* Some solid progress on themeing / customization via theme.json

core/client.js

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function Client(input, output) {
 	this.output				= output;
 	this.term				= new term.ClientTerminal(this.output);
 	this.user				= new user.User();
-	this.currentThemeInfo	= { name : 'N/A', description : 'None' };
+	this.currentTheme		= { info : { name : 'N/A', description : 'None' } };
 
 	//
 	//	Peek at |data| and emit for any specialized handling

core/config.js

@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ function getDefaultConfig() {
 			passwordChar	: '*',		//	TODO: move to user ?
 		},
 
+		/*
+		Concept
+		"theme" : {
+			"default" : "defaultThemeName", // or "*"
+			"passwordChar" : "*",
+			...
+		}
+		*/
+
 		paths		: {
 			mods				: paths.join(__dirname, './../mods/'),
 			servers				: paths.join(__dirname, './servers/'),

core/menu_module.js

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ function MenuModule(options) {
 	PluginModule.call(this, options);
 
 	var self				= this;
+	this.menuName			= options.menuName;
 	this.menuConfig			= options.menuConfig;
 	this.menuConfig.options	= options.menuConfig.options || {};
 	this.menuMethods		= {};	//	methods called from @method's

core/menu_util.js

@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ var _					= require('lodash');
 
 var stripJsonComments	= require('strip-json-comments');
 
-exports.loadMenu				= loadMenu;
-exports.getFormConfigByIDAndMap	= getFormConfigByIDAndMap;
-exports.handleAction			= handleAction;
+exports.loadMenu						= loadMenu;
+exports.getFormConfigByIDAndMap			= getFormConfigByIDAndMap;
+exports.handleAction					= handleAction;
+exports.applyThemeCustomization			= applyThemeCustomization;
 
 
 function loadModJSON(fileName, cb) {
@@ -119,7 +120,12 @@ function loadMenu(options, cb) {
 					'Creating menu module instance');
 
 				try {
-					var moduleInstance = new modData.mod.getModule( { menuConfig : modData.config, args : options.args } );
+					var moduleInstance = new modData.mod.getModule(
+						{
+							menuName	: options.name,
+							menuConfig	: modData.config, 
+							args		: options.args,
+						});
 					callback(null, moduleInstance);
 				} catch(e) {
 					callback(e);
@@ -205,3 +211,28 @@ function handleAction(client, formData, conf) {
 			break;
 	}
 }
+
+function applyThemeCustomization(options) {
+	//
+	//	options.name : menu/prompt name
+	//	options.configMci	: menu or prompt config (menu.json / prompt.json) specific mci section
+	//	options.client	: client
+	//
+	assert(_.isString(options.name));
+	assert(_.isObject(options.client));
+
+	console.log(options.configMci)
+	
+	if(_.isUndefined(options.configMci)) {
+		options.configMci = {};
+	}
+
+	if(_.has(options.client.currentTheme, [ 'customization', 'byName', options.name ])) {
+		var themeConfig = options.client.currentTheme.customization.byName[options.name];
+		Object.keys(themeConfig).forEach(function mciEntry(mci) {
+			_.defaults(options.configMci[mci], themeConfig[mci]);		
+		});
+	}
+
+	//	:TODO: apply generic stuff, e.g. "VM" (vs "VM1")
+}

core/theme.js

@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ function loadTheme(themeID, cb) {
 				theme.helpers = {
 					getPasswordChar : function() {
 						var pwChar = Config.defaults.passwordChar;
-						if(_.isObject(theme.defaults) && _.isObject(theme.defaults.general)) {
-							var themePasswordChar = theme.defaults.general.passwordChar;
+						if(_.has(theme, 'customization.defaults.general')) {
+							var themePasswordChar = theme.customization.defaults.general.passwordChar;
 							if(_.isString(themePasswordChar)) {
 								pwChar = themePasswordChar.substr(0, 1);
 							} else if(_.isNumber(themePasswordChar)) {

core/view_controller.js

@@ -507,10 +507,22 @@ ViewController.prototype.loadFromMenuConfig = function(options, cb) {
 					callback(err);
 				});
 			},
+			function applyThemeCustomization(callback) {
+				if(_.isObject(formConfig)) {
+					menuUtil.applyThemeCustomization({
+						name		: self.client.currentMenuModule.menuName,
+						client		: self.client,
+						configMci	: formConfig.mci,
+					});
+				}
+
+				//console.log(test)
+
+				callback(null);
+			},
 			function applyViewConfiguration(callback) {
 				//
 				//	:TODO: need to merge configs from menu -> theme (specific) -> theme (default) -> defaults
-
 				if(_.isObject(formConfig)) {
 					self.applyViewConfig(formConfig, function configApplied(err, info) {
 						initialFocusId = info.initialFocusId;