Add patch for $DefaultColor, courtesy of Tim Chase.

src/calendar.c

@@ -1070,7 +1070,15 @@ static int DoCalRem(ParsePtr p, int col)
 
     int is_color, col_r, col_g, col_b;
 
-    is_color = 0;
+    is_color = (
+        DefaultColorR != -1
+        && DefaultColorG != -1
+        && DefaultColorB != -1);
+    if (is_color) {
+        col_r = DefaultColorR;
+        col_g = DefaultColorG;
+        col_b = DefaultColorB;
+    }
     DBufInit(&buf);
     DBufInit(&pre_buf);
     DBufInit(&raw_buf);
@@ -1152,6 +1160,19 @@ static int DoCalRem(ParsePtr p, int col)
 	strcpy(trig.passthru, "PSFile");
 	trig.typ = PASSTHRU_TYPE;
     }
+
+    /* If it's a plain reminder but we have a default color, add the
+       three colors to the prebuf and change passthru to "COLOR" */
+    if (trig.typ == MSG_TYPE ||
+	trig.typ == CAL_TYPE) {
+	if (PsCal && is_color) {
+	    char cbuf[24];
+	    sprintf(cbuf, "%d %d %d ", col_r, col_g, col_b);
+	    DBufPuts(&pre_buf, cbuf);
+	    strcpy(trig.passthru, "COLOR");
+	    /* Don't change trig.typ or next if() will trigger! */
+	}
+    }
     if (trig.typ == PASSTHRU_TYPE) {
 	if (!PsCal && strcmp(trig.passthru, "COLOR") && strcmp(trig.passthru, "COLOUR")) {
 	    FreeTrig(&trig);
@@ -1358,7 +1379,7 @@ static int DoCalRem(ParsePtr p, int col)
 	}
 	e->lineno = LineNo;
 
-	if (trig.typ == PASSTHRU_TYPE) {
+	if (trig.typ == PASSTHRU_TYPE || is_color) {
 	    StrnCpy(e->passthru, trig.passthru, PASSTHRU_LEN);
 	} else {
 	    e->passthru[0] = 0;

src/globals.h

@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ EXTERN  INIT(   int     Daemon, 0);
 EXTERN  INIT(   char    DateSep, DATESEP);
 EXTERN  INIT(   char    TimeSep, TIMESEP);
 EXTERN  INIT(   char    DateTimeSep, DATETIMESEP);
+EXTERN  INIT(   int     DefaultColorR, -1);
+EXTERN  INIT(   int     DefaultColorB, -1);
+EXTERN  INIT(   int     DefaultColorG, -1);
 EXTERN  INIT(   int     SynthesizeTags, 0);
 EXTERN  INIT(   int     ScFormat, SC_AMPM);
 EXTERN  INIT(   int     MaxSatIter, 150);

src/var.c

@@ -168,6 +168,40 @@ static int datetime_sep_func(int do_set, Value *val)
     return OK;
 }
 
+static int default_color_func(int do_set, Value *val)
+{
+    int col_r, col_g, col_b;
+    if (!do_set) {
+    /* 12 = strlen("255 255 255\0") */
+ val->v.str = malloc(12);
+ if (!val->v.str) return E_NO_MEM;
+    snprintf(val->v.str, 12, "%d %d %d",
+        DefaultColorR,
+        DefaultColorB,
+        DefaultColorG
+        );
+ val->type = STR_TYPE;
+ return OK;
+    }
+    if (val->type != STR_TYPE) return E_BAD_TYPE;
+    if (sscanf(val->v.str, "%d %d %d", &col_r, &col_g, &col_b) != 3) {
+        return E_BAD_TYPE;
+    }
+    if (col_r != -1 || col_g != -1 || col_b != -1) {
+      /* if any of them aren't -1, clamp them all as set */
+      if (col_r < 0) col_r = 0;
+      else if (col_r > 255) col_r = 255;
+      if (col_g < 0) col_g = 0;
+      else if (col_g > 255) col_g = 255;
+      if (col_b < 0) col_b = 0;
+      else if (col_b > 255) col_b = 255;
+    }
+    DefaultColorR = col_r;
+    DefaultColorB = col_b;
+    DefaultColorG = col_g;
+    return OK;
+}
+
 static int date_sep_func(int do_set, Value *val)
 {
     if (!do_set) {
@@ -608,6 +642,7 @@ static SysVar SysVarArr[] = {
     {"Daemon",         0,  INT_TYPE,     &Daemon,             0,      0   },
     {"DateSep",        1,  SPECIAL_TYPE, date_sep_func,       0,      0   },
     {"DateTimeSep",    1,  SPECIAL_TYPE, datetime_sep_func,   0,      0   },
+    {"DefaultColor",   1,  SPECIAL_TYPE, default_color_func,  0,      0   },
     {"DefaultPrio",    1,  INT_TYPE,     &DefaultPrio,        0,      9999},
     {"DeltaOffset",    0,  INT_TYPE,     &DeltaOffset,        0,      0   },
     {"DontFork",       0,  INT_TYPE,     &DontFork,           0,      0   },