChannel),
 		chat.GetMaxItems(),
 	)
-	chat.SetMessages(slackMsgs)
+
+	var strMsgs []string
+	for _, msg := range msgs {
+		strMsgs = append(strMsgs, msg.ToString())
+	}
+
+	chat.SetMessages(strMsgs)
 	chat.SetBorderLabel(svc.Channels[channels.SelectedChannel].GetChannelName())
 
 	// Debug: create the component