xparser

A simple C++ utility to parse files for Xresources color replacement (stream editor style)

Dependencies

You need to have xgetres installed for this thing to work, as it is used to get the values.

How to use

Just build the cpp file with g++ or whatever you use, no psecial treatment needed, I think C++11 and above should work. Then pipe a file into it, and it will output it parsed. The default parsing prefix is $XC which means that this: $XC 3 will be replaced with your third xresources color, something like #DE935F. You can change this prefix with the -p flag, like so: xparser -p MY_PREF.

Some special colors are supported too, like fg(.foreground) bg(.background) and cur(.cursorColor), so like $XC cur will be replaced with your *.cursorColor

Warning!

This will replace ALL white spces with a single space (except line breaks, line breaks will be line breaks) You also need to have the exact sequence, so for example this wont work: $XC 1; you need to leave whitespaces! Ther working version is this: $XC 1 ;.