a34db93 feat(themes): follow live terminal appearance · zut

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450	450		- show loaded resources at startup: list the active Zutfile agent (for `zut run`), loaded `AGENTS.md` paths, extensions, and user-installed skills in compact sections above the transcript. Built-in skills are omitted. Off by default. Changes apply immediately and persist to `config.json` as `show_instructions_at_startup`.
451	451		- TUI settings: opens a sub-view for input layout in display order: status, working spinner, input, then subagent operations. Input style can be `plain` (default prompt line), `lines` (separator lines above and below the input), or `block` (a user-bubble-style input block). Status position places model, usage, and working-directory information above or below the input. Working spinner position places the busy spinner above or below the input. Changes apply immediately and persist to `config.json` as `tui_input_style`, `tui_status_position`, and `tui_working_position`.
452	452		- reasoning level: choose reasoning for supported models: off, minimum, low, medium, high, xhigh, or max. The `max` tier is opt-in and sent natively to GPT-5.6 and adaptive-thinking Claude models; unsupported backends clamp it to their highest accepted effort. The change is persisted to `config.json` and applied to the next model call. Use `/reasoning` to open this selector directly. The selector only shows distinct levels supported by the active model; models without reasoning support only offer `off`.
453		-	- color theme — choose the built-in auto, inherited (from terminal), dark, or light theme, or any JSON theme discovered under `$ZUT_HOME/themes` or a loaded extension. Built-in and JSON themes follow terminal color capability: truecolor terminals receive RGB output, while RGB values fall back to xterm-256 elsewhere. Theme files can use xterm-256, ANSI, or RGB values for semantic UI colors and can also override syntax colors and spinner frames/messages. Changes apply immediately; if a selected theme file is deleted, zut resets to auto. See [docs/themes.md](docs/themes.md).
	453	+	- color theme — `auto` follows the terminal foreground, background, ANSI palette, color depth, and supported live appearance changes. Choose fixed dark/light palettes or JSON overlays discovered under `$ZUT_HOME/themes` and loaded extensions. Active custom files reload safely; invalid edits retain the last valid appearance and persistent deletion resets to auto. See [docs/themes.md](docs/themes.md).
454	454		- model shortcuts — opens a sub-view with nine slots (`model 1` ... `model 9`). `enter` on a slot opens the same `/model` selector and binds the chosen provider/model to that slot; `backspace` clears a slot. Once assigned, press `Ctrl+1` ... `Ctrl+9` from the editor to switch the active model instantly (the same cross-provider swap `/model` performs, transcript and cost carried over). Assigning a shortcut does not change the current model. Shortcuts are skipped while a turn is running.
455	455
456	456		### `/skills`


@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ Opens a dialog with every persistent setting. `up`/`down` to navigate, `enter` o
450		- show loaded resources at startup: list the active Zutfile agent (for `zut run`), loaded `AGENTS.md` paths, extensions, and user-installed skills in compact sections above the transcript. Built-in skills are omitted. Off by default. Changes apply immediately and persist to `config.json` as `show_instructions_at_startup`.	450		- show loaded resources at startup: list the active Zutfile agent (for `zut run`), loaded `AGENTS.md` paths, extensions, and user-installed skills in compact sections above the transcript. Built-in skills are omitted. Off by default. Changes apply immediately and persist to `config.json` as `show_instructions_at_startup`.
451		- TUI settings: opens a sub-view for input layout in display order: status, working spinner, input, then subagent operations. Input style can be `plain` (default prompt line), `lines` (separator lines above and below the input), or `block` (a user-bubble-style input block). Status position places model, usage, and working-directory information above or below the input. Working spinner position places the busy spinner above or below the input. Changes apply immediately and persist to `config.json` as `tui_input_style`, `tui_status_position`, and `tui_working_position`.	451		- TUI settings: opens a sub-view for input layout in display order: status, working spinner, input, then subagent operations. Input style can be `plain` (default prompt line), `lines` (separator lines above and below the input), or `block` (a user-bubble-style input block). Status position places model, usage, and working-directory information above or below the input. Working spinner position places the busy spinner above or below the input. Changes apply immediately and persist to `config.json` as `tui_input_style`, `tui_status_position`, and `tui_working_position`.
452		- reasoning level: choose reasoning for supported models: off, minimum, low, medium, high, xhigh, or max. The `max` tier is opt-in and sent natively to GPT-5.6 and adaptive-thinking Claude models; unsupported backends clamp it to their highest accepted effort. The change is persisted to `config.json` and applied to the next model call. Use `/reasoning` to open this selector directly. The selector only shows distinct levels supported by the active model; models without reasoning support only offer `off`.	452		- reasoning level: choose reasoning for supported models: off, minimum, low, medium, high, xhigh, or max. The `max` tier is opt-in and sent natively to GPT-5.6 and adaptive-thinking Claude models; unsupported backends clamp it to their highest accepted effort. The change is persisted to `config.json` and applied to the next model call. Use `/reasoning` to open this selector directly. The selector only shows distinct levels supported by the active model; models without reasoning support only offer `off`.
453	-	- color theme — choose the built-in auto, inherited (from terminal), dark, or light theme, or any JSON theme discovered under `$ZUT_HOME/themes` or a loaded extension. Built-in and JSON themes follow terminal color capability: truecolor terminals receive RGB output, while RGB values fall back to xterm-256 elsewhere. Theme files can use xterm-256, ANSI, or RGB values for semantic UI colors and can also override syntax colors and spinner frames/messages. Changes apply immediately; if a selected theme file is deleted, zut resets to auto. See [docs/themes.md](docs/themes.md).	453	+	- color theme — `auto` follows the terminal foreground, background, ANSI palette, color depth, and supported live appearance changes. Choose fixed dark/light palettes or JSON overlays discovered under `$ZUT_HOME/themes` and loaded extensions. Active custom files reload safely; invalid edits retain the last valid appearance and persistent deletion resets to auto. See [docs/themes.md](docs/themes.md).
454		- model shortcuts — opens a sub-view with nine slots (`model 1` ... `model 9`). `enter` on a slot opens the same `/model` selector and binds the chosen provider/model to that slot; `backspace` clears a slot. Once assigned, press `Ctrl+1` ... `Ctrl+9` from the editor to switch the active model instantly (the same cross-provider swap `/model` performs, transcript and cost carried over). Assigning a shortcut does not change the current model. Shortcuts are skipped while a turn is running.	454		- model shortcuts — opens a sub-view with nine slots (`model 1` ... `model 9`). `enter` on a slot opens the same `/model` selector and binds the chosen provider/model to that slot; `backspace` clears a slot. Once assigned, press `Ctrl+1` ... `Ctrl+9` from the editor to switch the active model instantly (the same cross-provider swap `/model` performs, transcript and cost carried over). Assigning a shortcut does not change the current model. Shortcuts are skipped while a turn is running.
455			455
456		### `/skills`	456		### `/skills`

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@@ -1,55 +1,51 @@
1	1		# zut themes
2	2
3		-	zut themes are JSON files that override any subset of the built-in
4		-	light/dark TUI theme. Nothing is required: a theme can change one
5		-	color, only the spinner, only syntax highlighting, or all of them.
6		-	Missing values inherit from zut's built-in default for the detected
7		-	terminal background.
	3	+	zut uses the controlling terminal as the source of truth for its default
	4	+	appearance. Theme files are JSON overlays: every field is optional.
8	5
9		-	## Where themes live
	6	+	## Built-in choices
10	7
11		-	User themes are discovered from:
	8	+	Open `/settings` and select color theme.
12	9
13		-	```text
14		-	$ZUT_HOME/themes/*.json
15		-	```
	10	+	- auto (default) follows the terminal default foreground and background,
	11	+	ANSI palette, color depth, and reported light/dark scheme. It does not paint
	12	+	a full-row background or set a cursor color.
	13	+	- dark and light use zut's fixed palettes. They remain fixed when the
	14	+	terminal appearance changes.
	15	+	- A custom theme overlays `auto`. Unspecified roles remain terminal-owned;
	16	+	explicit JSON values remain literal overrides.
16	17
17		-	Open `/settings` and choose color theme to switch. Changes are
18		-	saved in `$ZUT_HOME/config.json` and apply immediately. If the selected
19		-	file is deleted later, zut resets the setting to the built-in auto
20		-	(default) theme.
	18	+	`inherited` is no longer a theme choice. A persisted `inherited` value resets
	19	+	to `auto`.
21	20
22		-	The built-in choices are:
	21	+	`ZUT_THEME=dark` or `ZUT_THEME=light` forces that choice for one process. The
	22	+	settings dialog still saves the next-launch preference, but cannot override the
	23	+	environment for the running process. An unset `ZUT_THEME` or `ZUT_THEME=auto`
	24	+	uses the saved preference.
23	25
24		-	- auto — detect the terminal background and use zut's built-in dark or
25		-	light palette. This remains the default.
26		-	- inherited (from terminal) — use the terminal's reported foreground,
27		-	background, and ANSI palette. When `COLORTERM=truecolor`/`24bit` or
28		-	`TERM` ends in `-direct`, zut emits truecolor; otherwise it quantizes
29		-	derived colors to the xterm-256 palette as a best effort. Terminals that
30		-	do not answer OSC color queries fall back to zut's built-in palette while
31		-	still using the advertised color depth.
32		-	- dark / light — use zut's fixed built-in palettes.
	26	+	## Live terminal changes
33	27
34		-	The inherited terminal snapshot is captured at startup and reused when the
35		-	setting is changed live; restart zut to pick up terminal palette changes.
	28	+	Interactive zut queries terminal defaults and ANSI slots at startup. When the
	29	+	terminal supports DEC mode 2031 color-scheme notifications, zut follows
	30	+	reported scheme changes and refreshes its terminal profile. It probes the mode
	31	+	before changing it and disables it on exit only when zut enabled a known-reset
	32	+	mode itself. Terminals without notification support receive a low-rate OSC 11
	33	+	and scheme query fallback (about two seconds).
36	34
37		-	All theme color roles use the same terminal-color model. JSON themes may use
38		-	xterm-256 indexes, ANSI SGR colors, or RGB values for any role. On terminals
39		-	that advertise truecolor, zut emits RGB values directly and expands indexed
40		-	values through the xterm palette; otherwise RGB values fall back to the
41		-	nearest xterm-256 color while indexed values remain indexed. ANSI values keep
42		-	their SGR semantics, with standard foreground/background ranges normalized to
43		-	the role where necessary.
	35	+	Terminal support varies through multiplexers and remote sessions. If a reply
	36	+	does not arrive, zut remains usable with terminal default SGR colors and ANSI
	37	+	slots. Existing scrollback is never recolored or cleared by a theme change;
	38	+	only the visible live frame is repainted.
44	39
45		-	## Theme proposals
	40	+	## Theme files and reload
46	41
47		-	- shades of gray (truecolor) — a neutral grayscale palette for the UI and
48		-	syntax highlighting, with an xterm-256 fallback when direct color is
49		-	unavailable.
	42	+	User themes live under:
	43	+
	44	+	```text
	45	+	$ZUT_HOME/themes/*.json
	46	+	```
50	47
51		-	Theme files bundled with extensions are discovered in-place from loaded
52		-	extension directories:
	48	+	Extension-owned themes are loaded in place from:
53	49
54	50		```text
55	51		$ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/theme.json

@@ -58,35 +54,25 @@ $ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json
58	54		<project>/.zut/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json
59	55		```
60	56
61		-	zut does not copy extension themes into `$ZUT_HOME/themes`; extension
62		-	owned themes stay in the extension directory. The settings picker shows
63		-	source info such as `from extension my-theme-extension`.
64		-
65		-	## Minimal themes
	57	+	An active custom file is polled every 500 ms. A valid complete edit applies
	58	+	without restarting zut. Invalid JSON, invalid colors, unsupported syntax
	59	+	styles, and oversized files leave the last valid revision active. Brief atomic
	60	+	rename gaps are tolerated; a file that stays missing resets the saved choice to
	61	+	`auto` and shows a status message.
66	62
67		-	All of these are valid.
68		-
69		-	Metadata only:
70		-
71		-	```json
72		-	{
73		-	"name": "my-theme",
74		-	"description": "Metadata only; all visuals inherit zut defaults."
75		-	}
76		-	```
77		-
78		-	One shared color for both light and dark terminals:
	63	+	## Minimal files
79	64
80	65		```json
81	66		{
82	67		"name": "pink-accent",
83		-	"colors": {
84		-	"accent": 204
85		-	}
	68	+	"colors": { "accent": 204 }
86	69		}
87	70		```
88	71
89		-	One color per mode:
	72	+	Shared overrides can appear at the top level or directly in `colors`.
	73	+	Mode-specific overrides go under `colors.dark` and `colors.light`; zut uses a
	74	+	reported color scheme when available, and a background-luminance fallback
	75	+	otherwise.
90	76
91	77		```json
92	78		{

@@ -98,111 +84,17 @@ One color per mode:
98	84		}
99	85		```
100	86
101		-	Spinner-only:
102		-
103	87		```json
104	88		{
105		-	"name": "custom-spinner",
106		-	"description": "Only changes the busy spinner.",
	89	+	"name": "spinner-only",
107	90		"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
108	91		"spinner_interval_ms": 120
109	92		}
110	93		```
111	94
112		-	Dark-only themes still work on light terminals. If `colors.light` is
113		-	missing, zut applies `colors.dark` overrides on top of the built-in
114		-	light default. The inverse also works.
	95	+	## Color values
115	96
116		-	```json
117		-	{
118		-	"name": "custom-spinner",
119		-	"description": "An alternative busy-spinner animation for zut.",
120		-	"colors": {
121		-	"dark": {
122		-	"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
123		-	"spinner_interval_ms": 120
124		-	}
125		-	}
126		-	}
127		-	```
128		-
129		-	## Full shape
130		-
131		-	All fields are optional.
132		-
133		-	```json
134		-	{
135		-	"name": "my-theme",
136		-	"description": "Shown in /settings → color theme.",
137		-	"color_descriptions": {
138		-	"accent": "Optional documentation for humans. zut ignores this object."
139		-	},
140		-	"colors": {
141		-	"dark": {
142		-	"fg": 253,
143		-	"muted": 244,
144		-	"accent": 111,
145		-	"background": "#0b1020",
146		-	"user": 180,
147		-	"user_bubble_bg": "#42454b",
148		-	"user_bubble_fg": 248,
149		-	"assistant": 117,
150		-	"tool": 114,
151		-	"tool_out": 245,
152		-	"error": 203,
153		-	"warning": 214,
154		-	"spinner": 183,
155		-	"selection_bg": 24,
156		-	"selection_fg": 231,
157		-	"spinner_frames": ["⠋", "⠙", "⠚", "⠞", "⠖", "⠦", "⠴", "⠲", "⠳", "⠓"],
158		-	"spinner_interval_ms": 80,
159		-	"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
160		-	"syntax": {
161		-	"keyword": "#81a1c1 bold",
162		-	"keyword_constant": "#81a1c1",
163		-	"keyword_declaration": "#81a1c1",
164		-	"keyword_namespace": "#81a1c1",
165		-	"keyword_reserved": "#81a1c1 bold",
166		-	"keyword_type": "#88c0d0",
167		-	"name_builtin": "#88c0d0",
168		-	"name_function": "#8fbcbb",
169		-	"name_class": "#a3be8c bold",
170		-	"name_decorator": "#b48ead",
171		-	"literal_string": "#a3be8c",
172		-	"literal_string_escape": "#bf616a",
173		-	"literal_number": "#d08770",
174		-	"comment": "#616e88 italic",
175		-	"comment_preproc": "#b48ead",
176		-	"operator": "#eceff4",
177		-	"punctuation": "#d8dee9",
178		-	"text": "#e5e9f0"
179		-	}
180		-	},
181		-	"light": {
182		-	"fg": 236,
183		-	"muted": 244,
184		-	"accent": 33
185		-	}
186		-	}
187		-	}
188		-	```
189		-
190		-	You may also put overrides directly at the top level or directly under
191		-	`colors` when they should apply to both modes:
192		-
193		-	```json
194		-	{
195		-	"name": "tiny",
196		-	"accent": 204,
197		-	"colors": {
198		-	"spinner_frames": ["◐", "◓", "◑", "◒"]
199		-	}
200		-	}
201		-	```
202		-
203		-	## Color fields
204		-
205		-	Every color field accepts the following JSON forms:
	97	+	Every semantic color accepts one of:
206	98
207	99		```json
208	100		254

@@ -212,73 +104,31 @@ Every color field accepts the following JSON forms:
212	104		{ "mode": "rgb", "r": 66, "g": 69, "b": 75 }
213	105		```
214	106
215		-	Numeric values are xterm-256 indexes. ANSI values use SGR codes, with
216		-	standard foreground/background ranges normalized to the role where necessary.
217		-	RGB values are emitted directly when truecolor is advertised and quantized to
218		-	xterm-256 otherwise. The built-in inherited theme additionally resolves
219		-	semantic accents through the terminal's ANSI palette and derives muted and
220		-	selected surfaces from the terminal foreground/background.
221		-
222		-	- `fg` — default foreground text.
223		-	- `muted` — secondary text, dividers, gutters, inactive hints.
224		-	- `accent` — prompt bar, bullets, links, headings, active markers.
225		-	- `background` — optional full-row TUI background. If missing, zut uses the terminal's existing background. Experimental: terminal background colors can vary by emulator and scrollback behavior; for the most reliable result, change your terminal background color in your terminal settings instead.
226		-	- `user` — user role label color; mostly compatibility.
227		-	- `user_bubble_bg` — background behind user message rows.
228		-	- `user_bubble_fg` — foreground inside user message rows.
229		-	- `assistant` — assistant/zut accent and spinner text.
230		-	- `tool` — tool names, success marks, diff additions.
231		-	- `tool_out` — plain tool-output text.
232		-	- `error` — errors, refused calls, diff deletions.
233		-	- `warning` — warnings and high context-usage state.
234		-	- `spinner` — reserved spinner color slot.
235		-	- `thinkingMax` or `thinking_max` (names retained for compatibility) - status color used when the opt-in `max` reasoning level is active. Missing values inherit the built-in theme color.
236		-	- `selection_bg` — highlighted row background.
237		-	- `selection_fg` — highlighted row foreground.
238		-
239		-	The same forms apply to `background`, `user_bubble_bg`, and every other
240		-	semantic color field listed above.
241		-
242		-	## Spinner fields
243		-
244		-	Spinner settings can appear at top level, under `colors`, or under
245		-	`colors.dark` / `colors.light`.
246		-
247		-	- `spinner_frames` — list of frame strings. Single-cell glyphs keep
248		-	status-bar alignment clean.
249		-	- `spinner_interval_ms` — frame interval in milliseconds. Missing or
250		-	invalid falls back to 80ms.
251		-
252		-	Working-status text is owned by zut and reflects the current operation. The
253		-	legacy `spinner_messages` field is ignored when present in existing theme
254		-	files. In this v0 API, the former `tui.Theme.SpinnerMessages` and
255		-	`tui.ThemeOverrides.SpinnerMessages` Go fields are removed; no compatibility
256		-	alias is provided.
	107	+	Numeric values are literal xterm-256 indexes. ANSI values are literal ANSI SGR
	108	+	colors. RGB values use truecolor when available, otherwise zut quantizes them
	109	+	to the active terminal capability. `auto`-generated colors are distinct:
	110	+	they retain terminal-default or terminal-palette-slot provenance and therefore
	111	+	change with the terminal palette.
257	112
258		-	## Syntax fields
	113	+	Color roles are `fg`, `muted`, `accent`, `background`, `user`,
	114	+	`user_bubble_bg`, `user_bubble_fg`, `assistant`, `tool`, `tool_out`, `error`,
	115	+	`warning`, `spinner`, `thinking_max` (or `thinkingMax`), `selection_bg`, and
	116	+	`selection_fg`. `background` intentionally paints the full zut row; omit it
	117	+	to retain terminal background ownership.
259	118
260		-	Syntax highlighting uses Chroma style entries. Values may include
261		-	attributes after the color, such as `bold`, `italic`, or `underline`.
	119	+	`spinner_frames` contains 1–64 non-empty frames. `spinner_interval_ms` must be
	120	+	between 10 and 10000. Theme files are limited to 1 MiB.
262	121
263		-	Supported syntax override keys:
	122	+	## Syntax
264	123
265		-	```text
266		-	keyword, keyword_constant, keyword_declaration, keyword_namespace,
267		-	keyword_reserved, keyword_type, name_builtin, name_function,
268		-	name_class, name_decorator, literal_string, literal_string_escape,
269		-	literal_number, comment, comment_preproc, operator, punctuation, text
270		-	```
271		-
272		-	Example:
	124	+	Custom `syntax` entries use Chroma style entries, for example:
273	125
274	126		```json
275	127		{
276	128		"colors": {
277	129		"dark": {
278		-	"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
279	130		"syntax": {
280		-	"keyword": "#f05b8d",
281		-	"name_function": "#b675f1",
	131	+	"keyword": "#f05b8d bold",
282	132		"literal_string": "#58c760",
283	133		"comment": "#a1a1a1 italic"
284	134		}

@@ -287,36 +137,7 @@ Example:
287	137		}
288	138		```
289	139
290		-	## Theme-only extensions
291		-
292		-	An extension can exist only to ship a theme. No slash command,
293		-	subprocess, or executable is required when the extension contains a
294		-	valid theme file.
295		-
296		-	```text
297		-	$ZUT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
298		-	├── extension.json
299		-	└── theme.json
300		-	```
301		-
302		-	`extension.json`:
303		-
304		-	```json
305		-	{
306		-	"name": "my-theme-extension",
307		-	"version": "1.0.0",
308		-	"description": "Ships a zut color theme",
309		-	"enabled": true
310		-	}
311		-	```
312		-
313		-	No `exec` is needed when `theme.json` or `themes/theme.json` exists.
314		-	If `exec` is present, zut treats it as a normal extension too.
315		-
316		-	## Validate
317		-
318		-	zut theme files are plain JSON, not JSONC. Validate before installing:
319		-
320		-	```bash
321		-	python3 -m json.tool theme.json >/dev/null
322		-	```
	140	+	In `auto`, zut keeps Chroma for lexing but emits its own exact terminal SGR
	141	+	sequences. Keywords, names, strings, errors, numbers, comments, and plain text
	142	+	therefore retain terminal ANSI-slot identity instead of being remapped through
	143	+	the xterm color cube.

@@ -1,55 +1,51 @@
1		# zut themes	1		# zut themes
2			2
3	-	zut themes are JSON files that override any subset of the built-in	3	+	zut uses the controlling terminal as the source of truth for its default
4	-	light/dark TUI theme. Nothing is required: a theme can change one	4	+	appearance. Theme files are JSON overlays: every field is optional.
5	-	color, only the spinner, only syntax highlighting, or all of them.
6	-	Missing values inherit from zut's built-in default for the detected
7	-	terminal background.
8			5
9	-	## Where themes live	6	+	## Built-in choices
10			7
11	-	User themes are discovered from:	8	+	Open `/settings` and select color theme.
12			9
13	-	```text	10	+	- auto (default) follows the terminal default foreground and background,
14	-	$ZUT_HOME/themes/*.json	11	+	ANSI palette, color depth, and reported light/dark scheme. It does not paint
15	-	```	12	+	a full-row background or set a cursor color.
			13	+	- dark and light use zut's fixed palettes. They remain fixed when the
			14	+	terminal appearance changes.
			15	+	- A custom theme overlays `auto`. Unspecified roles remain terminal-owned;
			16	+	explicit JSON values remain literal overrides.
16			17
17	-	Open `/settings` and choose color theme to switch. Changes are	18	+	`inherited` is no longer a theme choice. A persisted `inherited` value resets
18	-	saved in `$ZUT_HOME/config.json` and apply immediately. If the selected	19	+	to `auto`.
19	-	file is deleted later, zut resets the setting to the built-in auto
20	-	(default) theme.
21			20
22	-	The built-in choices are:	21	+	`ZUT_THEME=dark` or `ZUT_THEME=light` forces that choice for one process. The
			22	+	settings dialog still saves the next-launch preference, but cannot override the
			23	+	environment for the running process. An unset `ZUT_THEME` or `ZUT_THEME=auto`
			24	+	uses the saved preference.
23			25
24	-	- auto — detect the terminal background and use zut's built-in dark or	26	+	## Live terminal changes
25	-	light palette. This remains the default.
26	-	- inherited (from terminal) — use the terminal's reported foreground,
27	-	background, and ANSI palette. When `COLORTERM=truecolor`/`24bit` or
28	-	`TERM` ends in `-direct`, zut emits truecolor; otherwise it quantizes
29	-	derived colors to the xterm-256 palette as a best effort. Terminals that
30	-	do not answer OSC color queries fall back to zut's built-in palette while
31	-	still using the advertised color depth.
32	-	- dark / light — use zut's fixed built-in palettes.
33			27
34	-	The inherited terminal snapshot is captured at startup and reused when the	28	+	Interactive zut queries terminal defaults and ANSI slots at startup. When the
35	-	setting is changed live; restart zut to pick up terminal palette changes.	29	+	terminal supports DEC mode 2031 color-scheme notifications, zut follows
			30	+	reported scheme changes and refreshes its terminal profile. It probes the mode
			31	+	before changing it and disables it on exit only when zut enabled a known-reset
			32	+	mode itself. Terminals without notification support receive a low-rate OSC 11
			33	+	and scheme query fallback (about two seconds).
36			34
37	-	All theme color roles use the same terminal-color model. JSON themes may use	35	+	Terminal support varies through multiplexers and remote sessions. If a reply
38	-	xterm-256 indexes, ANSI SGR colors, or RGB values for any role. On terminals	36	+	does not arrive, zut remains usable with terminal default SGR colors and ANSI
39	-	that advertise truecolor, zut emits RGB values directly and expands indexed	37	+	slots. Existing scrollback is never recolored or cleared by a theme change;
40	-	values through the xterm palette; otherwise RGB values fall back to the	38	+	only the visible live frame is repainted.
41	-	nearest xterm-256 color while indexed values remain indexed. ANSI values keep
42	-	their SGR semantics, with standard foreground/background ranges normalized to
43	-	the role where necessary.
44			39
45	-	## Theme proposals	40	+	## Theme files and reload
46			41
47	-	- shades of gray (truecolor) — a neutral grayscale palette for the UI and	42	+	User themes live under:
48	-	syntax highlighting, with an xterm-256 fallback when direct color is	43	+
49	-	unavailable.	44	+	```text
			45	+	$ZUT_HOME/themes/*.json
			46	+	```
50			47
51	-	Theme files bundled with extensions are discovered in-place from loaded	48	+	Extension-owned themes are loaded in place from:
52	-	extension directories:
53			49
54		```text	50		```text
55		$ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/theme.json	51		$ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/theme.json

@@ -58,35 +54,25 @@ $ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json
58		<project>/.zut/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json	54		<project>/.zut/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json
59		```	55		```
60			56
61	-	zut does not copy extension themes into `$ZUT_HOME/themes`; extension	57	+	An active custom file is polled every 500 ms. A valid complete edit applies
62	-	owned themes stay in the extension directory. The settings picker shows	58	+	without restarting zut. Invalid JSON, invalid colors, unsupported syntax
63	-	source info such as `from extension my-theme-extension`.	59	+	styles, and oversized files leave the last valid revision active. Brief atomic
64	-		60	+	rename gaps are tolerated; a file that stays missing resets the saved choice to
65	-	## Minimal themes	61	+	`auto` and shows a status message.
66			62
67	-	All of these are valid.	63	+	## Minimal files
68	-
69	-	Metadata only:
70	-
71	-	```json
72	-	{
73	-	"name": "my-theme",
74	-	"description": "Metadata only; all visuals inherit zut defaults."
75	-	}
76	-	```
77	-
78	-	One shared color for both light and dark terminals:
79			64
80		```json	65		```json
81		{	66		{
82		"name": "pink-accent",	67		"name": "pink-accent",
83	-	"colors": {	68	+	"colors": { "accent": 204 }
84	-	"accent": 204
85	-	}
86		}	69		}
87		```	70		```
88			71
89	-	One color per mode:	72	+	Shared overrides can appear at the top level or directly in `colors`.
			73	+	Mode-specific overrides go under `colors.dark` and `colors.light`; zut uses a
			74	+	reported color scheme when available, and a background-luminance fallback
			75	+	otherwise.
90			76
91		```json	77		```json
92		{	78		{

@@ -98,111 +84,17 @@ One color per mode:
98		}	84		}
99		```	85		```
100			86
101	-	Spinner-only:
102	-
103		```json	87		```json
104		{	88		{
105	-	"name": "custom-spinner",	89	+	"name": "spinner-only",
106	-	"description": "Only changes the busy spinner.",
107		"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],	90		"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
108		"spinner_interval_ms": 120	91		"spinner_interval_ms": 120
109		}	92		}
110		```	93		```
111			94
112	-	Dark-only themes still work on light terminals. If `colors.light` is	95	+	## Color values
113	-	missing, zut applies `colors.dark` overrides on top of the built-in
114	-	light default. The inverse also works.
115			96
116	-	```json	97	+	Every semantic color accepts one of:
117	-	{
118	-	"name": "custom-spinner",
119	-	"description": "An alternative busy-spinner animation for zut.",
120	-	"colors": {
121	-	"dark": {
122	-	"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
123	-	"spinner_interval_ms": 120
124	-	}
125	-	}
126	-	}
127	-	```
128	-
129	-	## Full shape
130	-
131	-	All fields are optional.
132	-
133	-	```json
134	-	{
135	-	"name": "my-theme",
136	-	"description": "Shown in /settings → color theme.",
137	-	"color_descriptions": {
138	-	"accent": "Optional documentation for humans. zut ignores this object."
139	-	},
140	-	"colors": {
141	-	"dark": {
142	-	"fg": 253,
143	-	"muted": 244,
144	-	"accent": 111,
145	-	"background": "#0b1020",
146	-	"user": 180,
147	-	"user_bubble_bg": "#42454b",
148	-	"user_bubble_fg": 248,
149	-	"assistant": 117,
150	-	"tool": 114,
151	-	"tool_out": 245,
152	-	"error": 203,
153	-	"warning": 214,
154	-	"spinner": 183,
155	-	"selection_bg": 24,
156	-	"selection_fg": 231,
157	-	"spinner_frames": ["⠋", "⠙", "⠚", "⠞", "⠖", "⠦", "⠴", "⠲", "⠳", "⠓"],
158	-	"spinner_interval_ms": 80,
159	-	"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
160	-	"syntax": {
161	-	"keyword": "#81a1c1 bold",
162	-	"keyword_constant": "#81a1c1",
163	-	"keyword_declaration": "#81a1c1",
164	-	"keyword_namespace": "#81a1c1",
165	-	"keyword_reserved": "#81a1c1 bold",
166	-	"keyword_type": "#88c0d0",
167	-	"name_builtin": "#88c0d0",
168	-	"name_function": "#8fbcbb",
169	-	"name_class": "#a3be8c bold",
170	-	"name_decorator": "#b48ead",
171	-	"literal_string": "#a3be8c",
172	-	"literal_string_escape": "#bf616a",
173	-	"literal_number": "#d08770",
174	-	"comment": "#616e88 italic",
175	-	"comment_preproc": "#b48ead",
176	-	"operator": "#eceff4",
177	-	"punctuation": "#d8dee9",
178	-	"text": "#e5e9f0"
179	-	}
180	-	},
181	-	"light": {
182	-	"fg": 236,
183	-	"muted": 244,
184	-	"accent": 33
185	-	}
186	-	}
187	-	}
188	-	```
189	-
190	-	You may also put overrides directly at the top level or directly under
191	-	`colors` when they should apply to both modes:
192	-
193	-	```json
194	-	{
195	-	"name": "tiny",
196	-	"accent": 204,
197	-	"colors": {
198	-	"spinner_frames": ["◐", "◓", "◑", "◒"]
199	-	}
200	-	}
201	-	```
202	-
203	-	## Color fields
204	-
205	-	Every color field accepts the following JSON forms:
206			98
207		```json	99		```json
208		254	100		254

@@ -212,73 +104,31 @@ Every color field accepts the following JSON forms:
212		{ "mode": "rgb", "r": 66, "g": 69, "b": 75 }	104		{ "mode": "rgb", "r": 66, "g": 69, "b": 75 }
213		```	105		```
214			106
215	-	Numeric values are xterm-256 indexes. ANSI values use SGR codes, with	107	+	Numeric values are literal xterm-256 indexes. ANSI values are literal ANSI SGR
216	-	standard foreground/background ranges normalized to the role where necessary.	108	+	colors. RGB values use truecolor when available, otherwise zut quantizes them
217	-	RGB values are emitted directly when truecolor is advertised and quantized to	109	+	to the active terminal capability. `auto`-generated colors are distinct:
218	-	xterm-256 otherwise. The built-in inherited theme additionally resolves	110	+	they retain terminal-default or terminal-palette-slot provenance and therefore
219	-	semantic accents through the terminal's ANSI palette and derives muted and	111	+	change with the terminal palette.
220	-	selected surfaces from the terminal foreground/background.
221	-
222	-	- `fg` — default foreground text.
223	-	- `muted` — secondary text, dividers, gutters, inactive hints.
224	-	- `accent` — prompt bar, bullets, links, headings, active markers.
225	-	- `background` — optional full-row TUI background. If missing, zut uses the terminal's existing background. Experimental: terminal background colors can vary by emulator and scrollback behavior; for the most reliable result, change your terminal background color in your terminal settings instead.
226	-	- `user` — user role label color; mostly compatibility.
227	-	- `user_bubble_bg` — background behind user message rows.
228	-	- `user_bubble_fg` — foreground inside user message rows.
229	-	- `assistant` — assistant/zut accent and spinner text.
230	-	- `tool` — tool names, success marks, diff additions.
231	-	- `tool_out` — plain tool-output text.
232	-	- `error` — errors, refused calls, diff deletions.
233	-	- `warning` — warnings and high context-usage state.
234	-	- `spinner` — reserved spinner color slot.
235	-	- `thinkingMax` or `thinking_max` (names retained for compatibility) - status color used when the opt-in `max` reasoning level is active. Missing values inherit the built-in theme color.
236	-	- `selection_bg` — highlighted row background.
237	-	- `selection_fg` — highlighted row foreground.
238	-
239	-	The same forms apply to `background`, `user_bubble_bg`, and every other
240	-	semantic color field listed above.
241	-
242	-	## Spinner fields
243	-
244	-	Spinner settings can appear at top level, under `colors`, or under
245	-	`colors.dark` / `colors.light`.
246	-
247	-	- `spinner_frames` — list of frame strings. Single-cell glyphs keep
248	-	status-bar alignment clean.
249	-	- `spinner_interval_ms` — frame interval in milliseconds. Missing or
250	-	invalid falls back to 80ms.
251	-
252	-	Working-status text is owned by zut and reflects the current operation. The
253	-	legacy `spinner_messages` field is ignored when present in existing theme
254	-	files. In this v0 API, the former `tui.Theme.SpinnerMessages` and
255	-	`tui.ThemeOverrides.SpinnerMessages` Go fields are removed; no compatibility
256	-	alias is provided.
257			112
258	-	## Syntax fields	113	+	Color roles are `fg`, `muted`, `accent`, `background`, `user`,
			114	+	`user_bubble_bg`, `user_bubble_fg`, `assistant`, `tool`, `tool_out`, `error`,
			115	+	`warning`, `spinner`, `thinking_max` (or `thinkingMax`), `selection_bg`, and
			116	+	`selection_fg`. `background` intentionally paints the full zut row; omit it
			117	+	to retain terminal background ownership.
259			118
260	-	Syntax highlighting uses Chroma style entries. Values may include	119	+	`spinner_frames` contains 1–64 non-empty frames. `spinner_interval_ms` must be
261	-	attributes after the color, such as `bold`, `italic`, or `underline`.	120	+	between 10 and 10000. Theme files are limited to 1 MiB.
262			121
263	-	Supported syntax override keys:	122	+	## Syntax
264			123
265	-	```text	124	+	Custom `syntax` entries use Chroma style entries, for example:
266	-	keyword, keyword_constant, keyword_declaration, keyword_namespace,
267	-	keyword_reserved, keyword_type, name_builtin, name_function,
268	-	name_class, name_decorator, literal_string, literal_string_escape,
269	-	literal_number, comment, comment_preproc, operator, punctuation, text
270	-	```
271	-
272	-	Example:
273			125
274		```json	126		```json
275		{	127		{
276		"colors": {	128		"colors": {
277		"dark": {	129		"dark": {
278	-	"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
279		"syntax": {	130		"syntax": {
280	-	"keyword": "#f05b8d",	131	+	"keyword": "#f05b8d bold",
281	-	"name_function": "#b675f1",
282		"literal_string": "#58c760",	132		"literal_string": "#58c760",
283		"comment": "#a1a1a1 italic"	133		"comment": "#a1a1a1 italic"
284		}	134		}

@@ -287,36 +137,7 @@ Example:
287		}	137		}
288		```	138		```
289			139
290	-	## Theme-only extensions	140	+	In `auto`, zut keeps Chroma for lexing but emits its own exact terminal SGR
291	-		141	+	sequences. Keywords, names, strings, errors, numbers, comments, and plain text
292	-	An extension can exist only to ship a theme. No slash command,	142	+	therefore retain terminal ANSI-slot identity instead of being remapped through
293	-	subprocess, or executable is required when the extension contains a	143	+	the xterm color cube.
294	-	valid theme file.
295	-
296	-	```text
297	-	$ZUT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
298	-	├── extension.json
299	-	└── theme.json
300	-	```
301	-
302	-	`extension.json`:
303	-
304	-	```json
305	-	{
306	-	"name": "my-theme-extension",
307	-	"version": "1.0.0",
308	-	"description": "Ships a zut color theme",
309	-	"enabled": true
310	-	}
311	-	```
312	-
313	-	No `exec` is needed when `theme.json` or `themes/theme.json` exists.
314	-	If `exec` is present, zut treats it as a normal extension too.
315	-
316	-	## Validate
317	-
318	-	zut theme files are plain JSON, not JSONC. Validate before installing:
319	-
320	-	```bash
321	-	python3 -m json.tool theme.json >/dev/null
322	-	```

M packages/agent/cli.go +7 -2


@@ -2488,11 +2488,13 @@ func runInteractive(ctx context.Context, args Args, version string) (runErr erro
2488	2488		for idx, s := range initialCfg.QuickModelShortcuts {
2489	2489		quickModelShortcuts[idx] = modes.QuickModelShortcut{Provider: s.Provider, Model: s.Model}
2490	2490		}
2491		-	theme, _, themeErr := tui.DetectThemeWithCustom(ZutHome(), initialCfg.Theme, 80*time.Millisecond)
	2491	+	themePreference := tui.ResolveThemePreference(initialCfg.Theme, os.Getenv("ZUT_THEME"))
	2492	+	theme, _, themeErr := tui.DetectThemeWithCustom(ZutHome(), themePreference.Effective, 80*time.Millisecond)
2492	2493		if themeErr != nil {
2493	2494		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "theme load:", themeErr)
2494		-	if initialCfg.Theme != "" && !tui.ThemeExists(ZutHome(), initialCfg.Theme) {
	2495	+	if !themePreference.Forced && initialCfg.Theme != "" && !tui.ThemeExists(ZutHome(), initialCfg.Theme) {
2495	2496		initialCfg.Theme = ""
	2497	+	themePreference = tui.ResolveThemePreference("", os.Getenv("ZUT_THEME"))
2496	2498		_ = SaveConfig(initialCfg)
2497	2499		}
2498	2500		}

@@ -2554,6 +2556,9 @@ func runInteractive(ctx context.Context, args Args, version string) (runErr erro
2554	2556		TUIStatusPosition: initialCfg.TUIStatusPosition,
2555	2557		TUIWorkingPosition: initialCfg.TUIWorkingPosition,
2556	2558		ThemeName: initialCfg.Theme,
	2559	+	EffectiveThemeName: themePreference.Effective,
	2560	+	ThemeForced: themePreference.Forced,
	2561	+	TerminalProfile: theme.Terminal,
2557	2562		FlatTools: initialCfg.FlatToolRender(),
2558	2563		CompactUser: initialCfg.CompactUserInput(),
2559	2564		ExtensionThemes: extMgr.ThemeOptions,

 	for idx, s := range initialCfg.QuickModelShortcuts {
 		quickModelShortcuts[idx] = modes.QuickModelShortcut{Provider: s.Provider, Model: s.Model}
 	}
-	theme, _, themeErr := tui.DetectThemeWithCustom(ZutHome(), initialCfg.Theme, 80*time.Millisecond)
+	themePreference := tui.ResolveThemePreference(initialCfg.Theme, os.Getenv("ZUT_THEME"))
+	theme, _, themeErr := tui.DetectThemeWithCustom(ZutHome(), themePreference.Effective, 80*time.Millisecond)
 	if themeErr != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "theme load:", themeErr)
-		if initialCfg.Theme != "" && !tui.ThemeExists(ZutHome(), initialCfg.Theme) {
+		if !themePreference.Forced && initialCfg.Theme != "" && !tui.ThemeExists(ZutHome(), initialCfg.Theme) {
 			initialCfg.Theme = ""
+			themePreference = tui.ResolveThemePreference("", os.Getenv("ZUT_THEME"))
 			_ = SaveConfig(initialCfg)
 		}
 	}
 		TUIStatusPosition:              initialCfg.TUIStatusPosition,
 		TUIWorkingPosition:             initialCfg.TUIWorkingPosition,
 		ThemeName:                      initialCfg.Theme,
+		EffectiveThemeName:             themePreference.Effective,
+		ThemeForced:                    themePreference.Forced,
+		TerminalProfile:                theme.Terminal,
 		FlatTools:                      initialCfg.FlatToolRender(),
 		CompactUser:                    initialCfg.CompactUserInput(),
 		ExtensionThemes:                extMgr.ThemeOptions,

M packages/agent/modes/btw_dialog.go +19 -0


@@ -147,6 +147,25 @@ func (d *btwDialog) ToggleToolExpansion() {
147	147		}
148	148		}
149	149
	150	+	func (d *btwDialog) setTheme(theme tui.Theme) {
	151	+	if d == nil {
	152	+	return
	153	+	}
	154	+	d.mu.Lock()
	155	+	defer d.mu.Unlock()
	156	+	d.theme = theme
	157	+	if d.toolView != nil {
	158	+	d.toolView.Theme = theme
	159	+	d.toolView.InvalidateRenderCache()
	160	+	}
	161	+	if d.editor != nil {
	162	+	d.editor.Prompt = theme.AccentBar(theme.Accent)
	163	+	}
	164	+	if d.spin != nil {
	165	+	d.spin.Configure(theme)
	166	+	}
	167	+	}
	168	+
150	169		// Open enters the side chat. agent supplies the live transcript and
151	170		// system prompt, plus the underlying provider client to use for the
152	171		// one-off completion. seed is an optional first question that gets


@@ -147,6 +147,25 @@ func (d *btwDialog) ToggleToolExpansion() {
147	}	147		}
148	}	148		}
149		149
		150	+	func (d *btwDialog) setTheme(theme tui.Theme) {
		151	+	if d == nil {
		152	+	return
		153	+	}
		154	+	d.mu.Lock()
		155	+	defer d.mu.Unlock()
		156	+	d.theme = theme
		157	+	if d.toolView != nil {
		158	+	d.toolView.Theme = theme
		159	+	d.toolView.InvalidateRenderCache()
		160	+	}
		161	+	if d.editor != nil {
		162	+	d.editor.Prompt = theme.AccentBar(theme.Accent)
		163	+	}
		164	+	if d.spin != nil {
		165	+	d.spin.Configure(theme)
		166	+	}
		167	+	}
		168	+
150	// Open enters the side chat. agent supplies the live transcript and	169		// Open enters the side chat. agent supplies the live transcript and
151	// system prompt, plus the underlying provider client to use for the	170		// system prompt, plus the underlying provider client to use for the
152	// one-off completion. seed is an optional first question that gets	171		// one-off completion. seed is an optional first question that gets

M packages/agent/modes/interactive.go +174 -10


@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ type InteractiveConfig struct {
135	135
136	136		// ThemeName mirrors the persisted config theme value. Empty means auto.
137	137		ThemeName string
	138	+	// EffectiveThemeName is the process-local selection after ZUT_THEME
	139	+	// precedence. ThemeForced keeps settings persistent without changing a
	140	+	// dark/light environment override during this run.
	141	+	EffectiveThemeName string
	142	+	ThemeForced bool
	143	+	// TerminalProfile is distinct from the applied Theme because an explicit
	144	+	// or custom theme is not evidence about the controlling terminal.
	145	+	TerminalProfile tui.TerminalProfile
	146	+	// ThemeWatchInterval is test-only when non-zero; production uses 500ms.
	147	+	ThemeWatchInterval time.Duration
138	148
139	149		// FlatTools renders tool calls without the bordered panel (a quiet
140	150		// header line plus indented, frameless output). Mirrors the

@@ -627,8 +637,14 @@ type scheduledFollowUp struct {
627	637		type Interactive struct {
628	638		cfg InteractiveConfig
629	639		view *tui.View
630		-	ed *tui.Editor
631		-	rend *tui.Renderer
	640	+
	641	+	terminalProfile tui.TerminalProfile
	642	+	activeThemeSource *tui.ThemeSource
	643	+	themeWatchCancel context.CancelFunc
	644	+	themeWatchEvents chan themeWatchEvent
	645	+	themeWatchWarning string
	646	+	ed *tui.Editor
	647	+	rend *tui.Renderer
632	648
633	649		mu sync.Mutex
634	650		agent *core.Agent

@@ -966,8 +982,34 @@ func NewInteractive(cfg InteractiveConfig) *Interactive {
966	982		startupExtensionNames = append(startupExtensionNames, cfg.StartupExtensionNames...)
967	983		startupSkillNames = append(startupSkillNames, cfg.StartupSkillNames...)
968	984		}
	985	+	profile := cfg.TerminalProfile
	986	+	if profile == (tui.TerminalProfile{}) {
	987	+	profile = cfg.Theme.Terminal
	988	+	}
	989	+	preference := cfg.EffectiveThemeName
	990	+	if preference == "" {
	991	+	preference = cfg.ThemeName
	992	+	}
	993	+	if preference == "" {
	994	+	preference = "auto"
	995	+	}
	996	+	source, sourceErr := tui.LoadThemeSource(cfg.ZutHome, preference)
	997	+	// Embedders historically supplied a ready-made Theme without a selection.
	998	+	// Preserve that explicit construction; CLI startup always supplies an
	999	+	// explicit effective preference and therefore uses the pure resolver.
	1000	+	implicitReadyTheme := cfg.ThemeName == "" && cfg.EffectiveThemeName == "" && len(cfg.Theme.SpinnerFrames) != 0
	1001	+	// Source loading is only a startup optimization. Invalid selected files are
	1002	+	// handled by the existing invalid-selection path in the main loop.
	1003	+	if sourceErr == nil && !implicitReadyTheme {
	1004	+	cfg.Theme = tui.ResolveTheme(preference, source, profile).Theme
	1005	+	}
	1006	+	cfg.TerminalProfile = profile
	1007	+	cfg.EffectiveThemeName = preference
969	1008		i := &Interactive{
970		-	cfg: cfg,
	1009	+	cfg: cfg,
	1010	+	terminalProfile: profile,
	1011	+	activeThemeSource: source,
	1012	+	themeWatchEvents: make(chan themeWatchEvent, 8),
971	1013		view: &tui.View{
972	1014		Theme: cfg.Theme,
973	1015		ImageProto: effectiveImageProtocol(cfg.InlineImagesEnabled),

@@ -1112,6 +1154,8 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1112	1154		i.mu.Lock()
1113	1155		i.runCtx = ctx
1114	1156		i.mu.Unlock()
	1157	+	i.restartThemeWatch()
	1158	+	defer i.stopThemeWatch()
1115	1159		term := i.cfg.Terminal
1116	1160		restore, err := term.EnterRaw()
1117	1161		if err != nil {

@@ -1147,7 +1191,14 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1147	1191		// Erase the live frame and place the cursor deterministically before any
1148	1192		// exit summary or shell prompt is written. Do not erase scrollback: users
1149	1193		// should still be able to review the session after closing zut.
1150		-	defer term.Write([]byte(tui.SeqResetScrollRegion + tui.SeqDeleteKittyImages + tui.SeqMouseOff + tui.SeqEnhancedKeyboardOff + tui.SeqBracketedPasteOff + tui.ResetCursorColor() + tui.ResetCursorShape() + tui.SeqClearScreenNoHome + tui.MoveTo(1, 1) + tui.SeqShowCursor))
	1194	+	mode2031Owned := false
	1195	+	defer func() {
	1196	+	cleanup := tui.SeqResetScrollRegion + tui.SeqDeleteKittyImages + tui.SeqMouseOff + tui.SeqEnhancedKeyboardOff + tui.SeqBracketedPasteOff + tui.ResetCursorColor() + tui.ResetCursorShape() + tui.SeqClearScreenNoHome + tui.MoveTo(1, 1) + tui.SeqShowCursor
	1197	+	if mode2031Owned {
	1198	+	cleanup = tui.SeqDisableMode2031 + cleanup
	1199	+	}
	1200	+	_, _ = term.Write([]byte(cleanup))
	1201	+	}()
1151	1202		i.applyInputCursorColor()
1152	1203
1153	1204		// Streaming pacer: drains buffered text deltas at a steady rate

@@ -1222,19 +1273,45 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1222	1273		i.dialog.Open(i.cfg.ZutHome)
1223	1274		}
1224	1275
1225		-	// Input goroutine. Buffered generously so a drag-drop that the
1226		-	// terminal delivers as a burst of single-character key events
1227		-	// (no bracketed paste) can be drained in one main-loop pass
1228		-	// instead of triggering a redraw per character.
	1276	+	// The appearance-aware source is the only stdin reader. It consumes only
	1277	+	// replies for queries currently in flight, keeps bracketed-paste payload
	1278	+	// opaque, and sends every other byte through the established key parser.
1229	1279		keys := make(chan tui.Key, 256)
	1280	+	appearanceEvents := make(chan tui.InputEvent, 256)
	1281	+	appearanceParser := &tui.AppearanceParser{}
	1282	+	appearanceParser.SetPendingColors(true)
	1283	+	inputDone := make(chan struct{})
1230	1284		go func() {
1231		-	reader := tui.NewReaderWithPeek(term.ReadByte, term.PeekByteTimeout)
	1285	+	defer close(inputDone)
	1286	+	source := tui.NewAppearanceSource(term.ReadByte, term.PeekByteTimeout, appearanceParser, func(event tui.InputEvent) {
	1287	+	select {
	1288	+	case appearanceEvents <- event:
	1289	+	case <-ctx.Done():
	1290	+	}
	1291	+	})
	1292	+	reader := tui.NewReader(source.ReadByte)
1232	1293		for {
1233	1294		k, err := reader.Read()
1234	1295		if err != nil {
1235	1296		return
1236	1297		}
1237		-	keys <- k
	1298	+	select {
	1299	+	case keys <- k:
	1300	+	case <-ctx.Done():
	1301	+	return
	1302	+	}
	1303	+	}
	1304	+	}()
	1305	+	// Probe before mutating mode 2031. Replies are handled in the main loop so
	1306	+	// ownership and profile publication stay serialized with rendering.
	1307	+	_, _ = term.Write([]byte(tui.SeqQueryMode2031 + tui.AppearanceQuery()))
	1308	+	defer func() {
	1309	+	// Test terminals and normal EOF join immediately. A physical tty read
	1310	+	// may be uncancellable on some platforms, so shutdown never waits
	1311	+	// indefinitely for a kernel read that cannot be interrupted.
	1312	+	select {
	1313	+	case <-inputDone:
	1314	+	case <-time.After(50 * time.Millisecond):
1238	1315		}
1239	1316		}()
1240	1317

@@ -1310,11 +1387,83 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1310	1387
1311	1388		updates := i.cfg.UpdateInfoChan // nil-safe; nil channel blocks forever in select
1312	1389		changelog := i.cfg.ChangelogChan // single-shot, see case below
	1390	+	profileCandidate := i.terminalProfile
	1391	+	profileDirty := false
	1392	+	appearanceDeadline := time.Now().Add(500 * time.Millisecond)
	1393	+	lastAppearancePoll := time.Now()
	1394	+	modeEnableRequested := false
	1395	+	notificationsSupported := false
1313	1396
1314	1397		for {
1315	1398		select {
1316	1399		case <-ctx.Done():
1317	1400		return ctx.Err()
	1401	+	case event := <-i.themeWatchEvents:
	1402	+	if i.activeThemeSource == nil \|\| event.path != i.activeThemeSource.Path {
	1403	+	break
	1404	+	}
	1405	+	switch {
	1406	+	case event.source != nil:
	1407	+	i.activeThemeSource = event.source
	1408	+	i.themeWatchWarning = ""
	1409	+	i.installResolvedTheme(tui.ResolveTheme(i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName, event.source, i.terminalProfile))
	1410	+	i.statusOK = "theme reloaded"
	1411	+	i.statusErr = ""
	1412	+	case event.deleted:
	1413	+	i.activeThemeSource = nil
	1414	+	i.stopThemeWatch()
	1415	+	i.cfg.ThemeName = ""
	1416	+	i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName = "auto"
	1417	+	if i.cfg.SettingsStore != nil {
	1418	+	_ = i.cfg.SettingsStore.SetTheme("auto")
	1419	+	}
	1420	+	i.installResolvedTheme(tui.ResolveTheme("auto", nil, i.terminalProfile))
	1421	+	i.statusOK = "theme removed; using auto"
	1422	+	i.statusErr = ""
	1423	+	case event.err != nil && event.err.Error() != i.themeWatchWarning:
	1424	+	i.themeWatchWarning = event.err.Error()
	1425	+	i.statusErr = "theme reload: " + event.err.Error()
	1426	+	}
	1427	+	i.invalidate()
	1428	+	case event := <-appearanceEvents:
	1429	+	switch {
	1430	+	case event.Color != nil:
	1431	+	switch event.Color.Kind {
	1432	+	case 10:
	1433	+	profileCandidate.Foreground = event.Color.Color
	1434	+	profileCandidate.HasForeground = true
	1435	+	case 11:
	1436	+	profileCandidate.Background = event.Color.Color
	1437	+	profileCandidate.HasBackground = true
	1438	+	case 4:
	1439	+	profileCandidate.Palette[event.Color.Slot] = event.Color.Color
	1440	+	profileCandidate.PaletteKnown \|= uint16(1) << event.Color.Slot
	1441	+	}
	1442	+	profileDirty = true
	1443	+	case event.Scheme != nil:
	1444	+	profileCandidate.Light = event.Scheme.Light
	1445	+	profileCandidate.SchemeKnown = true
	1446	+	profileDirty = true
	1447	+	case event.Mode != nil && event.Mode.Mode == 2031:
	1448	+	switch event.Mode.Status {
	1449	+	case 1, 3:
	1450	+	notificationsSupported = true
	1451	+	appearanceParser.SetNotifications(true)
	1452	+	if modeEnableRequested {
	1453	+	mode2031Owned = true
	1454	+	}
	1455	+	case 2:
	1456	+	modeEnableRequested = true
	1457	+	_, _ = term.Write([]byte(tui.SeqEnableMode2031 + tui.SeqQueryMode2031))
	1458	+	default:
	1459	+	appearanceParser.SetNotifications(false)
	1460	+	}
	1461	+	}
	1462	+	// The parser gate closes after a bounded collection window; accepted
	1463	+	// notifications remain enabled separately once mode 2031 is known.
	1464	+	if profileDirty {
	1465	+	i.invalidate()
	1466	+	}
1318	1467		case k := <-keys:
1319	1468		if done := i.handleKey(ctx, k); done {
1320	1469		return nil

@@ -1403,6 +1552,21 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1403	1552		case <-i.dirty:
1404	1553		requestRedraw()
1405	1554		case <-tick.C:
	1555	+	now := time.Now()
	1556	+	if !appearanceDeadline.IsZero() && !now.Before(appearanceDeadline) {
	1557	+	appearanceParser.SetPendingColors(false)
	1558	+	appearanceDeadline = time.Time{}
	1559	+	}
	1560	+	if profileDirty {
	1561	+	i.applyTerminalProfile(profileCandidate)
	1562	+	profileDirty = false
	1563	+	}
	1564	+	if !notificationsSupported && now.Sub(lastAppearancePoll) >= 2*time.Second {
	1565	+	appearanceParser.SetPendingColors(true)
	1566	+	appearanceDeadline = now.Add(500 * time.Millisecond)
	1567	+	lastAppearancePoll = now
	1568	+	_, _ = term.Write([]byte("\x1b]11;?\a" + tui.SeqQueryColorScheme))
	1569	+	}
1406	1570		// Always drain a pending redraw on the tick. This is the
1407	1571		// safety net that catches the case where the dirty channel
1408	1572		// was saturated when the final "turn finished" invalidate


@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ type InteractiveConfig struct {
135			135
136		// ThemeName mirrors the persisted config theme value. Empty means auto.	136		// ThemeName mirrors the persisted config theme value. Empty means auto.
137		ThemeName string	137		ThemeName string
			138	+	// EffectiveThemeName is the process-local selection after ZUT_THEME
			139	+	// precedence. ThemeForced keeps settings persistent without changing a
			140	+	// dark/light environment override during this run.
			141	+	EffectiveThemeName string
			142	+	ThemeForced bool
			143	+	// TerminalProfile is distinct from the applied Theme because an explicit
			144	+	// or custom theme is not evidence about the controlling terminal.
			145	+	TerminalProfile tui.TerminalProfile
			146	+	// ThemeWatchInterval is test-only when non-zero; production uses 500ms.
			147	+	ThemeWatchInterval time.Duration
138			148
139		// FlatTools renders tool calls without the bordered panel (a quiet	149		// FlatTools renders tool calls without the bordered panel (a quiet
140		// header line plus indented, frameless output). Mirrors the	150		// header line plus indented, frameless output). Mirrors the

@@ -627,8 +637,14 @@ type scheduledFollowUp struct {
627		type Interactive struct {	637		type Interactive struct {
628		cfg InteractiveConfig	638		cfg InteractiveConfig
629		view *tui.View	639		view *tui.View
630	-	ed *tui.Editor	640	+
631	-	rend *tui.Renderer	641	+	terminalProfile tui.TerminalProfile
			642	+	activeThemeSource *tui.ThemeSource
			643	+	themeWatchCancel context.CancelFunc
			644	+	themeWatchEvents chan themeWatchEvent
			645	+	themeWatchWarning string
			646	+	ed *tui.Editor
			647	+	rend *tui.Renderer
632			648
633		mu sync.Mutex	649		mu sync.Mutex
634		agent *core.Agent	650		agent *core.Agent

@@ -966,8 +982,34 @@ func NewInteractive(cfg InteractiveConfig) *Interactive {
966		startupExtensionNames = append(startupExtensionNames, cfg.StartupExtensionNames...)	982		startupExtensionNames = append(startupExtensionNames, cfg.StartupExtensionNames...)
967		startupSkillNames = append(startupSkillNames, cfg.StartupSkillNames...)	983		startupSkillNames = append(startupSkillNames, cfg.StartupSkillNames...)
968		}	984		}
			985	+	profile := cfg.TerminalProfile
			986	+	if profile == (tui.TerminalProfile{}) {
			987	+	profile = cfg.Theme.Terminal
			988	+	}
			989	+	preference := cfg.EffectiveThemeName
			990	+	if preference == "" {
			991	+	preference = cfg.ThemeName
			992	+	}
			993	+	if preference == "" {
			994	+	preference = "auto"
			995	+	}
			996	+	source, sourceErr := tui.LoadThemeSource(cfg.ZutHome, preference)
			997	+	// Embedders historically supplied a ready-made Theme without a selection.
			998	+	// Preserve that explicit construction; CLI startup always supplies an
			999	+	// explicit effective preference and therefore uses the pure resolver.
			1000	+	implicitReadyTheme := cfg.ThemeName == "" && cfg.EffectiveThemeName == "" && len(cfg.Theme.SpinnerFrames) != 0
			1001	+	// Source loading is only a startup optimization. Invalid selected files are
			1002	+	// handled by the existing invalid-selection path in the main loop.
			1003	+	if sourceErr == nil && !implicitReadyTheme {
			1004	+	cfg.Theme = tui.ResolveTheme(preference, source, profile).Theme
			1005	+	}
			1006	+	cfg.TerminalProfile = profile
			1007	+	cfg.EffectiveThemeName = preference
969		i := &Interactive{	1008		i := &Interactive{
970	-	cfg: cfg,	1009	+	cfg: cfg,
			1010	+	terminalProfile: profile,
			1011	+	activeThemeSource: source,
			1012	+	themeWatchEvents: make(chan themeWatchEvent, 8),
971		view: &tui.View{	1013		view: &tui.View{
972		Theme: cfg.Theme,	1014		Theme: cfg.Theme,
973		ImageProto: effectiveImageProtocol(cfg.InlineImagesEnabled),	1015		ImageProto: effectiveImageProtocol(cfg.InlineImagesEnabled),

@@ -1112,6 +1154,8 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1112		i.mu.Lock()	1154		i.mu.Lock()
1113		i.runCtx = ctx	1155		i.runCtx = ctx
1114		i.mu.Unlock()	1156		i.mu.Unlock()
			1157	+	i.restartThemeWatch()
			1158	+	defer i.stopThemeWatch()
1115		term := i.cfg.Terminal	1159		term := i.cfg.Terminal
1116		restore, err := term.EnterRaw()	1160		restore, err := term.EnterRaw()
1117		if err != nil {	1161		if err != nil {

@@ -1147,7 +1191,14 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1147		// Erase the live frame and place the cursor deterministically before any	1191		// Erase the live frame and place the cursor deterministically before any
1148		// exit summary or shell prompt is written. Do not erase scrollback: users	1192		// exit summary or shell prompt is written. Do not erase scrollback: users
1149		// should still be able to review the session after closing zut.	1193		// should still be able to review the session after closing zut.
1150	-	defer term.Write([]byte(tui.SeqResetScrollRegion + tui.SeqDeleteKittyImages + tui.SeqMouseOff + tui.SeqEnhancedKeyboardOff + tui.SeqBracketedPasteOff + tui.ResetCursorColor() + tui.ResetCursorShape() + tui.SeqClearScreenNoHome + tui.MoveTo(1, 1) + tui.SeqShowCursor))	1194	+	mode2031Owned := false
			1195	+	defer func() {
			1196	+	cleanup := tui.SeqResetScrollRegion + tui.SeqDeleteKittyImages + tui.SeqMouseOff + tui.SeqEnhancedKeyboardOff + tui.SeqBracketedPasteOff + tui.ResetCursorColor() + tui.ResetCursorShape() + tui.SeqClearScreenNoHome + tui.MoveTo(1, 1) + tui.SeqShowCursor
			1197	+	if mode2031Owned {
			1198	+	cleanup = tui.SeqDisableMode2031 + cleanup
			1199	+	}
			1200	+	_, _ = term.Write([]byte(cleanup))
			1201	+	}()
1151		i.applyInputCursorColor()	1202		i.applyInputCursorColor()
1152			1203
1153		// Streaming pacer: drains buffered text deltas at a steady rate	1204		// Streaming pacer: drains buffered text deltas at a steady rate

@@ -1222,19 +1273,45 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1222		i.dialog.Open(i.cfg.ZutHome)	1273		i.dialog.Open(i.cfg.ZutHome)
1223		}	1274		}
1224			1275
1225	-	// Input goroutine. Buffered generously so a drag-drop that the	1276	+	// The appearance-aware source is the only stdin reader. It consumes only
1226	-	// terminal delivers as a burst of single-character key events	1277	+	// replies for queries currently in flight, keeps bracketed-paste payload
1227	-	// (no bracketed paste) can be drained in one main-loop pass	1278	+	// opaque, and sends every other byte through the established key parser.
1228	-	// instead of triggering a redraw per character.
1229		keys := make(chan tui.Key, 256)	1279		keys := make(chan tui.Key, 256)
			1280	+	appearanceEvents := make(chan tui.InputEvent, 256)
			1281	+	appearanceParser := &tui.AppearanceParser{}
			1282	+	appearanceParser.SetPendingColors(true)
			1283	+	inputDone := make(chan struct{})
1230		go func() {	1284		go func() {
1231	-	reader := tui.NewReaderWithPeek(term.ReadByte, term.PeekByteTimeout)	1285	+	defer close(inputDone)
			1286	+	source := tui.NewAppearanceSource(term.ReadByte, term.PeekByteTimeout, appearanceParser, func(event tui.InputEvent) {
			1287	+	select {
			1288	+	case appearanceEvents <- event:
			1289	+	case <-ctx.Done():
			1290	+	}
			1291	+	})
			1292	+	reader := tui.NewReader(source.ReadByte)
1232		for {	1293		for {
1233		k, err := reader.Read()	1294		k, err := reader.Read()
1234		if err != nil {	1295		if err != nil {
1235		return	1296		return
1236		}	1297		}
1237	-	keys <- k	1298	+	select {
			1299	+	case keys <- k:
			1300	+	case <-ctx.Done():
			1301	+	return
			1302	+	}
			1303	+	}
			1304	+	}()
			1305	+	// Probe before mutating mode 2031. Replies are handled in the main loop so
			1306	+	// ownership and profile publication stay serialized with rendering.
			1307	+	_, _ = term.Write([]byte(tui.SeqQueryMode2031 + tui.AppearanceQuery()))
			1308	+	defer func() {
			1309	+	// Test terminals and normal EOF join immediately. A physical tty read
			1310	+	// may be uncancellable on some platforms, so shutdown never waits
			1311	+	// indefinitely for a kernel read that cannot be interrupted.
			1312	+	select {
			1313	+	case <-inputDone:
			1314	+	case <-time.After(50 * time.Millisecond):
1238		}	1315		}
1239		}()	1316		}()
1240			1317

@@ -1310,11 +1387,83 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1310			1387
1311		updates := i.cfg.UpdateInfoChan // nil-safe; nil channel blocks forever in select	1388		updates := i.cfg.UpdateInfoChan // nil-safe; nil channel blocks forever in select
1312		changelog := i.cfg.ChangelogChan // single-shot, see case below	1389		changelog := i.cfg.ChangelogChan // single-shot, see case below
			1390	+	profileCandidate := i.terminalProfile
			1391	+	profileDirty := false
			1392	+	appearanceDeadline := time.Now().Add(500 * time.Millisecond)
			1393	+	lastAppearancePoll := time.Now()
			1394	+	modeEnableRequested := false
			1395	+	notificationsSupported := false
1313			1396
1314		for {	1397		for {
1315		select {	1398		select {
1316		case <-ctx.Done():	1399		case <-ctx.Done():
1317		return ctx.Err()	1400		return ctx.Err()
			1401	+	case event := <-i.themeWatchEvents:
			1402	+	if i.activeThemeSource == nil \|\| event.path != i.activeThemeSource.Path {
			1403	+	break
			1404	+	}
			1405	+	switch {
			1406	+	case event.source != nil:
			1407	+	i.activeThemeSource = event.source
			1408	+	i.themeWatchWarning = ""
			1409	+	i.installResolvedTheme(tui.ResolveTheme(i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName, event.source, i.terminalProfile))
			1410	+	i.statusOK = "theme reloaded"
			1411	+	i.statusErr = ""
			1412	+	case event.deleted:
			1413	+	i.activeThemeSource = nil
			1414	+	i.stopThemeWatch()
			1415	+	i.cfg.ThemeName = ""
			1416	+	i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName = "auto"
			1417	+	if i.cfg.SettingsStore != nil {
			1418	+	_ = i.cfg.SettingsStore.SetTheme("auto")
			1419	+	}
			1420	+	i.installResolvedTheme(tui.ResolveTheme("auto", nil, i.terminalProfile))
			1421	+	i.statusOK = "theme removed; using auto"
			1422	+	i.statusErr = ""
			1423	+	case event.err != nil && event.err.Error() != i.themeWatchWarning:
			1424	+	i.themeWatchWarning = event.err.Error()
			1425	+	i.statusErr = "theme reload: " + event.err.Error()
			1426	+	}
			1427	+	i.invalidate()
			1428	+	case event := <-appearanceEvents:
			1429	+	switch {
			1430	+	case event.Color != nil:
			1431	+	switch event.Color.Kind {
			1432	+	case 10:
			1433	+	profileCandidate.Foreground = event.Color.Color
			1434	+	profileCandidate.HasForeground = true
			1435	+	case 11:
			1436	+	profileCandidate.Background = event.Color.Color
			1437	+	profileCandidate.HasBackground = true
			1438	+	case 4:
			1439	+	profileCandidate.Palette[event.Color.Slot] = event.Color.Color
			1440	+	profileCandidate.PaletteKnown \|= uint16(1) << event.Color.Slot
			1441	+	}
			1442	+	profileDirty = true
			1443	+	case event.Scheme != nil:
			1444	+	profileCandidate.Light = event.Scheme.Light
			1445	+	profileCandidate.SchemeKnown = true
			1446	+	profileDirty = true
			1447	+	case event.Mode != nil && event.Mode.Mode == 2031:
			1448	+	switch event.Mode.Status {
			1449	+	case 1, 3:
			1450	+	notificationsSupported = true
			1451	+	appearanceParser.SetNotifications(true)
			1452	+	if modeEnableRequested {
			1453	+	mode2031Owned = true
			1454	+	}
			1455	+	case 2:
			1456	+	modeEnableRequested = true
			1457	+	_, _ = term.Write([]byte(tui.SeqEnableMode2031 + tui.SeqQueryMode2031))
			1458	+	default:
			1459	+	appearanceParser.SetNotifications(false)
			1460	+	}
			1461	+	}
			1462	+	// The parser gate closes after a bounded collection window; accepted
			1463	+	// notifications remain enabled separately once mode 2031 is known.
			1464	+	if profileDirty {
			1465	+	i.invalidate()
			1466	+	}
1318		case k := <-keys:	1467		case k := <-keys:
1319		if done := i.handleKey(ctx, k); done {	1468		if done := i.handleKey(ctx, k); done {
1320		return nil	1469		return nil

@@ -1403,6 +1552,21 @@ func (i *Interactive) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
1403		case <-i.dirty:	1552		case <-i.dirty:
1404		requestRedraw()	1553		requestRedraw()
1405		case <-tick.C:	1554		case <-tick.C:
			1555	+	now := time.Now()
			1556	+	if !appearanceDeadline.IsZero() && !now.Before(appearanceDeadline) {
			1557	+	appearanceParser.SetPendingColors(false)
			1558	+	appearanceDeadline = time.Time{}
			1559	+	}
			1560	+	if profileDirty {
			1561	+	i.applyTerminalProfile(profileCandidate)
			1562	+	profileDirty = false
			1563	+	}
			1564	+	if !notificationsSupported && now.Sub(lastAppearancePoll) >= 2*time.Second {
			1565	+	appearanceParser.SetPendingColors(true)
			1566	+	appearanceDeadline = now.Add(500 * time.Millisecond)
			1567	+	lastAppearancePoll = now
			1568	+	_, _ = term.Write([]byte("\x1b]11;?\a" + tui.SeqQueryColorScheme))
			1569	+	}
1406		// Always drain a pending redraw on the tick. This is the	1570		// Always drain a pending redraw on the tick. This is the
1407		// safety net that catches the case where the dirty channel	1571		// safety net that catches the case where the dirty channel
1408		// was saturated when the final "turn finished" invalidate	1572		// was saturated when the final "turn finished" invalidate

M packages/agent/modes/interactive_render.go +4 -1


@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ func (s *latestFrameScheduler) requestTheme(theme tui.Theme) bool {
54	54		if s.stopped {
55	55		return false
56	56		}
57		-	s.clear = true
	57	+	// Theme changes repaint only the visible frame. Clear() emits 3J and
	58	+	// destroys scrollback, which is never an acceptable side effect of a live
	59	+	// terminal appearance update.
	60	+	s.invalidate = true
58	61		s.theme = &theme
59	62		select {
60	63		case s.wake <- struct{}{}:

 	if s.stopped {
 		return false
 	}
-	s.clear = true
+	// Theme changes repaint only the visible frame. Clear() emits 3J and
+	// destroys scrollback, which is never an acceptable side effect of a live
+	// terminal appearance update.
+	s.invalidate = true
 	s.theme = &theme
 	select {
 	case s.wake <- struct{}{}:

M packages/agent/modes/interactive_settings.go +49 -23


@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func (i *Interactive) applyInputCursorColor() {
42	42		if i == nil \|\| i.cfg.Terminal == nil {
43	43		return
44	44		}
	45	+	if i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName == "auto" && i.cfg.Theme.FG == tui.TerminalDefault() {
	46	+	_, _ = i.cfg.Terminal.Write([]byte(tui.ResetCursorColor() + tui.CursorShapeBlock()))
	47	+	return
	48	+	}
45	49		color := tui.Color256(15)
46	50		if i.cursorDimmed {
47	51		color = i.cfg.Theme.DimColor(color, modalBackdropDimPercent)

@@ -383,7 +387,7 @@ func (i *Interactive) openSettingsDialog() {
383	387		{
384	388		key: "theme",
385	389		label: "color theme",
386		-	desc: "choose auto, inherited terminal colors, a built-in dark/light theme, or a loaded theme file",
	390	+	desc: "choose terminal-owned auto, a built-in dark/light theme, or a loaded theme file",
387	391		options: themeOptions,
388	392		choice: themeChoice,
389	393		},

@@ -1167,50 +1171,72 @@ func (i *Interactive) applyThemeSetting(name string) {
1167	1171		if name == "auto" {
1168	1172		i.cfg.ThemeName = ""
1169	1173		}
1170		-	i.applyThemeNow(name)
	1174	+	if !i.cfg.ThemeForced {
	1175	+	i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName = name
	1176	+	}
	1177	+	i.applyThemeNow(i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName)
1171	1178		}
	1179	+
1172	1180		func (i *Interactive) applyThemeNow(name string) {
1173	1181		if name == "" {
1174	1182		name = "auto"
1175	1183		}
1176		-	detected := tui.Dark
1177		-	if tui.IsLightTheme(i.cfg.Theme) {
1178		-	detected = tui.Light
1179		-	}
1180		-	// Keep the startup terminal snapshot available when a user switches
1181		-	// themes live; inherited mode must not issue OSC queries while the TUI
1182		-	// already owns raw stdin.
1183		-	detected.Terminal = i.cfg.Theme.Terminal
1184		-	th, applied, err := tui.LoadThemeFromHome(i.cfg.ZutHome, name, detected)
	1184	+	source, err := tui.LoadThemeSource(i.cfg.ZutHome, name)
1185	1185		if err != nil {
1186	1186		if i.cfg.SettingsStore != nil {
1187	1187		_ = i.cfg.SettingsStore.SetTheme("auto")
1188	1188		}
1189	1189		i.cfg.ThemeName = ""
1190		-	th, _, _ = tui.LoadThemeFromHome(i.cfg.ZutHome, "auto", detected)
	1190	+	i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName = "auto"
	1191	+	i.activeThemeSource = nil
	1192	+	i.stopThemeWatch()
	1193	+	i.installResolvedTheme(tui.ResolveTheme("auto", nil, i.terminalProfile))
1191	1194		i.mu.Lock()
1192		-	i.statusErr = "theme missing; reset to default"
1193		-	i.mu.Unlock()
1194		-	} else {
1195		-	i.mu.Lock()
1196		-	label := applied
1197		-	if label == "" {
1198		-	label = "auto"
1199		-	}
1200		-	i.statusOK = "theme " + label
1201		-	i.statusErr = ""
	1195	+	i.statusErr = "theme missing; reset to auto"
1202	1196		i.mu.Unlock()
	1197	+	return
	1198	+	}
	1199	+	i.activeThemeSource = source
	1200	+	i.restartThemeWatch()
	1201	+	i.installResolvedTheme(tui.ResolveTheme(name, source, i.terminalProfile))
	1202	+	i.mu.Lock()
	1203	+	i.statusOK = "theme " + i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName
	1204	+	if i.cfg.ThemeForced {
	1205	+	i.statusOK += " (forced by ZUT_THEME)"
1203	1206		}
	1207	+	i.statusErr = ""
	1208	+	i.mu.Unlock()
	1209	+	}
	1210	+
	1211	+	// installResolvedTheme is the one main-loop-owned installation boundary for
	1212	+	// settings, terminal profile, and accepted theme-file revisions.
	1213	+	// applyTerminalProfile records detected appearance independently from the
	1214	+	// currently applied theme. Forced and custom selections are re-resolved from
	1215	+	// their immutable accepted source; no terminal event performs filesystem I/O.
	1216	+	func (i *Interactive) applyTerminalProfile(profile tui.TerminalProfile) {
	1217	+	i.terminalProfile = profile
	1218	+	i.cfg.TerminalProfile = profile
	1219	+	resolution := tui.ResolveTheme(i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName, i.activeThemeSource, profile)
	1220	+	i.installResolvedTheme(resolution)
	1221	+	}
	1222	+
	1223	+	func (i *Interactive) installResolvedTheme(resolution tui.ThemeResolution) {
	1224	+	th := resolution.Theme
1204	1225		i.mu.Lock()
1205	1226		i.cfg.Theme = th
1206	1227		i.view.Theme = th
1207	1228		i.view.InvalidateRenderCache()
	1229	+	i.chatCacheValid = false
	1230	+	i.stableChatCacheValid = false
1208	1231		i.mu.Unlock()
1209	1232		i.ed.Prompt = th.AccentBar(th.Accent)
	1233	+	i.btwDialog.setTheme(th)
	1234	+	if i.residentChildSession != nil {
	1235	+	i.residentChildSession.setTheme(th)
	1236	+	}
1210	1237		i.applyInputCursorColor()
1211	1238		i.spin.Configure(th)
1212	1239		i.requestRendererTheme(th)
1213		-	i.requestRendererClear()
1214	1240		i.invalidate()
1215	1241		}
1216	1242		func (i *Interactive) applyReasoningSetting(level string) {

 	if i == nil || i.cfg.Terminal == nil {
 		return
 	}
+	if i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName == "auto" && i.cfg.Theme.FG == tui.TerminalDefault() {
+		_, _ = i.cfg.Terminal.Write([]byte(tui.ResetCursorColor() + tui.CursorShapeBlock()))
+		return
+	}
 	color := tui.Color256(15)
 	if i.cursorDimmed {
 		color = i.cfg.Theme.DimColor(color, modalBackdropDimPercent)
 		{
 			key:     "theme",
 			label:   "color theme",
-			desc:    "choose auto, inherited terminal colors, a built-in dark/light theme, or a loaded theme file",
+			desc:    "choose terminal-owned auto, a built-in dark/light theme, or a loaded theme file",
 			options: themeOptions,
 			choice:  themeChoice,
 		},
 	if name == "auto" {
 		i.cfg.ThemeName = ""
 	}
-	i.applyThemeNow(name)
+	if !i.cfg.ThemeForced {
+		i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName = name
+	}
+	i.applyThemeNow(i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName)
 }
 func (i *Interactive) applyThemeNow(name string) {
 	if name == "" {
 		name = "auto"
 	}
-	detected := tui.Dark
+	source, err := tui.LoadThemeSource(i.cfg.ZutHome, name)
-	if tui.IsLightTheme(i.cfg.Theme) {
-		detected = tui.Light
-	}
-	// Keep the startup terminal snapshot available when a user switches
-	// themes live; inherited mode must not issue OSC queries while the TUI
-	// already owns raw stdin.
-	detected.Terminal = i.cfg.Theme.Terminal
-	th, applied, err := tui.LoadThemeFromHome(i.cfg.ZutHome, name, detected)
 	if err != nil {
 		if i.cfg.SettingsStore != nil {
 			_ = i.cfg.SettingsStore.SetTheme("auto")
 		}
 		i.cfg.ThemeName = ""
-		th, _, _ = tui.LoadThemeFromHome(i.cfg.ZutHome, "auto", detected)
+		i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName = "auto"
+		i.activeThemeSource = nil
+		i.stopThemeWatch()
+		i.installResolvedTheme(tui.ResolveTheme("auto", nil, i.terminalProfile))
 		i.mu.Lock()
-		i.statusErr = "theme missing; reset to default"
+		i.statusErr = "theme missing; reset to auto"
-		i.mu.Unlock()
-	} else {
-		i.mu.Lock()
-		label := applied
-		if label == "" {
-			label = "auto"
-		}
-		i.statusOK = "theme " + label
-		i.statusErr = ""
 		i.mu.Unlock()
+		return
+	}
+	i.activeThemeSource = source
+	i.restartThemeWatch()
+	i.installResolvedTheme(tui.ResolveTheme(name, source, i.terminalProfile))
+	i.mu.Lock()
+	i.statusOK = "theme " + i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName
+	if i.cfg.ThemeForced {
+		i.statusOK += " (forced by ZUT_THEME)"
 	}
+	i.statusErr = ""
+	i.mu.Unlock()
+}
+// installResolvedTheme is the one main-loop-owned installation boundary for
+// settings, terminal profile, and accepted theme-file revisions.
+// applyTerminalProfile records detected appearance independently from the
+// currently applied theme. Forced and custom selections are re-resolved from
+// their immutable accepted source; no terminal event performs filesystem I/O.
+func (i *Interactive) applyTerminalProfile(profile tui.TerminalProfile) {
+	i.terminalProfile = profile
+	i.cfg.TerminalProfile = profile
+	resolution := tui.ResolveTheme(i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName, i.activeThemeSource, profile)
+	i.installResolvedTheme(resolution)
+}
+func (i *Interactive) installResolvedTheme(resolution tui.ThemeResolution) {
+	th := resolution.Theme
 	i.mu.Lock()
 	i.cfg.Theme = th
 	i.view.Theme = th
 	i.view.InvalidateRenderCache()
+	i.chatCacheValid = false
+	i.stableChatCacheValid = false
 	i.mu.Unlock()
 	i.ed.Prompt = th.AccentBar(th.Accent)
+	i.btwDialog.setTheme(th)
+	if i.residentChildSession != nil {
+		i.residentChildSession.setTheme(th)
+	}
 	i.applyInputCursorColor()
 	i.spin.Configure(th)
 	i.requestRendererTheme(th)
-	i.requestRendererClear()
 	i.invalidate()
 }
 func (i *Interactive) applyReasoningSetting(level string) {

M packages/agent/modes/subagent_session.go +10 -0


@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ func (s *residentChildSession) Close() {
55	55		}
56	56		}
57	57
	58	+	func (s *residentChildSession) setTheme(theme tui.Theme) {
	59	+	if s == nil {
	60	+	return
	61	+	}
	62	+	s.mu.Lock()
	63	+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
	64	+	s.view.Theme = theme
	65	+	s.view.InvalidateRenderCache()
	66	+	}
	67	+
58	68		func (s *residentChildSession) LoadRecent(limit int) error {
59	69		if s == nil \|\| s.manager == nil {
60	70		return fmt.Errorf("resident child session: unavailable")


@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ func (s *residentChildSession) Close() {
55	}	55		}
56	}	56		}
57		57
		58	+	func (s *residentChildSession) setTheme(theme tui.Theme) {
		59	+	if s == nil {
		60	+	return
		61	+	}
		62	+	s.mu.Lock()
		63	+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
		64	+	s.view.Theme = theme
		65	+	s.view.InvalidateRenderCache()
		66	+	}
		67	+
58	func (s *residentChildSession) LoadRecent(limit int) error {	68		func (s *residentChildSession) LoadRecent(limit int) error {
59	if s == nil \|\| s.manager == nil {	69		if s == nil \|\| s.manager == nil {
60	return fmt.Errorf("resident child session: unavailable")	70		return fmt.Errorf("resident child session: unavailable")

M packages/agent/modes/theme_setting_test.go +23 -18


@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
6	6		"github.com/bnema/zut/packages/tui"
7	7		)
8	8
9		-	func TestSettingsDialogOffersInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {
	9	+	func TestSettingsDialogDoesNotOfferInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {
10	10		interactive := NewInteractive(InteractiveConfig{})
11	11		interactive.openSettingsDialog()
12	12

@@ -16,37 +16,42 @@ func TestSettingsDialogOffersInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {
16	16		}
17	17		for _, option := range item.options {
18	18		if option.value == "inherited" {
19		-	if option.label != "inherited (from terminal)" {
20		-	t.Fatalf("inherited label = %q, want inherited (from terminal)", option.label)
21		-	}
22		-	return
	19	+	t.Fatal("theme picker still offers inherited")
23	20		}
24	21		}
25		-	t.Fatal("theme picker did not include inherited")
	22	+	return
26	23		}
27	24		t.Fatal("settings dialog did not include theme picker")
28	25		}
29	26
30		-	func TestApplyingInheritedThemeUsesCapturedTerminalProfile(t *testing.T) {
31		-	detected := tui.Dark
32		-	detected.Terminal = tui.TerminalProfile{
	27	+	func TestApplyingAutoThemeUsesCapturedTerminalProfile(t *testing.T) {
	28	+	profile := tui.TerminalProfile{
33	29		Foreground: tui.ColorRGB(220, 220, 220),
34	30		Background: tui.ColorRGB(10, 10, 10),
35	31		HasForeground: true,
36	32		HasBackground: true,
37		-	TrueColor: true,
	33	+	Depth: tui.ColorDepthTrueColor,
38	34		}
39		-	interactive := NewInteractive(InteractiveConfig{Theme: detected, ThemeName: "auto"})
	35	+	interactive := NewInteractive(InteractiveConfig{Theme: tui.TerminalTheme(profile), TerminalProfile: profile, ThemeName: "dark"})
40	36		interactive.rend = nil
41		-	interactive.applyThemeNow("inherited")
	37	+	interactive.applyThemeNow("auto")
42	38
43		-	if !interactive.cfg.Theme.Inherited {
44		-	t.Fatal("applying inherited theme did not switch the live theme")
	39	+	if interactive.cfg.Theme.FG != tui.TerminalDefault() {
	40	+	t.Fatal("applying auto did not switch to terminal defaults")
45	41		}
46		-	if !interactive.cfg.Theme.Terminal.TrueColor {
47		-	t.Fatal("live inherited color mode = 256, want truecolor")
	42	+	if interactive.cfg.Theme.Terminal != profile {
	43	+	t.Fatal("live auto theme lost the captured terminal profile")
48	44		}
49		-	if !interactive.cfg.Theme.Terminal.HasForeground \|\| !interactive.cfg.Theme.Terminal.HasBackground {
50		-	t.Fatal("live inherited theme lost the captured terminal profile")
	45	+	}
	46	+
	47	+	func TestEnvironmentForcedThemeDoesNotChangeOnSettingsSelection(t *testing.T) {
	48	+	interactive := NewInteractive(InteractiveConfig{ThemeForced: true, EffectiveThemeName: "dark", ThemeName: "auto"})
	49	+	interactive.rend = nil
	50	+	interactive.applyThemeSetting("light")
	51	+	if interactive.cfg.ThemeName != "light" {
	52	+	t.Fatalf("persisted preference = %q, want light", interactive.cfg.ThemeName)
	53	+	}
	54	+	if interactive.cfg.EffectiveThemeName != "dark" {
	55	+	t.Fatalf("effective preference = %q, want dark", interactive.cfg.EffectiveThemeName)
51	56		}
52	57		}


@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
6		"github.com/bnema/zut/packages/tui"	6		"github.com/bnema/zut/packages/tui"
7		)	7		)
8			8
9	-	func TestSettingsDialogOffersInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {	9	+	func TestSettingsDialogDoesNotOfferInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {
10		interactive := NewInteractive(InteractiveConfig{})	10		interactive := NewInteractive(InteractiveConfig{})
11		interactive.openSettingsDialog()	11		interactive.openSettingsDialog()
12			12

@@ -16,37 +16,42 @@ func TestSettingsDialogOffersInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {
16		}	16		}
17		for _, option := range item.options {	17		for _, option := range item.options {
18		if option.value == "inherited" {	18		if option.value == "inherited" {
19	-	if option.label != "inherited (from terminal)" {	19	+	t.Fatal("theme picker still offers inherited")
20	-	t.Fatalf("inherited label = %q, want inherited (from terminal)", option.label)
21	-	}
22	-	return
23		}	20		}
24		}	21		}
25	-	t.Fatal("theme picker did not include inherited")	22	+	return
26		}	23		}
27		t.Fatal("settings dialog did not include theme picker")	24		t.Fatal("settings dialog did not include theme picker")
28		}	25		}
29			26
30	-	func TestApplyingInheritedThemeUsesCapturedTerminalProfile(t *testing.T) {	27	+	func TestApplyingAutoThemeUsesCapturedTerminalProfile(t *testing.T) {
31	-	detected := tui.Dark	28	+	profile := tui.TerminalProfile{
32	-	detected.Terminal = tui.TerminalProfile{
33		Foreground: tui.ColorRGB(220, 220, 220),	29		Foreground: tui.ColorRGB(220, 220, 220),
34		Background: tui.ColorRGB(10, 10, 10),	30		Background: tui.ColorRGB(10, 10, 10),
35		HasForeground: true,	31		HasForeground: true,
36		HasBackground: true,	32		HasBackground: true,
37	-	TrueColor: true,	33	+	Depth: tui.ColorDepthTrueColor,
38		}	34		}
39	-	interactive := NewInteractive(InteractiveConfig{Theme: detected, ThemeName: "auto"})	35	+	interactive := NewInteractive(InteractiveConfig{Theme: tui.TerminalTheme(profile), TerminalProfile: profile, ThemeName: "dark"})
40		interactive.rend = nil	36		interactive.rend = nil
41	-	interactive.applyThemeNow("inherited")	37	+	interactive.applyThemeNow("auto")
42			38
43	-	if !interactive.cfg.Theme.Inherited {	39	+	if interactive.cfg.Theme.FG != tui.TerminalDefault() {
44	-	t.Fatal("applying inherited theme did not switch the live theme")	40	+	t.Fatal("applying auto did not switch to terminal defaults")
45		}	41		}
46	-	if !interactive.cfg.Theme.Terminal.TrueColor {	42	+	if interactive.cfg.Theme.Terminal != profile {
47	-	t.Fatal("live inherited color mode = 256, want truecolor")	43	+	t.Fatal("live auto theme lost the captured terminal profile")
48		}	44		}
49	-	if !interactive.cfg.Theme.Terminal.HasForeground \|\| !interactive.cfg.Theme.Terminal.HasBackground {	45	+	}
50	-	t.Fatal("live inherited theme lost the captured terminal profile")	46	+
			47	+	func TestEnvironmentForcedThemeDoesNotChangeOnSettingsSelection(t *testing.T) {
			48	+	interactive := NewInteractive(InteractiveConfig{ThemeForced: true, EffectiveThemeName: "dark", ThemeName: "auto"})
			49	+	interactive.rend = nil
			50	+	interactive.applyThemeSetting("light")
			51	+	if interactive.cfg.ThemeName != "light" {
			52	+	t.Fatalf("persisted preference = %q, want light", interactive.cfg.ThemeName)
			53	+	}
			54	+	if interactive.cfg.EffectiveThemeName != "dark" {
			55	+	t.Fatalf("effective preference = %q, want dark", interactive.cfg.EffectiveThemeName)
51		}	56		}
52		}	57		}

A packages/agent/modes/theme_watch.go +105 -0

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
	1	+	package modes
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"context"
	5	+	"errors"
	6	+	"os"
	7	+	"time"
	8	+
	9	+	"github.com/bnema/zut/packages/tui"
	10	+	)
	11	+
	12	+	const (
	13	+	themeWatchInterval = 500 * time.Millisecond
	14	+	themeMissingGrace = 2 * time.Second
	15	+	)
	16	+
	17	+	type themeWatchEvent struct {
	18	+	path string
	19	+	source *tui.ThemeSource
	20	+	err error
	21	+	deleted bool
	22	+	}
	23	+
	24	+	func (i *Interactive) restartThemeWatch() {
	25	+	if i.themeWatchCancel != nil {
	26	+	i.themeWatchCancel()
	27	+	i.themeWatchCancel = nil
	28	+	}
	29	+	if i.runCtx == nil \|\| i.activeThemeSource == nil {
	30	+	return
	31	+	}
	32	+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(i.runCtx)
	33	+	i.themeWatchCancel = cancel
	34	+	interval := i.cfg.ThemeWatchInterval
	35	+	if interval <= 0 {
	36	+	interval = themeWatchInterval
	37	+	}
	38	+	go watchThemeSource(ctx, i.cfg.ZutHome, i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName, i.activeThemeSource, interval, i.themeWatchEvents)
	39	+	}
	40	+
	41	+	func (i *Interactive) stopThemeWatch() {
	42	+	if i.themeWatchCancel != nil {
	43	+	i.themeWatchCancel()
	44	+	i.themeWatchCancel = nil
	45	+	}
	46	+	}
	47	+
	48	+	func watchThemeSource(ctx context.Context, home, preference string, accepted *tui.ThemeSource, interval time.Duration, events chan<- themeWatchEvent) {
	49	+	if accepted == nil \|\| accepted.Path == "" {
	50	+	return
	51	+	}
	52	+	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
	53	+	defer ticker.Stop()
	54	+	watchThemeSourceTicks(ctx, home, preference, accepted, ticker.C, events)
	55	+	}
	56	+
	57	+	// watchThemeSourceTicks is the test seam for polling: tests advance explicit
	58	+	// timestamps rather than synchronizing with sleeps.
	59	+	func watchThemeSourceTicks(ctx context.Context, home, preference string, accepted *tui.ThemeSource, ticks <-chan time.Time, events chan<- themeWatchEvent) {
	60	+	if accepted == nil \|\| accepted.Path == "" {
	61	+	return
	62	+	}
	63	+	lastDigest := accepted.Digest
	64	+	var missingSince time.Time
	65	+	lastError := ""
	66	+	for {
	67	+	select {
	68	+	case <-ctx.Done():
	69	+	return
	70	+	case now := <-ticks:
	71	+	if _, statErr := os.Stat(accepted.Path); errors.Is(statErr, os.ErrNotExist) {
	72	+	if missingSince.IsZero() {
	73	+	missingSince = now
	74	+	}
	75	+	if now.Sub(missingSince) >= themeMissingGrace {
	76	+	sendThemeWatchEvent(ctx, events, themeWatchEvent{path: accepted.Path, deleted: true})
	77	+	return
	78	+	}
	79	+	continue
	80	+	}
	81	+	source, err := tui.LoadThemeSource(home, preference)
	82	+	if err == nil && source != nil {
	83	+	missingSince = time.Time{}
	84	+	lastError = ""
	85	+	if source.Path != accepted.Path \|\| source.Digest == lastDigest {
	86	+	continue
	87	+	}
	88	+	lastDigest = source.Digest
	89	+	sendThemeWatchEvent(ctx, events, themeWatchEvent{path: accepted.Path, source: source})
	90	+	continue
	91	+	}
	92	+	if err != nil && err.Error() != lastError {
	93	+	lastError = err.Error()
	94	+	sendThemeWatchEvent(ctx, events, themeWatchEvent{path: accepted.Path, err: err})
	95	+	}
	96	+	}
	97	+	}
	98	+	}
	99	+
	100	+	func sendThemeWatchEvent(ctx context.Context, events chan<- themeWatchEvent, event themeWatchEvent) {
	101	+	select {
	102	+	case events <- event:
	103	+	case <-ctx.Done():
	104	+	}
	105	+	}

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
	1	+	package modes
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"context"
	5	+	"errors"
	6	+	"os"
	7	+	"time"
	8	+
	9	+	"github.com/bnema/zut/packages/tui"
	10	+	)
	11	+
	12	+	const (
	13	+	themeWatchInterval = 500 * time.Millisecond
	14	+	themeMissingGrace = 2 * time.Second
	15	+	)
	16	+
	17	+	type themeWatchEvent struct {
	18	+	path string
	19	+	source *tui.ThemeSource
	20	+	err error
	21	+	deleted bool
	22	+	}
	23	+
	24	+	func (i *Interactive) restartThemeWatch() {
	25	+	if i.themeWatchCancel != nil {
	26	+	i.themeWatchCancel()
	27	+	i.themeWatchCancel = nil
	28	+	}
	29	+	if i.runCtx == nil \|\| i.activeThemeSource == nil {
	30	+	return
	31	+	}
	32	+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(i.runCtx)
	33	+	i.themeWatchCancel = cancel
	34	+	interval := i.cfg.ThemeWatchInterval
	35	+	if interval <= 0 {
	36	+	interval = themeWatchInterval
	37	+	}
	38	+	go watchThemeSource(ctx, i.cfg.ZutHome, i.cfg.EffectiveThemeName, i.activeThemeSource, interval, i.themeWatchEvents)
	39	+	}
	40	+
	41	+	func (i *Interactive) stopThemeWatch() {
	42	+	if i.themeWatchCancel != nil {
	43	+	i.themeWatchCancel()
	44	+	i.themeWatchCancel = nil
	45	+	}
	46	+	}
	47	+
	48	+	func watchThemeSource(ctx context.Context, home, preference string, accepted *tui.ThemeSource, interval time.Duration, events chan<- themeWatchEvent) {
	49	+	if accepted == nil \|\| accepted.Path == "" {
	50	+	return
	51	+	}
	52	+	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
	53	+	defer ticker.Stop()
	54	+	watchThemeSourceTicks(ctx, home, preference, accepted, ticker.C, events)
	55	+	}
	56	+
	57	+	// watchThemeSourceTicks is the test seam for polling: tests advance explicit
	58	+	// timestamps rather than synchronizing with sleeps.
	59	+	func watchThemeSourceTicks(ctx context.Context, home, preference string, accepted *tui.ThemeSource, ticks <-chan time.Time, events chan<- themeWatchEvent) {
	60	+	if accepted == nil \|\| accepted.Path == "" {
	61	+	return
	62	+	}
	63	+	lastDigest := accepted.Digest
	64	+	var missingSince time.Time
	65	+	lastError := ""
	66	+	for {
	67	+	select {
	68	+	case <-ctx.Done():
	69	+	return
	70	+	case now := <-ticks:
	71	+	if _, statErr := os.Stat(accepted.Path); errors.Is(statErr, os.ErrNotExist) {
	72	+	if missingSince.IsZero() {
	73	+	missingSince = now
	74	+	}
	75	+	if now.Sub(missingSince) >= themeMissingGrace {
	76	+	sendThemeWatchEvent(ctx, events, themeWatchEvent{path: accepted.Path, deleted: true})
	77	+	return
	78	+	}
	79	+	continue
	80	+	}
	81	+	source, err := tui.LoadThemeSource(home, preference)
	82	+	if err == nil && source != nil {
	83	+	missingSince = time.Time{}
	84	+	lastError = ""
	85	+	if source.Path != accepted.Path \|\| source.Digest == lastDigest {
	86	+	continue
	87	+	}
	88	+	lastDigest = source.Digest
	89	+	sendThemeWatchEvent(ctx, events, themeWatchEvent{path: accepted.Path, source: source})
	90	+	continue
	91	+	}
	92	+	if err != nil && err.Error() != lastError {
	93	+	lastError = err.Error()
	94	+	sendThemeWatchEvent(ctx, events, themeWatchEvent{path: accepted.Path, err: err})
	95	+	}
	96	+	}
	97	+	}
	98	+	}
	99	+
	100	+	func sendThemeWatchEvent(ctx context.Context, events chan<- themeWatchEvent, event themeWatchEvent) {
	101	+	select {
	102	+	case events <- event:
	103	+	case <-ctx.Done():
	104	+	}
	105	+	}

A packages/agent/modes/theme_watch_test.go +96 -0

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
	1	+	package modes
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"context"
	5	+	"os"
	6	+	"path/filepath"
	7	+	"testing"
	8	+	"time"
	9	+
	10	+	"github.com/bnema/zut/packages/tui"
	11	+	)
	12	+
	13	+	func writeWatchedTheme(t *testing.T, home, body string) string {
	14	+	t.Helper()
	15	+	path := filepath.Join(home, "themes", "live.json")
	16	+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
	17	+	t.Fatal(err)
	18	+	}
	19	+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(body), 0o644); err != nil {
	20	+	t.Fatal(err)
	21	+	}
	22	+	return path
	23	+	}
	24	+
	25	+	func TestWatchThemeSourceTicksPublishesOnlyValidRevisions(t *testing.T) {
	26	+	home := t.TempDir()
	27	+	path := writeWatchedTheme(t, home, `{"colors":{"accent":20}}`)
	28	+	accepted, err := tui.LoadThemeSource(home, "live")
	29	+	if err != nil {
	30	+	t.Fatal(err)
	31	+	}
	32	+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	33	+	defer cancel()
	34	+	ticks := make(chan time.Time, 3)
	35	+	events := make(chan themeWatchEvent, 3)
	36	+	go watchThemeSourceTicks(ctx, home, "live", accepted, ticks, events)
	37	+
	38	+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`{"colors":{"accent":21}}`), 0o644); err != nil {
	39	+	t.Fatal(err)
	40	+	}
	41	+	ticks <- time.Unix(1, 0)
	42	+	select {
	43	+	case event := <-events:
	44	+	if event.source == nil \|\| event.source.File.Colors.Base.Accent == nil \|\| event.source.File.Colors.Base.Accent.Index != 21 {
	45	+	t.Fatalf("valid revision event = %#v", event)
	46	+	}
	47	+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
	48	+	t.Fatal("watcher did not publish valid revision")
	49	+	}
	50	+
	51	+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`{"colors":{"accent":999}}`), 0o644); err != nil {
	52	+	t.Fatal(err)
	53	+	}
	54	+	ticks <- time.Unix(2, 0)
	55	+	select {
	56	+	case event := <-events:
	57	+	if event.err == nil \|\| event.source != nil {
	58	+	t.Fatalf("invalid revision event = %#v", event)
	59	+	}
	60	+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
	61	+	t.Fatal("watcher did not report invalid revision")
	62	+	}
	63	+	}
	64	+
	65	+	func TestWatchThemeSourceTicksDelaysPersistentDeletion(t *testing.T) {
	66	+	home := t.TempDir()
	67	+	path := writeWatchedTheme(t, home, `{}`)
	68	+	accepted, err := tui.LoadThemeSource(home, "live")
	69	+	if err != nil {
	70	+	t.Fatal(err)
	71	+	}
	72	+	if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil {
	73	+	t.Fatal(err)
	74	+	}
	75	+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	76	+	defer cancel()
	77	+	ticks := make(chan time.Time, 3)
	78	+	events := make(chan themeWatchEvent, 1)
	79	+	go watchThemeSourceTicks(ctx, home, "live", accepted, ticks, events)
	80	+	ticks <- time.Unix(1, 0)
	81	+	ticks <- time.Unix(2, 0)
	82	+	select {
	83	+	case event := <-events:
	84	+	t.Fatalf("deletion happened before grace period: %#v", event)
	85	+	default:
	86	+	}
	87	+	ticks <- time.Unix(4, 0)
	88	+	select {
	89	+	case event := <-events:
	90	+	if !event.deleted {
	91	+	t.Fatalf("persistent deletion event = %#v", event)
	92	+	}
	93	+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
	94	+	t.Fatal("watcher did not publish persistent deletion")
	95	+	}
	96	+	}

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
	1	+	package modes
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"context"
	5	+	"os"
	6	+	"path/filepath"
	7	+	"testing"
	8	+	"time"
	9	+
	10	+	"github.com/bnema/zut/packages/tui"
	11	+	)
	12	+
	13	+	func writeWatchedTheme(t *testing.T, home, body string) string {
	14	+	t.Helper()
	15	+	path := filepath.Join(home, "themes", "live.json")
	16	+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
	17	+	t.Fatal(err)
	18	+	}
	19	+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(body), 0o644); err != nil {
	20	+	t.Fatal(err)
	21	+	}
	22	+	return path
	23	+	}
	24	+
	25	+	func TestWatchThemeSourceTicksPublishesOnlyValidRevisions(t *testing.T) {
	26	+	home := t.TempDir()
	27	+	path := writeWatchedTheme(t, home, `{"colors":{"accent":20}}`)
	28	+	accepted, err := tui.LoadThemeSource(home, "live")
	29	+	if err != nil {
	30	+	t.Fatal(err)
	31	+	}
	32	+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	33	+	defer cancel()
	34	+	ticks := make(chan time.Time, 3)
	35	+	events := make(chan themeWatchEvent, 3)
	36	+	go watchThemeSourceTicks(ctx, home, "live", accepted, ticks, events)
	37	+
	38	+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`{"colors":{"accent":21}}`), 0o644); err != nil {
	39	+	t.Fatal(err)
	40	+	}
	41	+	ticks <- time.Unix(1, 0)
	42	+	select {
	43	+	case event := <-events:
	44	+	if event.source == nil \|\| event.source.File.Colors.Base.Accent == nil \|\| event.source.File.Colors.Base.Accent.Index != 21 {
	45	+	t.Fatalf("valid revision event = %#v", event)
	46	+	}
	47	+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
	48	+	t.Fatal("watcher did not publish valid revision")
	49	+	}
	50	+
	51	+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(`{"colors":{"accent":999}}`), 0o644); err != nil {
	52	+	t.Fatal(err)
	53	+	}
	54	+	ticks <- time.Unix(2, 0)
	55	+	select {
	56	+	case event := <-events:
	57	+	if event.err == nil \|\| event.source != nil {
	58	+	t.Fatalf("invalid revision event = %#v", event)
	59	+	}
	60	+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
	61	+	t.Fatal("watcher did not report invalid revision")
	62	+	}
	63	+	}
	64	+
	65	+	func TestWatchThemeSourceTicksDelaysPersistentDeletion(t *testing.T) {
	66	+	home := t.TempDir()
	67	+	path := writeWatchedTheme(t, home, `{}`)
	68	+	accepted, err := tui.LoadThemeSource(home, "live")
	69	+	if err != nil {
	70	+	t.Fatal(err)
	71	+	}
	72	+	if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil {
	73	+	t.Fatal(err)
	74	+	}
	75	+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
	76	+	defer cancel()
	77	+	ticks := make(chan time.Time, 3)
	78	+	events := make(chan themeWatchEvent, 1)
	79	+	go watchThemeSourceTicks(ctx, home, "live", accepted, ticks, events)
	80	+	ticks <- time.Unix(1, 0)
	81	+	ticks <- time.Unix(2, 0)
	82	+	select {
	83	+	case event := <-events:
	84	+	t.Fatalf("deletion happened before grace period: %#v", event)
	85	+	default:
	86	+	}
	87	+	ticks <- time.Unix(4, 0)
	88	+	select {
	89	+	case event := <-events:
	90	+	if !event.deleted {
	91	+	t.Fatalf("persistent deletion event = %#v", event)
	92	+	}
	93	+	case <-time.After(time.Second):
	94	+	t.Fatal("watcher did not publish persistent deletion")
	95	+	}
	96	+	}

M packages/agent/settings_store.go +1 -1


@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (configSettingsStore) SetTheme(name string) error {
231	231		if err != nil {
232	232		return err
233	233		}
234		-	if name == "auto" {
	234	+	if name == "auto" \|\| name == "inherited" {
235	235		name = ""
236	236		}
237	237		cfg.Theme = name


@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (configSettingsStore) SetTheme(name string) error {
231		if err != nil {	231		if err != nil {
232		return err	232		return err
233		}	233		}
234	-	if name == "auto" {	234	+	if name == "auto" \|\| name == "inherited" {
235		name = ""	235		name = ""
236		}	236		}
237		cfg.Theme = name	237		cfg.Theme = name

M packages/agent/settings_store_test.go +3 -3


@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func TestConfigLSPEnabledForDefaultsToTrue(t *testing.T) {
202	202		}
203	203		}
204	204
205		-	func TestConfigSettingsStorePersistsInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {
	205	+	func TestConfigSettingsStoreResetsRemovedInheritedThemeToAuto(t *testing.T) {
206	206		t.Setenv("ZUT_HOME", t.TempDir())
207	207		if err := SaveConfig(Config{Theme: "dark"}); err != nil {
208	208		t.Fatal(err)

@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ func TestConfigSettingsStorePersistsInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {
215	215		if err != nil {
216	216		t.Fatal(err)
217	217		}
218		-	if cfg.Theme != "inherited" {
219		-	t.Fatalf("theme = %q, want inherited", cfg.Theme)
	218	+	if cfg.Theme != "" {
	219	+	t.Fatalf("theme = %q, want auto", cfg.Theme)
220	220		}
221	221		}
222	222


@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func TestConfigLSPEnabledForDefaultsToTrue(t *testing.T) {
202		}	202		}
203		}	203		}
204			204
205	-	func TestConfigSettingsStorePersistsInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {	205	+	func TestConfigSettingsStoreResetsRemovedInheritedThemeToAuto(t *testing.T) {
206		t.Setenv("ZUT_HOME", t.TempDir())	206		t.Setenv("ZUT_HOME", t.TempDir())
207		if err := SaveConfig(Config{Theme: "dark"}); err != nil {	207		if err := SaveConfig(Config{Theme: "dark"}); err != nil {
208		t.Fatal(err)	208		t.Fatal(err)

@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ func TestConfigSettingsStorePersistsInheritedTheme(t *testing.T) {
215		if err != nil {	215		if err != nil {
216		t.Fatal(err)	216		t.Fatal(err)
217		}	217		}
218	-	if cfg.Theme != "inherited" {	218	+	if cfg.Theme != "" {
219	-	t.Fatalf("theme = %q, want inherited", cfg.Theme)	219	+	t.Fatalf("theme = %q, want auto", cfg.Theme)
220		}	220		}
221		}	221		}
222			222

M packages/agent/skills/builtin/write-zut-themes/SKILL.md +31 -284


@@ -5,32 +5,24 @@ description: Help the user create, install, or package zut themes, including the
5	5
6	6		# Writing zut themes
7	7
8		-	Use this skill when the user asks for help creating, editing,
9		-	installing, debugging, or packaging a zut color theme. Read this skill
10		-	before generating a theme file or advising on theme extension layout.
	8	+	Use this skill when creating, editing, installing, debugging, or packaging a
	9	+	zut theme. Read [docs/themes.md](../../../../../docs/themes.md) before
	10	+	recommending a file shape.
11	11
12		-	## What a zut theme is
	12	+	## Theme model
13	13
14		-	A zut theme is a JSON file that overrides any subset of zut's built-in
15		-	light/dark theme values. Theme files are intentionally permissive:
16		-	nothing is required. A file may contain only colors, only spinner
17		-	settings, only syntax colors, or only metadata. Missing values always
18		-	inherit from the built-in detected light/dark default.
	14	+	`auto` is terminal-owned: it follows terminal defaults, ANSI palette, color
	15	+	depth, and live appearance changes. A JSON theme overlays that adaptive base,
	16	+	so missing fields remain terminal-owned. `dark` and `light` are fixed explicit
	17	+	choices. There is no `inherited` selection.
19	18
20		-	The `/settings` picker also provides an inherited (from terminal)
21		-	built-in theme. It uses the terminal's reported colors and emits truecolor
22		-	when advertised, with a best-effort xterm-256 fallback otherwise. JSON themes
23		-	use the same first-class terminal-color model: every semantic role accepts
24		-	xterm-256, ANSI, or RGB values, with RGB quantized when truecolor is
25		-	unavailable.
26		-
27		-	User themes are discovered from:
	19	+	User themes live at:
28	20
29	21		```text
30	22		$ZUT_HOME/themes/*.json
31	23		```
32	24
33		-	Extension themes are discovered in-place from loaded extension dirs:
	25	+	Extension-owned files are loaded in place:
34	26
35	27		```text
36	28		$ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/theme.json

@@ -39,36 +31,19 @@ $ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json
39	31		<project>/.zut/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json
40	32		```
41	33
42		-	zut does not copy extension themes into `$ZUT_HOME/themes`; extension
43		-	owned themes stay in the extension directory. The settings picker stores
44		-	an absolute path for extension-owned themes and loads that file directly.
	34	+	An active custom file reloads during interactive sessions. Always produce
	35	+	complete valid JSON: zut keeps the prior valid file after a temporary invalid
	36	+	save, and resets to auto only after persistent deletion.
45	37
46	38		## Minimal examples
47	39
48		-	### Empty / metadata-only theme
49		-
50		-	Valid; inherits all colors/spinner/syntax from zut defaults.
51		-
52		-	```json
53		-	{
54		-	"name": "my-theme",
55		-	"description": "Metadata only; all visuals inherit zut defaults."
56		-	}
57		-	```
58		-
59		-	### Change one color for both light and dark
60		-
61	40		```json
62	41		{
63	42		"name": "pink-accent",
64		-	"colors": {
65		-	"accent": 204
66		-	}
	43	+	"colors": { "accent": 204 }
67	44		}
68	45		```
69	46
70		-	### Change one color per mode
71		-
72	47		```json
73	48		{
74	49		"name": "split-accent",

@@ -79,132 +54,17 @@ Valid; inherits all colors/spinner/syntax from zut defaults.
79	54		}
80	55		```
81	56
82		-	### Spinner-only theme
83		-
84		-	Top-level spinner overrides are valid and apply to both modes.
85		-
86		-	```json
87		-	{
88		-	"name": "custom-spinner",
89		-	"description": "Only changes the busy spinner.",
90		-	"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
91		-	"spinner_interval_ms": 120
92		-	}
93		-	```
94		-
95		-	### Dark-only theme also works in light terminals
96		-
97		-	If `colors.light` is missing, zut applies `colors.dark` overrides on
98		-	top of the built-in light default when running in light mode. The
99		-	inverse is also true: if dark is missing but light exists, light
100		-	settings are used on dark defaults.
101		-
102		-	```json
103		-	{
104		-	"name": "custom-spinner",
105		-	"description": "An alternative busy-spinner animation for zut.",
106		-	"colors": {
107		-	"dark": {
108		-	"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
109		-	"spinner_interval_ms": 120
110		-	}
111		-	}
112		-	}
113		-	```
114		-
115		-	## Full theme shape
	57	+	Top-level and `colors` values apply to both branches. Missing light or dark
	58	+	branches use the available branch over the adaptive base.
116	59
117		-	All fields below are optional.
	60	+	## Valid values
118	61
119		-	```json
120		-	{
121		-	"name": "my-theme",
122		-	"description": "Shown in /settings → color theme.",
123		-	"color_descriptions": {
124		-	"accent": "Optional documentation for humans. zut ignores this object."
125		-	},
126		-	"colors": {
127		-	"dark": {
128		-	"fg": 253,
129		-	"muted": 244,
130		-	"accent": 111,
131		-	"user": 180,
132		-	"user_bubble_bg": "#42454b",
133		-	"user_bubble_fg": 248,
134		-	"assistant": 117,
135		-	"tool": 114,
136		-	"tool_out": 245,
137		-	"error": 203,
138		-	"warning": 214,
139		-	"spinner": 183,
140		-	"selection_bg": 24,
141		-	"selection_fg": 231,
142		-	"spinner_frames": ["⠋", "⠙", "⠚", "⠞", "⠖", "⠦", "⠴", "⠲", "⠳", "⠓"],
143		-	"spinner_interval_ms": 80,
144		-	"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
145		-	"syntax": {
146		-	"keyword": "#81a1c1 bold",
147		-	"keyword_constant": "#81a1c1",
148		-	"keyword_declaration": "#81a1c1",
149		-	"keyword_namespace": "#81a1c1",
150		-	"keyword_reserved": "#81a1c1 bold",
151		-	"keyword_type": "#88c0d0",
152		-	"name_builtin": "#88c0d0",
153		-	"name_function": "#8fbcbb",
154		-	"name_class": "#a3be8c bold",
155		-	"name_decorator": "#b48ead",
156		-	"literal_string": "#a3be8c",
157		-	"literal_string_escape": "#bf616a",
158		-	"literal_number": "#d08770",
159		-	"comment": "#616e88 italic",
160		-	"comment_preproc": "#b48ead",
161		-	"operator": "#eceff4",
162		-	"punctuation": "#d8dee9",
163		-	"text": "#e5e9f0"
164		-	}
165		-	},
166		-	"light": {
167		-	"fg": 236,
168		-	"muted": 244,
169		-	"accent": 33
170		-	}
171		-	}
172		-	}
173		-	```
	62	+	All fields are optional. Semantic roles include `fg`, `muted`, `accent`,
	63	+	`background`, `user`, `user_bubble_bg`, `user_bubble_fg`, `assistant`, `tool`,
	64	+	`tool_out`, `error`, `warning`, `spinner`, `thinking_max`, `selection_bg`, and
	65	+	`selection_fg`.
174	66
175		-	You may also put overrides directly at the top level, or directly
176		-	under `colors`, when they should apply to both modes:
177		-
178		-	```json
179		-	{
180		-	"name": "tiny",
181		-	"accent": 204,
182		-	"colors": {
183		-	"spinner_frames": ["◐", "◓", "◑", "◒"]
184		-	}
185		-	}
186		-	```
187		-
188		-	## Color fields
189		-
190		-	- `fg` — default foreground text.
191		-	- `muted` — secondary text, dividers, gutters, inactive hints.
192		-	- `accent` — prompt bar, bullets, links, headings, active markers.
193		-	- `background` — optional full-row TUI background; missing values leave the
194		-	terminal background unchanged.
195		-	- `user` — user role label color; mostly compatibility.
196		-	- `user_bubble_bg` — background behind user message rows.
197		-	- `user_bubble_fg` — foreground inside user message rows.
198		-	- `assistant` — assistant/zut accent and spinner text.
199		-	- `tool` — tool names, success marks, diff additions.
200		-	- `tool_out` — plain tool-output text.
201		-	- `error` — errors, refused calls, diff deletions.
202		-	- `warning` — warnings and high context-usage state.
203		-	- `spinner` — reserved spinner color slot.
204		-	- `selection_bg` — highlighted row background.
205		-	- `selection_fg` — highlighted row foreground.
206		-
207		-	Every color field accepts the following JSON forms:
	67	+	Use explicit color values only when an override is intended:
208	68
209	69		```json
210	70		254

@@ -214,115 +74,19 @@ Every color field accepts the following JSON forms:
214	74		{ "mode": "rgb", "r": 66, "g": 69, "b": 75 }
215	75		```
216	76
217		-	Numeric values are xterm-256 indexes. ANSI values use SGR codes, with
218		-	standard foreground/background ranges normalized to the role where necessary.
219		-	RGB values are emitted directly when truecolor is advertised and quantized to
220		-	the nearest xterm-256 color otherwise. The forms apply to `background`,
221		-	`user_bubble_bg`, and all other semantic theme colors.
222		-
223		-	## Spinner fields
224		-
225		-	Spinner settings can appear at top level, under `colors`, or under
226		-	`colors.dark` / `colors.light`.
227		-
228		-	- `spinner_frames` — list of frame strings. Use single-cell glyphs
229		-	when possible so status-bar alignment stays clean.
230		-	- `spinner_interval_ms` — frame interval in milliseconds; must be
231		-	positive. Missing/invalid falls back to 80ms.
232		-
233		-	The working-status label belongs to zut and always describes the current
234		-	operation. The legacy `spinner_messages` field is ignored.
	77	+	Numeric values are literal xterm-256 indexes, not terminal palette slots. RGB
	78	+	uses truecolor when available and falls back to terminal capability otherwise.
	79	+	Omit `background` for terminal background ownership; setting it intentionally
	80	+	paints full zut rows.
235	81
236		-	Example:
237		-
238		-	```json
239		-	{
240		-	"spinner_frames": ["◐", "◓", "◑", "◒"],
241		-	"spinner_interval_ms": 120
242		-	}
243		-	```
244		-
245		-	## Syntax fields
246		-
247		-	Syntax highlighting uses Chroma style entries. Values may include
248		-	attributes after the color, such as `bold`, `italic`, or `underline`.
249		-
250		-	Common fields:
251		-
252		-	- `keyword`
253		-	- `keyword_constant`
254		-	- `keyword_declaration`
255		-	- `keyword_namespace`
256		-	- `keyword_reserved`
257		-	- `keyword_type`
258		-	- `name_builtin`
259		-	- `name_function`
260		-	- `name_class`
261		-	- `name_decorator`
262		-	- `literal_string`
263		-	- `literal_string_escape`
264		-	- `literal_number`
265		-	- `comment`
266		-	- `comment_preproc`
267		-	- `operator`
268		-	- `punctuation`
269		-	- `text`
270		-
271		-	Example:
272		-
273		-	```json
274		-	{
275		-	"colors": {
276		-	"dark": {
277		-	"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
278		-	"syntax": {
279		-	"keyword": "#f05b8d",
280		-	"name_function": "#b675f1",
281		-	"literal_string": "#58c760",
282		-	"comment": "#a1a1a1 italic"
283		-	}
284		-	}
285		-	}
286		-	}
287		-	```
288		-
289		-	## Installing a user theme
290		-
291		-	```bash
292		-	mkdir -p "$ZUT_HOME/themes"
293		-	cp my-theme.json "$ZUT_HOME/themes/my-theme.json"
294		-	```
295		-
296		-	Then open `/settings` and choose color theme. zut switches theme
297		-	immediately and persists the selection in `$ZUT_HOME/config.json`.
298		-
299		-	If a selected theme file is deleted, zut resets the setting to the
300		-	built-in auto/default theme.
	82	+	`spinner_frames` accepts 1–64 non-empty entries and `spinner_interval_ms` must
	83	+	be 10–10000. Files must not exceed 1 MiB. Custom `syntax` entries use Chroma
	84	+	style entries, such as `"#f05b8d bold"`.
301	85
302	86		## Theme-only extensions
303	87
304		-	A zut extension can exist only to ship a theme. No slash command,
305		-	subprocess, or executable is required when the extension contains a
306		-	valid theme file.
307		-
308		-	Layout:
309		-
310		-	```text
311		-	$ZUT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
312		-	├── extension.json
313		-	└── theme.json
314		-	```
315		-
316		-	or:
317		-
318		-	```text
319		-	$ZUT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
320		-	├── extension.json
321		-	└── themes/
322		-	└── theme.json
323		-	```
324		-
325		-	`extension.json` for a theme-only extension:
	88	+	A theme-only extension needs an `extension.json` and `theme.json`; no command
	89	+	or executable is required.
326	90
327	91		```json
328	92		{

@@ -332,20 +96,3 @@ $ZUT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
332	96		"enabled": true
333	97		}
334	98		```
335		-
336		-	No `exec` is needed when `theme.json` or `themes/theme.json` exists.
337		-	If `exec` is present, zut treats it as a normal extension too.
338		-
339		-	In `/settings → color theme`, extension themes show source info in
340		-	the description, e.g. `from extension my-theme-extension — ...`.
341		-
342		-	## Recommendations
343		-
344		-	- Prefer short descriptions; settings wraps them, but concise is
345		-	easier to scan.
346		-	- Keep spinner frames single-width when possible.
347		-	- For theme packages, use a unique extension name so the source label
348		-	is clear.
349		-	- For user-editable themes, keep comments out of JSON; JSON comments
350		-	are not supported.
351		-	- Validate with `python3 -m json.tool theme.json` before installing.


@@ -5,32 +5,24 @@ description: Help the user create, install, or package zut themes, including the
5			5
6		# Writing zut themes	6		# Writing zut themes
7			7
8	-	Use this skill when the user asks for help creating, editing,	8	+	Use this skill when creating, editing, installing, debugging, or packaging a
9	-	installing, debugging, or packaging a zut color theme. Read this skill	9	+	zut theme. Read [docs/themes.md](../../../../../docs/themes.md) before
10	-	before generating a theme file or advising on theme extension layout.	10	+	recommending a file shape.
11			11
12	-	## What a zut theme is	12	+	## Theme model
13			13
14	-	A zut theme is a JSON file that overrides any subset of zut's built-in	14	+	`auto` is terminal-owned: it follows terminal defaults, ANSI palette, color
15	-	light/dark theme values. Theme files are intentionally permissive:	15	+	depth, and live appearance changes. A JSON theme overlays that adaptive base,
16	-	nothing is required. A file may contain only colors, only spinner	16	+	so missing fields remain terminal-owned. `dark` and `light` are fixed explicit
17	-	settings, only syntax colors, or only metadata. Missing values always	17	+	choices. There is no `inherited` selection.
18	-	inherit from the built-in detected light/dark default.
19			18
20	-	The `/settings` picker also provides an inherited (from terminal)	19	+	User themes live at:
21	-	built-in theme. It uses the terminal's reported colors and emits truecolor
22	-	when advertised, with a best-effort xterm-256 fallback otherwise. JSON themes
23	-	use the same first-class terminal-color model: every semantic role accepts
24	-	xterm-256, ANSI, or RGB values, with RGB quantized when truecolor is
25	-	unavailable.
26	-
27	-	User themes are discovered from:
28			20
29		```text	21		```text
30		$ZUT_HOME/themes/*.json	22		$ZUT_HOME/themes/*.json
31		```	23		```
32			24
33	-	Extension themes are discovered in-place from loaded extension dirs:	25	+	Extension-owned files are loaded in place:
34			26
35		```text	27		```text
36		$ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/theme.json	28		$ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/theme.json

@@ -39,36 +31,19 @@ $ZUT_HOME/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json
39		<project>/.zut/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json	31		<project>/.zut/extensions/<extension>/themes/theme.json
40		```	32		```
41			33
42	-	zut does not copy extension themes into `$ZUT_HOME/themes`; extension	34	+	An active custom file reloads during interactive sessions. Always produce
43	-	owned themes stay in the extension directory. The settings picker stores	35	+	complete valid JSON: zut keeps the prior valid file after a temporary invalid
44	-	an absolute path for extension-owned themes and loads that file directly.	36	+	save, and resets to auto only after persistent deletion.
45			37
46		## Minimal examples	38		## Minimal examples
47			39
48	-	### Empty / metadata-only theme
49	-
50	-	Valid; inherits all colors/spinner/syntax from zut defaults.
51	-
52	-	```json
53	-	{
54	-	"name": "my-theme",
55	-	"description": "Metadata only; all visuals inherit zut defaults."
56	-	}
57	-	```
58	-
59	-	### Change one color for both light and dark
60	-
61		```json	40		```json
62		{	41		{
63		"name": "pink-accent",	42		"name": "pink-accent",
64	-	"colors": {	43	+	"colors": { "accent": 204 }
65	-	"accent": 204
66	-	}
67		}	44		}
68		```	45		```
69			46
70	-	### Change one color per mode
71	-
72		```json	47		```json
73		{	48		{
74		"name": "split-accent",	49		"name": "split-accent",

@@ -79,132 +54,17 @@ Valid; inherits all colors/spinner/syntax from zut defaults.
79		}	54		}
80		```	55		```
81			56
82	-	### Spinner-only theme	57	+	Top-level and `colors` values apply to both branches. Missing light or dark
83	-		58	+	branches use the available branch over the adaptive base.
84	-	Top-level spinner overrides are valid and apply to both modes.
85	-
86	-	```json
87	-	{
88	-	"name": "custom-spinner",
89	-	"description": "Only changes the busy spinner.",
90	-	"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
91	-	"spinner_interval_ms": 120
92	-	}
93	-	```
94	-
95	-	### Dark-only theme also works in light terminals
96	-
97	-	If `colors.light` is missing, zut applies `colors.dark` overrides on
98	-	top of the built-in light default when running in light mode. The
99	-	inverse is also true: if dark is missing but light exists, light
100	-	settings are used on dark defaults.
101	-
102	-	```json
103	-	{
104	-	"name": "custom-spinner",
105	-	"description": "An alternative busy-spinner animation for zut.",
106	-	"colors": {
107	-	"dark": {
108	-	"spinner_frames": ["◢", "◣", "◤", "◥"],
109	-	"spinner_interval_ms": 120
110	-	}
111	-	}
112	-	}
113	-	```
114	-
115	-	## Full theme shape
116			59
117	-	All fields below are optional.	60	+	## Valid values
118			61
119	-	```json	62	+	All fields are optional. Semantic roles include `fg`, `muted`, `accent`,
120	-	{	63	+	`background`, `user`, `user_bubble_bg`, `user_bubble_fg`, `assistant`, `tool`,
121	-	"name": "my-theme",	64	+	`tool_out`, `error`, `warning`, `spinner`, `thinking_max`, `selection_bg`, and
122	-	"description": "Shown in /settings → color theme.",	65	+	`selection_fg`.
123	-	"color_descriptions": {
124	-	"accent": "Optional documentation for humans. zut ignores this object."
125	-	},
126	-	"colors": {
127	-	"dark": {
128	-	"fg": 253,
129	-	"muted": 244,
130	-	"accent": 111,
131	-	"user": 180,
132	-	"user_bubble_bg": "#42454b",
133	-	"user_bubble_fg": 248,
134	-	"assistant": 117,
135	-	"tool": 114,
136	-	"tool_out": 245,
137	-	"error": 203,
138	-	"warning": 214,
139	-	"spinner": 183,
140	-	"selection_bg": 24,
141	-	"selection_fg": 231,
142	-	"spinner_frames": ["⠋", "⠙", "⠚", "⠞", "⠖", "⠦", "⠴", "⠲", "⠳", "⠓"],
143	-	"spinner_interval_ms": 80,
144	-	"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
145	-	"syntax": {
146	-	"keyword": "#81a1c1 bold",
147	-	"keyword_constant": "#81a1c1",
148	-	"keyword_declaration": "#81a1c1",
149	-	"keyword_namespace": "#81a1c1",
150	-	"keyword_reserved": "#81a1c1 bold",
151	-	"keyword_type": "#88c0d0",
152	-	"name_builtin": "#88c0d0",
153	-	"name_function": "#8fbcbb",
154	-	"name_class": "#a3be8c bold",
155	-	"name_decorator": "#b48ead",
156	-	"literal_string": "#a3be8c",
157	-	"literal_string_escape": "#bf616a",
158	-	"literal_number": "#d08770",
159	-	"comment": "#616e88 italic",
160	-	"comment_preproc": "#b48ead",
161	-	"operator": "#eceff4",
162	-	"punctuation": "#d8dee9",
163	-	"text": "#e5e9f0"
164	-	}
165	-	},
166	-	"light": {
167	-	"fg": 236,
168	-	"muted": 244,
169	-	"accent": 33
170	-	}
171	-	}
172	-	}
173	-	```
174			66
175	-	You may also put overrides directly at the top level, or directly	67	+	Use explicit color values only when an override is intended:
176	-	under `colors`, when they should apply to both modes:
177	-
178	-	```json
179	-	{
180	-	"name": "tiny",
181	-	"accent": 204,
182	-	"colors": {
183	-	"spinner_frames": ["◐", "◓", "◑", "◒"]
184	-	}
185	-	}
186	-	```
187	-
188	-	## Color fields
189	-
190	-	- `fg` — default foreground text.
191	-	- `muted` — secondary text, dividers, gutters, inactive hints.
192	-	- `accent` — prompt bar, bullets, links, headings, active markers.
193	-	- `background` — optional full-row TUI background; missing values leave the
194	-	terminal background unchanged.
195	-	- `user` — user role label color; mostly compatibility.
196	-	- `user_bubble_bg` — background behind user message rows.
197	-	- `user_bubble_fg` — foreground inside user message rows.
198	-	- `assistant` — assistant/zut accent and spinner text.
199	-	- `tool` — tool names, success marks, diff additions.
200	-	- `tool_out` — plain tool-output text.
201	-	- `error` — errors, refused calls, diff deletions.
202	-	- `warning` — warnings and high context-usage state.
203	-	- `spinner` — reserved spinner color slot.
204	-	- `selection_bg` — highlighted row background.
205	-	- `selection_fg` — highlighted row foreground.
206	-
207	-	Every color field accepts the following JSON forms:
208			68
209		```json	69		```json
210		254	70		254

@@ -214,115 +74,19 @@ Every color field accepts the following JSON forms:
214		{ "mode": "rgb", "r": 66, "g": 69, "b": 75 }	74		{ "mode": "rgb", "r": 66, "g": 69, "b": 75 }
215		```	75		```
216			76
217	-	Numeric values are xterm-256 indexes. ANSI values use SGR codes, with	77	+	Numeric values are literal xterm-256 indexes, not terminal palette slots. RGB
218	-	standard foreground/background ranges normalized to the role where necessary.	78	+	uses truecolor when available and falls back to terminal capability otherwise.
219	-	RGB values are emitted directly when truecolor is advertised and quantized to	79	+	Omit `background` for terminal background ownership; setting it intentionally
220	-	the nearest xterm-256 color otherwise. The forms apply to `background`,	80	+	paints full zut rows.
221	-	`user_bubble_bg`, and all other semantic theme colors.
222	-
223	-	## Spinner fields
224	-
225	-	Spinner settings can appear at top level, under `colors`, or under
226	-	`colors.dark` / `colors.light`.
227	-
228	-	- `spinner_frames` — list of frame strings. Use single-cell glyphs
229	-	when possible so status-bar alignment stays clean.
230	-	- `spinner_interval_ms` — frame interval in milliseconds; must be
231	-	positive. Missing/invalid falls back to 80ms.
232	-
233	-	The working-status label belongs to zut and always describes the current
234	-	operation. The legacy `spinner_messages` field is ignored.
235			81
236	-	Example:	82	+	`spinner_frames` accepts 1–64 non-empty entries and `spinner_interval_ms` must
237	-		83	+	be 10–10000. Files must not exceed 1 MiB. Custom `syntax` entries use Chroma
238	-	```json	84	+	style entries, such as `"#f05b8d bold"`.
239	-	{
240	-	"spinner_frames": ["◐", "◓", "◑", "◒"],
241	-	"spinner_interval_ms": 120
242	-	}
243	-	```
244	-
245	-	## Syntax fields
246	-
247	-	Syntax highlighting uses Chroma style entries. Values may include
248	-	attributes after the color, such as `bold`, `italic`, or `underline`.
249	-
250	-	Common fields:
251	-
252	-	- `keyword`
253	-	- `keyword_constant`
254	-	- `keyword_declaration`
255	-	- `keyword_namespace`
256	-	- `keyword_reserved`
257	-	- `keyword_type`
258	-	- `name_builtin`
259	-	- `name_function`
260	-	- `name_class`
261	-	- `name_decorator`
262	-	- `literal_string`
263	-	- `literal_string_escape`
264	-	- `literal_number`
265	-	- `comment`
266	-	- `comment_preproc`
267	-	- `operator`
268	-	- `punctuation`
269	-	- `text`
270	-
271	-	Example:
272	-
273	-	```json
274	-	{
275	-	"colors": {
276	-	"dark": {
277	-	"syntax_base_style": "monokai",
278	-	"syntax": {
279	-	"keyword": "#f05b8d",
280	-	"name_function": "#b675f1",
281	-	"literal_string": "#58c760",
282	-	"comment": "#a1a1a1 italic"
283	-	}
284	-	}
285	-	}
286	-	}
287	-	```
288	-
289	-	## Installing a user theme
290	-
291	-	```bash
292	-	mkdir -p "$ZUT_HOME/themes"
293	-	cp my-theme.json "$ZUT_HOME/themes/my-theme.json"
294	-	```
295	-
296	-	Then open `/settings` and choose color theme. zut switches theme
297	-	immediately and persists the selection in `$ZUT_HOME/config.json`.
298	-
299	-	If a selected theme file is deleted, zut resets the setting to the
300	-	built-in auto/default theme.
301			85
302		## Theme-only extensions	86		## Theme-only extensions
303			87
304	-	A zut extension can exist only to ship a theme. No slash command,	88	+	A theme-only extension needs an `extension.json` and `theme.json`; no command
305	-	subprocess, or executable is required when the extension contains a	89	+	or executable is required.
306	-	valid theme file.
307	-
308	-	Layout:
309	-
310	-	```text
311	-	$ZUT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
312	-	├── extension.json
313	-	└── theme.json
314	-	```
315	-
316	-	or:
317	-
318	-	```text
319	-	$ZUT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
320	-	├── extension.json
321	-	└── themes/
322	-	└── theme.json
323	-	```
324	-
325	-	`extension.json` for a theme-only extension:
326			90
327		```json	91		```json
328		{	92		{

@@ -332,20 +96,3 @@ $ZUT_HOME/extensions/my-theme-extension/
332		"enabled": true	96		"enabled": true
333		}	97		}
334		```	98		```
335	-
336	-	No `exec` is needed when `theme.json` or `themes/theme.json` exists.
337	-	If `exec` is present, zut treats it as a normal extension too.
338	-
339	-	In `/settings → color theme`, extension themes show source info in
340	-	the description, e.g. `from extension my-theme-extension — ...`.
341	-
342	-	## Recommendations
343	-
344	-	- Prefer short descriptions; settings wraps them, but concise is
345	-	easier to scan.
346	-	- Keep spinner frames single-width when possible.
347	-	- For theme packages, use a unique extension name so the source label
348	-	is clear.
349	-	- For user-editable themes, keep comments out of JSON; JSON comments
350	-	are not supported.
351	-	- Validate with `python3 -m json.tool theme.json` before installing.

A packages/tui/appearance_protocol.go +288 -0

@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
	1	+	package tui
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"strconv"
	5	+	"strings"
	6	+	"sync"
	7	+	"time"
	8	+	)
	9	+
	10	+	// SchemeEvent is a reported terminal color-scheme preference.
	11	+	const (
	12	+	SeqQueryColorScheme = "\x1b[?996n"
	13	+	SeqQueryMode2031 = "\x1b[?2031$p"
	14	+	SeqEnableMode2031 = "\x1b[?2031h"
	15	+	SeqDisableMode2031 = "\x1b[?2031l"
	16	+	)
	17	+
	18	+	// AppearanceQuery returns the complete profile query used at startup and on a
	19	+	// replacement generation. The ANSI palette is requested in one OSC 4 batch.
	20	+	func AppearanceQuery() string {
	21	+	var b strings.Builder
	22	+	b.WriteString(SeqQueryColorScheme)
	23	+	b.WriteString("\x1b]10;?\a\x1b]11;?\a\x1b]4;")
	24	+	for slot := 0; slot < 16; slot++ {
	25	+	if slot > 0 {
	26	+	b.WriteByte(';')
	27	+	}
	28	+	b.WriteString(strconv.Itoa(slot))
	29	+	b.WriteString(";?")
	30	+	}
	31	+	b.WriteByte('\a')
	32	+	return b.String()
	33	+	}
	34	+
	35	+	// SchemeEvent is a reported terminal color-scheme preference.
	36	+	type SchemeEvent struct{ Light bool }
	37	+
	38	+	// ColorEvent is one default foreground/background or ANSI-palette reply.
	39	+	type ColorEvent struct {
	40	+	Kind int // 10 foreground, 11 background, 4 palette
	41	+	Slot int
	42	+	Color TerminalColor
	43	+	}
	44	+
	45	+	// ModeReportEvent is a DECRQM response. Status follows the terminal protocol:
	46	+	// 1/3 set, 2 reset, 0/4 unsupported or permanently reset.
	47	+	type ModeReportEvent struct {
	48	+	Mode int
	49	+	Status int
	50	+	}
	51	+
	52	+	// InputEvent is emitted by the appearance-aware input path. Exactly one field
	53	+	// is set. Key bytes that do not form an accepted protocol reply remain keys.
	54	+	type InputEvent struct {
	55	+	Key *Key
	56	+	Scheme *SchemeEvent
	57	+	Color *ColorEvent
	58	+	Mode *ModeReportEvent
	59	+	}
	60	+
	61	+	// AppearanceParser controls which terminal replies may be consumed. Keeping
	62	+	// the gate here prevents OSC-looking editor input from disappearing unless zut
	63	+	// actively issued a matching query, while 997 notifications are accepted only
	64	+	// after notification support is known.
	65	+	type AppearanceParser struct {
	66	+	mu sync.RWMutex
	67	+	pendingColors bool
	68	+	notifications bool
	69	+	}
	70	+
	71	+	func (p *AppearanceParser) SetPendingColors(pending bool) {
	72	+	p.mu.Lock()
	73	+	p.pendingColors = pending
	74	+	p.mu.Unlock()
	75	+	}
	76	+
	77	+	func (p *AppearanceParser) SetNotifications(enabled bool) {
	78	+	p.mu.Lock()
	79	+	p.notifications = enabled
	80	+	p.mu.Unlock()
	81	+	}
	82	+
	83	+	func (p *AppearanceParser) acceptsColors() bool {
	84	+	p.mu.RLock()
	85	+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
	86	+	return p.pendingColors
	87	+	}
	88	+
	89	+	func (p *AppearanceParser) acceptsNotifications() bool {
	90	+	p.mu.RLock()
	91	+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
	92	+	return p.notifications
	93	+	}
	94	+
	95	+	// ParseAppearanceOSC parses one complete BEL/ST-terminated OSC sequence.
	96	+	// Combined OSC 4 responses produce one ColorEvent for every valid pair.
	97	+	func ParseAppearanceOSC(raw []byte) []ColorEvent {
	98	+	s := strings.TrimSuffix(string(raw), "\a")
	99	+	s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\x1b\\")
	100	+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, "\x1b]") {
	101	+	return nil
	102	+	}
	103	+	body := strings.TrimPrefix(s, "\x1b]")
	104	+	parts := strings.Split(body, ";")
	105	+	if len(parts) < 2 {
	106	+	return nil
	107	+	}
	108	+	kind, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[0])
	109	+	if err != nil {
	110	+	return nil
	111	+	}
	112	+	switch kind {
	113	+	case 10, 11:
	114	+	color, ok := parseTerminalRGB(strings.Join(parts[1:], ";"))
	115	+	if !ok {
	116	+	return nil
	117	+	}
	118	+	return []ColorEvent{{Kind: kind, Slot: -1, Color: color}}
	119	+	case 4:
	120	+	var events []ColorEvent
	121	+	for idx := 1; idx+1 < len(parts); idx += 2 {
	122	+	slot, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[idx])
	123	+	if err != nil \|\| slot < 0 \|\| slot >= 16 {
	124	+	continue
	125	+	}
	126	+	color, ok := parseTerminalRGB(parts[idx+1])
	127	+	if ok {
	128	+	events = append(events, ColorEvent{Kind: 4, Slot: slot, Color: color})
	129	+	}
	130	+	}
	131	+	return events
	132	+	default:
	133	+	return nil
	134	+	}
	135	+	}
	136	+
	137	+	// ParseAppearanceCSI parses the two runtime CSI response families used by
	138	+	// terminal-owned themes: current scheme (997) and mode ownership (DECRQM).
	139	+	func ParseAppearanceCSI(raw []byte) (scheme SchemeEvent, mode ModeReportEvent) {
	140	+	s := string(raw)
	141	+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, "\x1b[") {
	142	+	return nil, nil
	143	+	}
	144	+	body := strings.TrimPrefix(s, "\x1b[")
	145	+	if strings.HasPrefix(body, "?997;") && strings.HasSuffix(body, "n") {
	146	+	value, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(body, "?997;"), "n"))
	147	+	if err == nil && (value == 1 \|\| value == 2) {
	148	+	return &SchemeEvent{Light: value == 2}, nil
	149	+	}
	150	+	}
	151	+	if strings.HasPrefix(body, "?2031;") && strings.HasSuffix(body, "$y") {
	152	+	value, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(body, "?2031;"), "$y"))
	153	+	if err == nil {
	154	+	return nil, &ModeReportEvent{Mode: 2031, Status: value}
	155	+	}
	156	+	}
	157	+	return nil, nil
	158	+	}
	159	+
	160	+	// AppearanceSource filters accepted terminal appearance replies before they
	161	+	// reach Reader. It deliberately leaves bracketed-paste payload opaque.
	162	+	type AppearanceSource struct {
	163	+	read func() (byte, error)
	164	+	peek func(time.Duration) (byte, bool, error)
	165	+	parser *AppearanceParser
	166	+	emit func(InputEvent)
	167	+
	168	+	pending []byte
	169	+	inPaste bool
	170	+	pasteTail []byte
	171	+	}
	172	+
	173	+	func NewAppearanceSource(read func() (byte, error), peek func(time.Duration) (byte, bool, error), parser AppearanceParser, emit func(InputEvent)) AppearanceSource {
	174	+	return &AppearanceSource{read: read, peek: peek, parser: parser, emit: emit}
	175	+	}
	176	+
	177	+	func (s *AppearanceSource) ReadByte() (byte, error) {
	178	+	if len(s.pending) > 0 {
	179	+	b := s.pending[0]
	180	+	s.pending = s.pending[1:]
	181	+	return b, nil
	182	+	}
	183	+	for {
	184	+	b, err := s.read()
	185	+	if err != nil \|\| b != '\x1b' \|\| s.inPaste \|\| s.peek == nil {
	186	+	s.trackPaste(b)
	187	+	return b, err
	188	+	}
	189	+	next, ok, err := s.peek(time.Millisecond)
	190	+	if err != nil \|\| !ok \|\| (next != ']' && next != '[') {
	191	+	if ok {
	192	+	s.pending = append(s.pending, next)
	193	+	}
	194	+	return b, err
	195	+	}
	196	+	raw := []byte{'\x1b', next}
	197	+	if next == ']' {
	198	+	sequence, err := s.readOSC(raw)
	199	+	if err != nil {
	200	+	return 0, err
	201	+	}
	202	+	if events := ParseAppearanceOSC(sequence); len(events) != 0 && s.parser != nil && s.parser.acceptsColors() {
	203	+	for _, event := range events {
	204	+	e := event
	205	+	s.emit(InputEvent{Color: &e})
	206	+	}
	207	+	continue
	208	+	}
	209	+	s.pending = append(s.pending, sequence[1:]...)
	210	+	return '\x1b', nil
	211	+	}
	212	+	sequence, err := s.readCSI(raw)
	213	+	if err != nil {
	214	+	return 0, err
	215	+	}
	216	+	if bytesEqual(sequence, []byte("\x1b[200~")) {
	217	+	s.inPaste = true
	218	+	}
	219	+	scheme, mode := ParseAppearanceCSI(sequence)
	220	+	if scheme != nil && s.parser != nil && (s.parser.acceptsColors() \|\| s.parser.acceptsNotifications()) {
	221	+	s.emit(InputEvent{Scheme: scheme})
	222	+	continue
	223	+	}
	224	+	if mode != nil {
	225	+	s.emit(InputEvent{Mode: mode})
	226	+	continue
	227	+	}
	228	+	s.pending = append(s.pending, sequence[1:]...)
	229	+	return '\x1b', nil
	230	+	}
	231	+	}
	232	+
	233	+	func (s *AppearanceSource) readOSC(raw []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	234	+	const limit = 4096
	235	+	for len(raw) < limit {
	236	+	b, err := s.read()
	237	+	if err != nil {
	238	+	return raw, err
	239	+	}
	240	+	raw = append(raw, b)
	241	+	if b == '\a' \|\| (len(raw) >= 2 && raw[len(raw)-2] == '\x1b' && b == '\\') {
	242	+	return raw, nil
	243	+	}
	244	+	}
	245	+	return raw, nil
	246	+	}
	247	+
	248	+	func (s *AppearanceSource) readCSI(raw []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	249	+	const limit = 256
	250	+	for len(raw) < limit {
	251	+	b, err := s.read()
	252	+	if err != nil {
	253	+	return raw, err
	254	+	}
	255	+	raw = append(raw, b)
	256	+	if b >= 0x40 && b <= 0x7e {
	257	+	return raw, nil
	258	+	}
	259	+	}
	260	+	return raw, nil
	261	+	}
	262	+
	263	+	func (s *AppearanceSource) trackPaste(b byte) {
	264	+	if !s.inPaste {
	265	+	return
	266	+	}
	267	+	const end = "\x1b[201~"
	268	+	s.pasteTail = append(s.pasteTail, b)
	269	+	if len(s.pasteTail) > len(end) {
	270	+	s.pasteTail = s.pasteTail[1:]
	271	+	}
	272	+	if string(s.pasteTail) == end {
	273	+	s.inPaste = false
	274	+	s.pasteTail = nil
	275	+	}
	276	+	}
	277	+
	278	+	func bytesEqual(a, b []byte) bool {
	279	+	if len(a) != len(b) {
	280	+	return false
	281	+	}
	282	+	for i := range a {
	283	+	if a[i] != b[i] {
	284	+	return false
	285	+	}
	286	+	}
	287	+	return true
	288	+	}

@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
	1	+	package tui
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"strconv"
	5	+	"strings"
	6	+	"sync"
	7	+	"time"
	8	+	)
	9	+
	10	+	// SchemeEvent is a reported terminal color-scheme preference.
	11	+	const (
	12	+	SeqQueryColorScheme = "\x1b[?996n"
	13	+	SeqQueryMode2031 = "\x1b[?2031$p"
	14	+	SeqEnableMode2031 = "\x1b[?2031h"
	15	+	SeqDisableMode2031 = "\x1b[?2031l"
	16	+	)
	17	+
	18	+	// AppearanceQuery returns the complete profile query used at startup and on a
	19	+	// replacement generation. The ANSI palette is requested in one OSC 4 batch.
	20	+	func AppearanceQuery() string {
	21	+	var b strings.Builder
	22	+	b.WriteString(SeqQueryColorScheme)
	23	+	b.WriteString("\x1b]10;?\a\x1b]11;?\a\x1b]4;")
	24	+	for slot := 0; slot < 16; slot++ {
	25	+	if slot > 0 {
	26	+	b.WriteByte(';')
	27	+	}
	28	+	b.WriteString(strconv.Itoa(slot))
	29	+	b.WriteString(";?")
	30	+	}
	31	+	b.WriteByte('\a')
	32	+	return b.String()
	33	+	}
	34	+
	35	+	// SchemeEvent is a reported terminal color-scheme preference.
	36	+	type SchemeEvent struct{ Light bool }
	37	+
	38	+	// ColorEvent is one default foreground/background or ANSI-palette reply.
	39	+	type ColorEvent struct {
	40	+	Kind int // 10 foreground, 11 background, 4 palette
	41	+	Slot int
	42	+	Color TerminalColor
	43	+	}
	44	+
	45	+	// ModeReportEvent is a DECRQM response. Status follows the terminal protocol:
	46	+	// 1/3 set, 2 reset, 0/4 unsupported or permanently reset.
	47	+	type ModeReportEvent struct {
	48	+	Mode int
	49	+	Status int
	50	+	}
	51	+
	52	+	// InputEvent is emitted by the appearance-aware input path. Exactly one field
	53	+	// is set. Key bytes that do not form an accepted protocol reply remain keys.
	54	+	type InputEvent struct {
	55	+	Key *Key
	56	+	Scheme *SchemeEvent
	57	+	Color *ColorEvent
	58	+	Mode *ModeReportEvent
	59	+	}
	60	+
	61	+	// AppearanceParser controls which terminal replies may be consumed. Keeping
	62	+	// the gate here prevents OSC-looking editor input from disappearing unless zut
	63	+	// actively issued a matching query, while 997 notifications are accepted only
	64	+	// after notification support is known.
	65	+	type AppearanceParser struct {
	66	+	mu sync.RWMutex
	67	+	pendingColors bool
	68	+	notifications bool
	69	+	}
	70	+
	71	+	func (p *AppearanceParser) SetPendingColors(pending bool) {
	72	+	p.mu.Lock()
	73	+	p.pendingColors = pending
	74	+	p.mu.Unlock()
	75	+	}
	76	+
	77	+	func (p *AppearanceParser) SetNotifications(enabled bool) {
	78	+	p.mu.Lock()
	79	+	p.notifications = enabled
	80	+	p.mu.Unlock()
	81	+	}
	82	+
	83	+	func (p *AppearanceParser) acceptsColors() bool {
	84	+	p.mu.RLock()
	85	+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
	86	+	return p.pendingColors
	87	+	}
	88	+
	89	+	func (p *AppearanceParser) acceptsNotifications() bool {
	90	+	p.mu.RLock()
	91	+	defer p.mu.RUnlock()
	92	+	return p.notifications
	93	+	}
	94	+
	95	+	// ParseAppearanceOSC parses one complete BEL/ST-terminated OSC sequence.
	96	+	// Combined OSC 4 responses produce one ColorEvent for every valid pair.
	97	+	func ParseAppearanceOSC(raw []byte) []ColorEvent {
	98	+	s := strings.TrimSuffix(string(raw), "\a")
	99	+	s = strings.TrimSuffix(s, "\x1b\\")
	100	+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, "\x1b]") {
	101	+	return nil
	102	+	}
	103	+	body := strings.TrimPrefix(s, "\x1b]")
	104	+	parts := strings.Split(body, ";")
	105	+	if len(parts) < 2 {
	106	+	return nil
	107	+	}
	108	+	kind, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[0])
	109	+	if err != nil {
	110	+	return nil
	111	+	}
	112	+	switch kind {
	113	+	case 10, 11:
	114	+	color, ok := parseTerminalRGB(strings.Join(parts[1:], ";"))
	115	+	if !ok {
	116	+	return nil
	117	+	}
	118	+	return []ColorEvent{{Kind: kind, Slot: -1, Color: color}}
	119	+	case 4:
	120	+	var events []ColorEvent
	121	+	for idx := 1; idx+1 < len(parts); idx += 2 {
	122	+	slot, err := strconv.Atoi(parts[idx])
	123	+	if err != nil \|\| slot < 0 \|\| slot >= 16 {
	124	+	continue
	125	+	}
	126	+	color, ok := parseTerminalRGB(parts[idx+1])
	127	+	if ok {
	128	+	events = append(events, ColorEvent{Kind: 4, Slot: slot, Color: color})
	129	+	}
	130	+	}
	131	+	return events
	132	+	default:
	133	+	return nil
	134	+	}
	135	+	}
	136	+
	137	+	// ParseAppearanceCSI parses the two runtime CSI response families used by
	138	+	// terminal-owned themes: current scheme (997) and mode ownership (DECRQM).
	139	+	func ParseAppearanceCSI(raw []byte) (scheme SchemeEvent, mode ModeReportEvent) {
	140	+	s := string(raw)
	141	+	if !strings.HasPrefix(s, "\x1b[") {
	142	+	return nil, nil
	143	+	}
	144	+	body := strings.TrimPrefix(s, "\x1b[")
	145	+	if strings.HasPrefix(body, "?997;") && strings.HasSuffix(body, "n") {
	146	+	value, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(body, "?997;"), "n"))
	147	+	if err == nil && (value == 1 \|\| value == 2) {
	148	+	return &SchemeEvent{Light: value == 2}, nil
	149	+	}
	150	+	}
	151	+	if strings.HasPrefix(body, "?2031;") && strings.HasSuffix(body, "$y") {
	152	+	value, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(body, "?2031;"), "$y"))
	153	+	if err == nil {
	154	+	return nil, &ModeReportEvent{Mode: 2031, Status: value}
	155	+	}
	156	+	}
	157	+	return nil, nil
	158	+	}
	159	+
	160	+	// AppearanceSource filters accepted terminal appearance replies before they
	161	+	// reach Reader. It deliberately leaves bracketed-paste payload opaque.
	162	+	type AppearanceSource struct {
	163	+	read func() (byte, error)
	164	+	peek func(time.Duration) (byte, bool, error)
	165	+	parser *AppearanceParser
	166	+	emit func(InputEvent)
	167	+
	168	+	pending []byte
	169	+	inPaste bool
	170	+	pasteTail []byte
	171	+	}
	172	+
	173	+	func NewAppearanceSource(read func() (byte, error), peek func(time.Duration) (byte, bool, error), parser AppearanceParser, emit func(InputEvent)) AppearanceSource {
	174	+	return &AppearanceSource{read: read, peek: peek, parser: parser, emit: emit}
	175	+	}
	176	+
	177	+	func (s *AppearanceSource) ReadByte() (byte, error) {
	178	+	if len(s.pending) > 0 {
	179	+	b := s.pending[0]
	180	+	s.pending = s.pending[1:]
	181	+	return b, nil
	182	+	}
	183	+	for {
	184	+	b, err := s.read()
	185	+	if err != nil \|\| b != '\x1b' \|\| s.inPaste \|\| s.peek == nil {
	186	+	s.trackPaste(b)
	187	+	return b, err
	188	+	}
	189	+	next, ok, err := s.peek(time.Millisecond)
	190	+	if err != nil \|\| !ok \|\| (next != ']' && next != '[') {
	191	+	if ok {
	192	+	s.pending = append(s.pending, next)
	193	+	}
	194	+	return b, err
	195	+	}
	196	+	raw := []byte{'\x1b', next}
	197	+	if next == ']' {
	198	+	sequence, err := s.readOSC(raw)
	199	+	if err != nil {
	200	+	return 0, err
	201	+	}
	202	+	if events := ParseAppearanceOSC(sequence); len(events) != 0 && s.parser != nil && s.parser.acceptsColors() {
	203	+	for _, event := range events {
	204	+	e := event
	205	+	s.emit(InputEvent{Color: &e})
	206	+	}
	207	+	continue
	208	+	}
	209	+	s.pending = append(s.pending, sequence[1:]...)
	210	+	return '\x1b', nil
	211	+	}
	212	+	sequence, err := s.readCSI(raw)
	213	+	if err != nil {
	214	+	return 0, err
	215	+	}
	216	+	if bytesEqual(sequence, []byte("\x1b[200~")) {
	217	+	s.inPaste = true
	218	+	}
	219	+	scheme, mode := ParseAppearanceCSI(sequence)
	220	+	if scheme != nil && s.parser != nil && (s.parser.acceptsColors() \|\| s.parser.acceptsNotifications()) {
	221	+	s.emit(InputEvent{Scheme: scheme})
	222	+	continue
	223	+	}
	224	+	if mode != nil {
	225	+	s.emit(InputEvent{Mode: mode})
	226	+	continue
	227	+	}
	228	+	s.pending = append(s.pending, sequence[1:]...)
	229	+	return '\x1b', nil
	230	+	}
	231	+	}
	232	+
	233	+	func (s *AppearanceSource) readOSC(raw []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	234	+	const limit = 4096
	235	+	for len(raw) < limit {
	236	+	b, err := s.read()
	237	+	if err != nil {
	238	+	return raw, err
	239	+	}
	240	+	raw = append(raw, b)
	241	+	if b == '\a' \|\| (len(raw) >= 2 && raw[len(raw)-2] == '\x1b' && b == '\\') {
	242	+	return raw, nil
	243	+	}
	244	+	}
	245	+	return raw, nil
	246	+	}
	247	+
	248	+	func (s *AppearanceSource) readCSI(raw []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	249	+	const limit = 256
	250	+	for len(raw) < limit {
	251	+	b, err := s.read()
	252	+	if err != nil {
	253	+	return raw, err
	254	+	}
	255	+	raw = append(raw, b)
	256	+	if b >= 0x40 && b <= 0x7e {
	257	+	return raw, nil
	258	+	}
	259	+	}
	260	+	return raw, nil
	261	+	}
	262	+
	263	+	func (s *AppearanceSource) trackPaste(b byte) {
	264	+	if !s.inPaste {
	265	+	return
	266	+	}
	267	+	const end = "\x1b[201~"
	268	+	s.pasteTail = append(s.pasteTail, b)
	269	+	if len(s.pasteTail) > len(end) {
	270	+	s.pasteTail = s.pasteTail[1:]
	271	+	}
	272	+	if string(s.pasteTail) == end {
	273	+	s.inPaste = false
	274	+	s.pasteTail = nil
	275	+	}
	276	+	}
	277	+
	278	+	func bytesEqual(a, b []byte) bool {
	279	+	if len(a) != len(b) {
	280	+	return false
	281	+	}
	282	+	for i := range a {
	283	+	if a[i] != b[i] {
	284	+	return false
	285	+	}
	286	+	}
	287	+	return true
	288	+	}

A packages/tui/appearance_protocol_test.go +95 -0

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
	1	+	package tui
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"io"
	5	+	"testing"
	6	+	"time"
	7	+	)
	8	+
	9	+	func TestParseAppearanceOSC(t *testing.T) {
	10	+	events := ParseAppearanceOSC([]byte("\x1b]4;1;rgb:ff/00/00;12;#123456\x1b\\"))
	11	+	if len(events) != 2 {
	12	+	t.Fatalf("events = %#v, want two palette entries", events)
	13	+	}
	14	+	if events[0].Slot != 1 \|\| events[0].Color != ColorRGB(255, 0, 0) {
	15	+	t.Fatalf("first event = %#v", events[0])
	16	+	}
	17	+	if events[1].Slot != 12 \|\| events[1].Color != ColorRGB(0x12, 0x34, 0x56) {
	18	+	t.Fatalf("second event = %#v", events[1])
	19	+	}
	20	+	}
	21	+
	22	+	func TestParseAppearanceCSI(t *testing.T) {
	23	+	scheme, mode := ParseAppearanceCSI([]byte("\x1b[?997;2n"))
	24	+	if scheme == nil \|\| !scheme.Light \|\| mode != nil {
	25	+	t.Fatalf("scheme parse = %#v, %#v", scheme, mode)
	26	+	}
	27	+	scheme, mode = ParseAppearanceCSI([]byte("\x1b[?2031;2$y"))
	28	+	if scheme != nil \|\| mode == nil \|\| mode.Status != 2 {
	29	+	t.Fatalf("mode parse = %#v, %#v", scheme, mode)
	30	+	}
	31	+	}
	32	+
	33	+	type appearanceBytes struct{ data []byte }
	34	+
	35	+	func (s *appearanceBytes) read() (byte, error) {
	36	+	if len(s.data) == 0 {
	37	+	return 0, io.EOF
	38	+	}
	39	+	b := s.data[0]
	40	+	s.data = s.data[1:]
	41	+	return b, nil
	42	+	}
	43	+
	44	+	func (s *appearanceBytes) peek(time.Duration) (byte, bool, error) {
	45	+	if len(s.data) == 0 {
	46	+	return 0, false, nil
	47	+	}
	48	+	b := s.data[0]
	49	+	s.data = s.data[1:]
	50	+	return b, true, nil
	51	+	}
	52	+
	53	+	func TestAppearanceSourceConsumesOnlyPendingReplies(t *testing.T) {
	54	+	input := &appearanceBytes{data: []byte("a\x1b]11;#123456\ab")}
	55	+	parser := &AppearanceParser{}
	56	+	parser.SetPendingColors(true)
	57	+	var events []InputEvent
	58	+	source := NewAppearanceSource(input.read, input.peek, parser, func(event InputEvent) { events = append(events, event) })
	59	+	var got []byte
	60	+	for {
	61	+	b, err := source.ReadByte()
	62	+	if err == io.EOF {
	63	+	break
	64	+	}
	65	+	if err != nil {
	66	+	t.Fatal(err)
	67	+	}
	68	+	got = append(got, b)
	69	+	}
	70	+	if string(got) != "ab" {
	71	+	t.Fatalf("remaining bytes = %q, want ab", got)
	72	+	}
	73	+	if len(events) != 1 \|\| events[0].Color == nil \|\| events[0].Color.Kind != 11 {
	74	+	t.Fatalf("events = %#v", events)
	75	+	}
	76	+	}
	77	+
	78	+	func TestAppearanceSourceLeavesPasteOpaque(t *testing.T) {
	79	+	input := &appearanceBytes{data: []byte("\x1b[200~x\x1b]11;#123456\ay\x1b[201~")}
	80	+	parser := &AppearanceParser{}
	81	+	parser.SetPendingColors(true)
	82	+	var events []InputEvent
	83	+	source := NewAppearanceSource(input.read, input.peek, parser, func(event InputEvent) { events = append(events, event) })
	84	+	reader := NewReader(source.ReadByte)
	85	+	key, err := reader.Read()
	86	+	if err != nil {
	87	+	t.Fatal(err)
	88	+	}
	89	+	if key.Kind != KeyPaste \|\| key.Paste != "x\x1b]11;#123456\ay" {
	90	+	t.Fatalf("paste = %#v", key)
	91	+	}
	92	+	if len(events) != 0 {
	93	+	t.Fatalf("appearance events leaked from paste: %#v", events)
	94	+	}
	95	+	}

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
	1	+	package tui
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"io"
	5	+	"testing"
	6	+	"time"
	7	+	)
	8	+
	9	+	func TestParseAppearanceOSC(t *testing.T) {
	10	+	events := ParseAppearanceOSC([]byte("\x1b]4;1;rgb:ff/00/00;12;#123456\x1b\\"))
	11	+	if len(events) != 2 {
	12	+	t.Fatalf("events = %#v, want two palette entries", events)
	13	+	}
	14	+	if events[0].Slot != 1 \|\| events[0].Color != ColorRGB(255, 0, 0) {
	15	+	t.Fatalf("first event = %#v", events[0])
	16	+	}
	17	+	if events[1].Slot != 12 \|\| events[1].Color != ColorRGB(0x12, 0x34, 0x56) {
	18	+	t.Fatalf("second event = %#v", events[1])
	19	+	}
	20	+	}
	21	+
	22	+	func TestParseAppearanceCSI(t *testing.T) {
	23	+	scheme, mode := ParseAppearanceCSI([]byte("\x1b[?997;2n"))
	24	+	if scheme == nil \|\| !scheme.Light \|\| mode != nil {
	25	+	t.Fatalf("scheme parse = %#v, %#v", scheme, mode)
	26	+	}
	27	+	scheme, mode = ParseAppearanceCSI([]byte("\x1b[?2031;2$y"))
	28	+	if scheme != nil \|\| mode == nil \|\| mode.Status != 2 {
	29	+	t.Fatalf("mode parse = %#v, %#v", scheme, mode)
	30	+	}
	31	+	}
	32	+
	33	+	type appearanceBytes struct{ data []byte }
	34	+
	35	+	func (s *appearanceBytes) read() (byte, error) {
	36	+	if len(s.data) == 0 {
	37	+	return 0, io.EOF
	38	+	}
	39	+	b := s.data[0]
	40	+	s.data = s.data[1:]
	41	+	return b, nil
	42	+	}
	43	+
	44	+	func (s *appearanceBytes) peek(time.Duration) (byte, bool, error) {
	45	+	if len(s.data) == 0 {
	46	+	return 0, false, nil
	47	+	}
	48	+	b := s.data[0]
	49	+	s.data = s.data[1:]
	50	+	return b, true, nil
	51	+	}
	52	+
	53	+	func TestAppearanceSourceConsumesOnlyPendingReplies(t *testing.T) {
	54	+	input := &appearanceBytes{data: []byte("a\x1b]11;#123456\ab")}
	55	+	parser := &AppearanceParser{}
	56	+	parser.SetPendingColors(true)
	57	+	var events []InputEvent
	58	+	source := NewAppearanceSource(input.read, input.peek, parser, func(event InputEvent) { events = append(events, event) })
	59	+	var got []byte
	60	+	for {
	61	+	b, err := source.ReadByte()
	62	+	if err == io.EOF {
	63	+	break
	64	+	}
	65	+	if err != nil {
	66	+	t.Fatal(err)
	67	+	}
	68	+	got = append(got, b)
	69	+	}
	70	+	if string(got) != "ab" {
	71	+	t.Fatalf("remaining bytes = %q, want ab", got)
	72	+	}
	73	+	if len(events) != 1 \|\| events[0].Color == nil \|\| events[0].Color.Kind != 11 {
	74	+	t.Fatalf("events = %#v", events)
	75	+	}
	76	+	}
	77	+
	78	+	func TestAppearanceSourceLeavesPasteOpaque(t *testing.T) {
	79	+	input := &appearanceBytes{data: []byte("\x1b[200~x\x1b]11;#123456\ay\x1b[201~")}
	80	+	parser := &AppearanceParser{}
	81	+	parser.SetPendingColors(true)
	82	+	var events []InputEvent
	83	+	source := NewAppearanceSource(input.read, input.peek, parser, func(event InputEvent) { events = append(events, event) })
	84	+	reader := NewReader(source.ReadByte)
	85	+	key, err := reader.Read()
	86	+	if err != nil {
	87	+	t.Fatal(err)
	88	+	}
	89	+	if key.Kind != KeyPaste \|\| key.Paste != "x\x1b]11;#123456\ay" {
	90	+	t.Fatalf("paste = %#v", key)
	91	+	}
	92	+	if len(events) != 0 {
	93	+	t.Fatalf("appearance events leaked from paste: %#v", events)
	94	+	}
	95	+	}

M packages/tui/detect_bg.go +22 -33


@@ -21,39 +21,28 @@ func DetectTrueColor(termEnv, colorTerm string) bool {
21	21		return termEnv == "xterm-direct" \|\| strings.HasSuffix(termEnv, "-direct")
22	22		}
23	23
	24	+	// DetectColorDepth conservatively chooses the highest color mode advertised
	25	+	// by the environment. Terminals without a 256-color signal stay ANSI16.
	26	+	func DetectColorDepth(termEnv, colorTerm string) ColorDepth {
	27	+	if DetectTrueColor(termEnv, colorTerm) {
	28	+	return ColorDepthTrueColor
	29	+	}
	30	+	termEnv = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(termEnv))
	31	+	if strings.Contains(termEnv, "256color") {
	32	+	return ColorDepthIndexed256
	33	+	}
	34	+	return ColorDepthANSI16
	35	+	}
	36	+
24	37		// DetectThemeFromBackground queries the controlling tty for its current
25		-	// foreground, background, and ANSI palette using OSC 10/11/4. The returned
26		-	// theme keeps the detected light/dark built-in colors for the normal auto
27		-	// theme and carries the terminal snapshot for the inherited theme.
	38	+	// foreground, background, and ANSI palette using OSC 10/11/4. Auto is always
	39	+	// terminal-owned; the snapshot is retained for subsequent runtime resolution.
28	40		//
29	41		// The query / parse runs synchronously before the TUI is initialised so the
30	42		// returned snapshot can drive the entire session. We briefly put stdin into
31	43		// raw mode and disable echo so OSC replies do not leak onto the user's screen.
32	44		func DetectThemeFromBackground(timeout time.Duration) Theme {
33		-	profile := detectTerminalProfile(timeout)
34		-	base := Dark
35		-
36		-	// Honour explicit override env vars first; some users and CI environments
37		-	// know better than the heuristic. The terminal snapshot is still retained
38		-	// so selecting the inherited theme later remains useful.
39		-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("ZUT_THEME"))) {
40		-	case "dark":
41		-	base = Dark
42		-	case "light":
43		-	base = Light
44		-	default:
45		-	if profile.HasBackground {
46		-	luma := 0.2126*float64(profile.Background.R) +
47		-	0.7152*float64(profile.Background.G) +
48		-	0.0722*float64(profile.Background.B)
49		-	if luma >= 127.5 {
50		-	base = Light
51		-	}
52		-	}
53		-	}
54		-
55		-	base.Terminal = profile
56		-	return base
	45	+	return TerminalTheme(detectTerminalProfile(timeout))
57	46		}
58	47
59	48		type oscColorResponse struct {

@@ -63,7 +52,7 @@ type oscColorResponse struct {
63	52		}
64	53
65	54		func detectTerminalProfile(timeout time.Duration) TerminalProfile {
66		-	profile := TerminalProfile{TrueColor: DetectTrueColor(os.Getenv("TERM"), os.Getenv("COLORTERM"))}
	55	+	profile := TerminalProfile{Depth: DetectColorDepth(os.Getenv("TERM"), os.Getenv("COLORTERM")), TrueColor: DetectTrueColor(os.Getenv("TERM"), os.Getenv("COLORTERM"))}
67	56		if !term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) \|\| !term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) \|\| timeout <= 0 {
68	57		return profile
69	58		}

@@ -97,11 +86,11 @@ func detectTerminalProfile(timeout time.Duration) TerminalProfile {
97	86		}
98	87		}
99	88		if profile.HasBackground {
100		-	luma := 0.2126*float64(profile.Background.R) +
101		-	0.7152*float64(profile.Background.G) +
102		-	0.0722*float64(profile.Background.B)
103		-	profile.Light = luma >= 127.5
104		-	profile.SchemeKnown = true
	89	+	// This is a branch-selection fallback, not a reported scheme. Runtime
	90	+	// CSI 997 replies alone set SchemeKnown.
	91	+	profile.Light = 0.2126*float64(profile.Background.R)+
	92	+	0.7152*float64(profile.Background.G)+
	93	+	0.0722*float64(profile.Background.B) >= 127.5
105	94		}
106	95		return profile
107	96		}

 	return termEnv == "xterm-direct" || strings.HasSuffix(termEnv, "-direct")
 }
+// DetectColorDepth conservatively chooses the highest color mode advertised
+// by the environment. Terminals without a 256-color signal stay ANSI16.
+func DetectColorDepth(termEnv, colorTerm string) ColorDepth {
+	if DetectTrueColor(termEnv, colorTerm) {
+		return ColorDepthTrueColor
+	}
+	termEnv = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(termEnv))
+	if strings.Contains(termEnv, "256color") {
+		return ColorDepthIndexed256
+	}
+	return ColorDepthANSI16
+}
 // DetectThemeFromBackground queries the controlling tty for its current
-// foreground, background, and ANSI palette using OSC 10/11/4. The returned
+// foreground, background, and ANSI palette using OSC 10/11/4. Auto is always
-// theme keeps the detected light/dark built-in colors for the normal auto
+// terminal-owned; the snapshot is retained for subsequent runtime resolution.
-// theme and carries the terminal snapshot for the inherited theme.
 //
 // The query / parse runs synchronously before the TUI is initialised so the
 // returned snapshot can drive the entire session. We briefly put stdin into
 // raw mode and disable echo so OSC replies do not leak onto the user's screen.
 func DetectThemeFromBackground(timeout time.Duration) Theme {
-	profile := detectTerminalProfile(timeout)
+	return TerminalTheme(detectTerminalProfile(timeout))
-	base := Dark
-	// Honour explicit override env vars first; some users and CI environments
-	// know better than the heuristic. The terminal snapshot is still retained
-	// so selecting the inherited theme later remains useful.
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("ZUT_THEME"))) {
-	case "dark":
-		base = Dark
-	case "light":
-		base = Light
-	default:
-		if profile.HasBackground {
-			luma := 0.2126*float64(profile.Background.R) +
-				0.7152*float64(profile.Background.G) +
-				0.0722*float64(profile.Background.B)
-			if luma >= 127.5 {
-				base = Light
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	base.Terminal = profile
-	return base
 }
 type oscColorResponse struct {
 }
 func detectTerminalProfile(timeout time.Duration) TerminalProfile {
-	profile := TerminalProfile{TrueColor: DetectTrueColor(os.Getenv("TERM"), os.Getenv("COLORTERM"))}
+	profile := TerminalProfile{Depth: DetectColorDepth(os.Getenv("TERM"), os.Getenv("COLORTERM")), TrueColor: DetectTrueColor(os.Getenv("TERM"), os.Getenv("COLORTERM"))}
 	if !term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) || !term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdout.Fd())) || timeout <= 0 {
 		return profile
 	}
 		}
 	}
 	if profile.HasBackground {
-		luma := 0.2126*float64(profile.Background.R) +
+		// This is a branch-selection fallback, not a reported scheme. Runtime
-			0.7152*float64(profile.Background.G) +
+		// CSI 997 replies alone set SchemeKnown.
-			0.0722*float64(profile.Background.B)
+		profile.Light = 0.2126*float64(profile.Background.R)+
-		profile.Light = luma >= 127.5
+			0.7152*float64(profile.Background.G)+
-		profile.SchemeKnown = true
+			0.0722*float64(profile.Background.B) >= 127.5
 	}
 	return profile
 }

M packages/tui/highlight.go +54 -13


@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tui
2	2
3	3		import (
4	4		"bytes"
	5	+	"fmt"
5	6		"path/filepath"
6	7		"strings"
7	8		"sync"

@@ -36,22 +37,26 @@ func (th Theme) HighlightCode(src, lang string) []string {
36	37		highlightCache.store(styleKey, lang, src, out)
37	38		return out
38	39		}
	40	+	iterator, err := lexer.Tokenise(nil, src)
	41	+	if err != nil {
	42	+	out := strings.Split(src, "\n")
	43	+	highlightCache.store(styleKey, lang, src, out)
	44	+	return out
	45	+	}
	46	+	if th.UseTerminalPalette {
	47	+	out := formatTerminalTokens(th, iterator)
	48	+	highlightCache.store(styleKey, lang, src, out)
	49	+	return out
	50	+	}
39	51		style := th.chromaStyle()
40	52		formatterName := "terminal256"
41		-	if th.Terminal.TrueColor {
	53	+	if th.Terminal.ColorDepth() == ColorDepthTrueColor {
42	54		formatterName = "terminal16m"
43	55		}
44	56		formatter := formatters.Get(formatterName)
45	57		if formatter == nil {
46	58		return strings.Split(src, "\n")
47	59		}
48		-
49		-	iterator, err := lexer.Tokenise(nil, src)
50		-	if err != nil {
51		-	out := strings.Split(src, "\n")
52		-	highlightCache.store(styleKey, lang, src, out)
53		-	return out
54		-	}
55	60		var buf bytes.Buffer
56	61		if err := formatter.Format(&buf, style, iterator); err != nil {
57	62		out := strings.Split(src, "\n")

@@ -63,6 +68,46 @@ func (th Theme) HighlightCode(src, lang string) []string {
63	68		return out
64	69		}
65	70
	71	+	// formatTerminalTokens keeps Chroma's lexer but owns terminal formatting for
	72	+	// adaptive themes. Chroma's terminal formatters map duplicate ANSI RGB values
	73	+	// through the xterm cube, losing an intended palette slot such as bright blue.
	74	+	func formatTerminalTokens(th Theme, iterator chroma.Iterator) []string {
	75	+	var out strings.Builder
	76	+	for token := iterator(); token != chroma.EOF; token = iterator() {
	77	+	color, bold, italic := terminalTokenStyle(th, token.Type)
	78	+	prefix := th.fgPrefix(color)
	79	+	if bold {
	80	+	prefix += "\x1b[1m"
	81	+	}
	82	+	if italic {
	83	+	prefix += "\x1b[3m"
	84	+	}
	85	+	out.WriteString(prefix)
	86	+	out.WriteString(token.Value)
	87	+	out.WriteString(reset)
	88	+	}
	89	+	return strings.Split(strings.TrimRight(out.String(), "\n"), "\n")
	90	+	}
	91	+
	92	+	func terminalTokenStyle(th Theme, typ chroma.TokenType) (TerminalColor, bool, bool) {
	93	+	switch {
	94	+	case typ.InCategory(chroma.Comment):
	95	+	return th.Muted, false, true
	96	+	case typ == chroma.LiteralStringEscape \|\| typ == chroma.Error:
	97	+	return th.Error, false, false
	98	+	case typ.InSubCategory(chroma.LiteralString):
	99	+	return th.Tool, false, false
	100	+	case typ.InSubCategory(chroma.LiteralNumber):
	101	+	return th.Warning, false, false
	102	+	case typ.InCategory(chroma.Keyword):
	103	+	return th.Accent, true, false
	104	+	case typ.InCategory(chroma.Name):
	105	+	return TerminalPaletteSlot(14), false, false
	106	+	default:
	107	+	return TerminalDefault(), false, false
	108	+	}
	109	+	}
	110	+
66	111		// highlightResultCache is a simple LRU-ish cache: when it exceeds its
67	112		// capacity we drop half of the entries (the oldest, based on insertion
68	113		// order). That's good enough since tool_result text doesn't change once

@@ -242,12 +287,8 @@ func (th Theme) chromaStyle() *chroma.Style {
242	287
243	288		func (th Theme) syntaxKey() string {
244	289		syn := th.Syntax
245		-	outputMode := "256"
246		-	if th.Terminal.TrueColor {
247		-	outputMode = "truecolor"
248		-	}
249	290		return strings.Join([]string{
250		-	outputMode,
	291	+	fmt.Sprintf("%v:%t:%#v", th.Terminal.ColorDepth(), th.UseTerminalPalette, th.Terminal),
251	292		th.SyntaxBaseStyle,
252	293		syn.Keyword,
253	294		syn.KeywordConstant,


@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package tui
2			2
3		import (	3		import (
4		"bytes"	4		"bytes"
			5	+	"fmt"
5		"path/filepath"	6		"path/filepath"
6		"strings"	7		"strings"
7		"sync"	8		"sync"

@@ -36,22 +37,26 @@ func (th Theme) HighlightCode(src, lang string) []string {
36		highlightCache.store(styleKey, lang, src, out)	37		highlightCache.store(styleKey, lang, src, out)
37		return out	38		return out
38		}	39		}
			40	+	iterator, err := lexer.Tokenise(nil, src)
			41	+	if err != nil {
			42	+	out := strings.Split(src, "\n")
			43	+	highlightCache.store(styleKey, lang, src, out)
			44	+	return out
			45	+	}
			46	+	if th.UseTerminalPalette {
			47	+	out := formatTerminalTokens(th, iterator)
			48	+	highlightCache.store(styleKey, lang, src, out)
			49	+	return out
			50	+	}
39		style := th.chromaStyle()	51		style := th.chromaStyle()
40		formatterName := "terminal256"	52		formatterName := "terminal256"
41	-	if th.Terminal.TrueColor {	53	+	if th.Terminal.ColorDepth() == ColorDepthTrueColor {
42		formatterName = "terminal16m"	54		formatterName = "terminal16m"
43		}	55		}
44		formatter := formatters.Get(formatterName)	56		formatter := formatters.Get(formatterName)
45		if formatter == nil {	57		if formatter == nil {
46		return strings.Split(src, "\n")	58		return strings.Split(src, "\n")
47		}	59		}
48	-
49	-	iterator, err := lexer.Tokenise(nil, src)
50	-	if err != nil {
51	-	out := strings.Split(src, "\n")
52	-	highlightCache.store(styleKey, lang, src, out)
53	-	return out
54	-	}
55		var buf bytes.Buffer	60		var buf bytes.Buffer
56		if err := formatter.Format(&buf, style, iterator); err != nil {	61		if err := formatter.Format(&buf, style, iterator); err != nil {
57		out := strings.Split(src, "\n")	62		out := strings.Split(src, "\n")

@@ -63,6 +68,46 @@ func (th Theme) HighlightCode(src, lang string) []string {
63		return out	68		return out
64		}	69		}
65			70
			71	+	// formatTerminalTokens keeps Chroma's lexer but owns terminal formatting for
			72	+	// adaptive themes. Chroma's terminal formatters map duplicate ANSI RGB values
			73	+	// through the xterm cube, losing an intended palette slot such as bright blue.
			74	+	func formatTerminalTokens(th Theme, iterator chroma.Iterator) []string {
			75	+	var out strings.Builder
			76	+	for token := iterator(); token != chroma.EOF; token = iterator() {
			77	+	color, bold, italic := terminalTokenStyle(th, token.Type)
			78	+	prefix := th.fgPrefix(color)
			79	+	if bold {
			80	+	prefix += "\x1b[1m"
			81	+	}
			82	+	if italic {
			83	+	prefix += "\x1b[3m"
			84	+	}
			85	+	out.WriteString(prefix)
			86	+	out.WriteString(token.Value)
			87	+	out.WriteString(reset)
			88	+	}
			89	+	return strings.Split(strings.TrimRight(out.String(), "\n"), "\n")
			90	+	}
			91	+
			92	+	func terminalTokenStyle(th Theme, typ chroma.TokenType) (TerminalColor, bool, bool) {
			93	+	switch {
			94	+	case typ.InCategory(chroma.Comment):
			95	+	return th.Muted, false, true
			96	+	case typ == chroma.LiteralStringEscape \|\| typ == chroma.Error:
			97	+	return th.Error, false, false
			98	+	case typ.InSubCategory(chroma.LiteralString):
			99	+	return th.Tool, false, false
			100	+	case typ.InSubCategory(chroma.LiteralNumber):
			101	+	return th.Warning, false, false
			102	+	case typ.InCategory(chroma.Keyword):
			103	+	return th.Accent, true, false
			104	+	case typ.InCategory(chroma.Name):
			105	+	return TerminalPaletteSlot(14), false, false
			106	+	default:
			107	+	return TerminalDefault(), false, false
			108	+	}
			109	+	}
			110	+
66		// highlightResultCache is a simple LRU-ish cache: when it exceeds its	111		// highlightResultCache is a simple LRU-ish cache: when it exceeds its
67		// capacity we drop half of the entries (the oldest, based on insertion	112		// capacity we drop half of the entries (the oldest, based on insertion
68		// order). That's good enough since tool_result text doesn't change once	113		// order). That's good enough since tool_result text doesn't change once

@@ -242,12 +287,8 @@ func (th Theme) chromaStyle() *chroma.Style {
242			287
243		func (th Theme) syntaxKey() string {	288		func (th Theme) syntaxKey() string {
244		syn := th.Syntax	289		syn := th.Syntax
245	-	outputMode := "256"
246	-	if th.Terminal.TrueColor {
247	-	outputMode = "truecolor"
248	-	}
249		return strings.Join([]string{	290		return strings.Join([]string{
250	-	outputMode,	291	+	fmt.Sprintf("%v:%t:%#v", th.Terminal.ColorDepth(), th.UseTerminalPalette, th.Terminal),
251		th.SyntaxBaseStyle,	292		th.SyntaxBaseStyle,
252		syn.Keyword,	293		syn.Keyword,
253		syn.KeywordConstant,	294		syn.KeywordConstant,

A packages/tui/highlight_terminal_test.go +29 -0

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
	1	+	package tui
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"strings"
	5	+	"testing"
	6	+	)
	7	+
	8	+	func TestTerminalSyntaxPreservesPaletteSlots(t *testing.T) {
	9	+	profile := TerminalProfile{Depth: ColorDepthIndexed256}
	10	+	th := TerminalTheme(profile)
	11	+	got := strings.Join(th.HighlightCode("func main() { return 1 }", "go"), "\n")
	12	+	for _, sequence := range []string{"\x1b[94m", "\x1b[93m", "\x1b[39m"} {
	13	+	if !strings.Contains(got, sequence) {
	14	+	t.Fatalf("highlight output missing %q: %q", sequence, got)
	15	+	}
	16	+	}
	17	+	if strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;5;196m") {
	18	+	t.Fatalf("terminal formatter remapped ANSI slots through xterm cube: %q", got)
	19	+	}
	20	+	}
	21	+
	22	+	func TestTerminalSyntaxUsesReportedRGBPalette(t *testing.T) {
	23	+	profile := terminalTestProfile(ColorDepthTrueColor)
	24	+	th := TerminalTheme(profile)
	25	+	got := strings.Join(th.HighlightCode("func main() {}", "go"), "\n")
	26	+	if !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;40;100;240m") {
	27	+	t.Fatalf("highlight output did not use reported bright-blue palette: %q", got)
	28	+	}
	29	+	}

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
	1	+	package tui
	2	+
	3	+	import (
	4	+	"strings"
	5	+	"testing"
	6	+	)
	7	+
	8	+	func TestTerminalSyntaxPreservesPaletteSlots(t *testing.T) {
	9	+	profile := TerminalProfile{Depth: ColorDepthIndexed256}
	10	+	th := TerminalTheme(profile)
	11	+	got := strings.Join(th.HighlightCode("func main() { return 1 }", "go"), "\n")
	12	+	for _, sequence := range []string{"\x1b[94m", "\x1b[93m", "\x1b[39m"} {
	13	+	if !strings.Contains(got, sequence) {
	14	+	t.Fatalf("highlight output missing %q: %q", sequence, got)
	15	+	}
	16	+	}
	17	+	if strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;5;196m") {
	18	+	t.Fatalf("terminal formatter remapped ANSI slots through xterm cube: %q", got)
	19	+	}
	20	+	}
	21	+
	22	+	func TestTerminalSyntaxUsesReportedRGBPalette(t *testing.T) {
	23	+	profile := terminalTestProfile(ColorDepthTrueColor)
	24	+	th := TerminalTheme(profile)
	25	+	got := strings.Join(th.HighlightCode("func main() {}", "go"), "\n")
	26	+	if !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;40;100;240m") {
	27	+	t.Fatalf("highlight output did not use reported bright-blue palette: %q", got)
	28	+	}
	29	+	}

M packages/tui/terminal.go +7 -1


@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
5	5		"os"
6	6		"path/filepath"
7	7		"strings"
	8	+	"sync"
8	9		"time"
9	10		"unicode"
10	11

@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ type ProcTerm struct {
36	37		out *os.File
37	38		in *os.File
38	39		resizeCBs []func()
	40	+	writeMu sync.Mutex
39	41		}
40	42
41	43		// NewProcTerm returns a Terminal bound to stdin/stdout.

@@ -43,7 +45,11 @@ func NewProcTerm() *ProcTerm {
43	45		return &ProcTerm{out: os.Stdout, in: os.Stdin}
44	46		}
45	47
46		-	func (p *ProcTerm) Write(b []byte) (int, error) { return p.out.Write(b) }
	48	+	func (p *ProcTerm) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
	49	+	p.writeMu.Lock()
	50	+	defer p.writeMu.Unlock()
	51	+	return p.out.Write(b)
	52	+	}
47	53
48	54		// WriteBell emits one standalone terminal alert character. Callers should
49	55		// route it through the same output writer used for the rest of the terminal

 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
 	out       *os.File
 	in        *os.File
 	resizeCBs []func()
+	writeMu   sync.Mutex
 }
 // NewProcTerm returns a Terminal bound to stdin/stdout.
 	return &ProcTerm{out: os.Stdout, in: os.Stdin}
 }
-func (p *ProcTerm) Write(b []byte) (int, error) { return p.out.Write(b) }
+func (p *ProcTerm) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	p.writeMu.Lock()
+	defer p.writeMu.Unlock()
+	return p.out.Write(b)
+}
 // WriteBell emits one standalone terminal alert character. Callers should
 // route it through the same output writer used for the rest of the terminal

M packages/tui/theme.go +107 -28


@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ import (
8	8		"sync/atomic"
9	9		)
10	10
11		-	// TerminalColor describes a theme colour in one of the colour spaces
12		-	// terminals commonly support. Every semantic theme colour uses this type;
13		-	// xterm-256, ANSI, and RGB values are rendered according to terminal capability.
	11	+	// TerminalColor describes both explicit colors and terminal-owned colors.
	12	+	// TerminalDefault and TerminalPaletteSlot intentionally differ from literal
	13	+	// xterm-256 values: an adaptive theme follows the terminal palette while a
	14	+	// custom numeric value retains its xterm meaning.
14	15		type TerminalColor struct {
15	16		Mode terminalColorMode
16	17		Index int

@@ -22,20 +23,37 @@ type TerminalColor struct {
22	23		type terminalColorMode int
23	24
24	25		const (
25		-	terminalColor256 terminalColorMode = iota
	26	+	terminalColorDefault terminalColorMode = iota
	27	+	terminalColorPalette
	28	+	terminalColor256
26	29		terminalColorANSI
27	30		terminalColorRGB
28	31		)
29	32
	33	+	func TerminalDefault() TerminalColor { return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColorDefault} }
	34	+	func TerminalPaletteSlot(index int) TerminalColor {
	35	+	return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColorPalette, Index: index}
	36	+	}
30	37		func Color256(index int) TerminalColor { return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColor256, Index: index} }
31	38		func ColorANSI(sgr int) TerminalColor { return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColorANSI, Index: sgr} }
32	39		func ColorRGB(r, g, b int) TerminalColor {
33	40		return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColorRGB, R: r, G: g, B: b}
34	41		}
35	42
	43	+	// ColorDepth is the terminal output capability used when resolving a color.
	44	+	type ColorDepth uint8
	45	+
	46	+	const (
	47	+	// Indexed256 is the zero value to preserve the legacy behavior for
	48	+	// profiles assembled by callers that predate ColorDepth.
	49	+	ColorDepthIndexed256 ColorDepth = iota
	50	+	ColorDepthANSI16
	51	+	ColorDepthTrueColor
	52	+	)
	53	+
36	54		// TerminalProfile is the best-effort color snapshot reported by the
37		-	// controlling terminal. The ANSI palette is optional; unknown slots are
38		-	// resolved through the classic xterm-256 palette.
	55	+	// controlling terminal. Palette entries are optional; an unknown slot is
	56	+	// emitted as its direct ANSI SGR rather than substituted with a fixed zut RGB.
39	57		type TerminalProfile struct {
40	58		Foreground TerminalColor
41	59		Background TerminalColor

@@ -45,9 +63,22 @@ type TerminalProfile struct {
45	63
46	64		Palette [16]TerminalColor
47	65		PaletteKnown uint16
48		-	TrueColor bool
49		-	Light bool
50		-	SchemeKnown bool
	66	+	Depth ColorDepth
	67	+	// TrueColor is retained for callers compiled against the older profile.
	68	+	// Depth is authoritative when it is ColorDepthTrueColor.
	69	+	TrueColor bool
	70	+	Light bool
	71	+	SchemeKnown bool
	72	+	}
	73	+
	74	+	func (p TerminalProfile) ColorDepth() ColorDepth {
	75	+	if p.Depth == ColorDepthTrueColor \|\| p.TrueColor {
	76	+	return ColorDepthTrueColor
	77	+	}
	78	+	if p.Depth == ColorDepthANSI16 {
	79	+	return ColorDepthANSI16
	80	+	}
	81	+	return ColorDepthIndexed256
51	82		}
52	83
53	84		// PaletteColor returns a reported ANSI palette entry when available.

@@ -78,12 +109,11 @@ type Theme struct {
78	109		SelectionBG TerminalColor // background for highlighted rows
79	110		SelectionFG TerminalColor // foreground for highlighted rows
80	111
81		-	// Inherited selects terminal-owned colors. Terminal.TrueColor controls
82		-	// whether fixed indexed values are emitted as xterm-256 or truecolor and
83		-	// whether RGB values are quantized for terminals without direct-color
84		-	// support.
85		-	Inherited bool
86		-	Terminal TerminalProfile
	112	+	// UseTerminalPalette resolves TerminalPaletteSlot roles against the
	113	+	// reported palette on truecolor terminals. It has no effect on explicit
	114	+	// Color256 values from a custom theme.
	115	+	UseTerminalPalette bool
	116	+	Terminal TerminalProfile
87	117
88	118		SpinnerFrames []string
89	119		SpinnerIntervalMS int

@@ -231,8 +261,7 @@ func (t Theme) bgPrefix(color TerminalColor) string {
231	261		}
232	262
233	263		// DimColor fades a theme color toward the terminal background. It is used
234		-	// by inherited theme construction and is also available to callers that need
235		-	// terminal-aware dimming for overlays.
	264	+	// while resolving adaptive terminal surfaces and by overlay callers.
236	265		func (t Theme) DimColor(color TerminalColor, percent int) TerminalColor {
237	266		percent = clampPercent(percent)
238	267		foreground := t.resolveColor(color)

@@ -250,31 +279,42 @@ func (t Theme) DimColor(color TerminalColor, percent int) TerminalColor {
250	279		}
251	280
252	281		func (t Theme) resolveColor(color TerminalColor) TerminalColor {
	282	+	depth := t.Terminal.ColorDepth()
253	283		switch color.Mode {
	284	+	case terminalColorDefault:
	285	+	return color
	286	+	case terminalColorPalette:
	287	+	index := clampANSIIndex(color.Index)
	288	+	if depth == ColorDepthTrueColor {
	289	+	if palette, ok := t.Terminal.PaletteColor(index); ok {
	290	+	return palette
	291	+	}
	292	+	}
	293	+	return ColorANSI(ansiIndexForegroundSGR(index))
254	294		case terminalColor256:
255	295		index := clampXtermIndex(color.Index)
256		-	if t.Terminal.TrueColor {
257		-	if t.Inherited {
258		-	if palette, ok := t.Terminal.PaletteColor(index); ok {
259		-	return palette
260		-	}
261		-	}
	296	+	switch depth {
	297	+	case ColorDepthTrueColor:
262	298		r, g, b := xterm256RGB(index)
263	299		return ColorRGB(r, g, b)
	300	+	case ColorDepthANSI16:
	301	+	return ColorANSI(ansiIndexForegroundSGR(nearestANSIColor(index)))
	302	+	default:
	303	+	return Color256(index)
264	304		}
265		-	return Color256(index)
266	305		case terminalColorANSI:
267		-	if t.Inherited && t.Terminal.TrueColor {
	306	+	if depth == ColorDepthTrueColor {
268	307		if index, ok := ansiSGRToXtermIndex(color.Index); ok {
269	308		if palette, ok := t.Terminal.PaletteColor(index); ok {
270	309		return palette
271	310		}
272		-	r, g, b := xterm256RGB(index)
273		-	return ColorRGB(r, g, b)
274	311		}
275	312		}
276	313		case terminalColorRGB:
277		-	if !t.Terminal.TrueColor {
	314	+	if depth == ColorDepthANSI16 {
	315	+	return ColorANSI(ansiIndexForegroundSGR(nearestANSIColor(nearestXtermColor(color.R, color.G, color.B))))
	316	+	}
	317	+	if depth != ColorDepthTrueColor {
278	318		return Color256(nearestXtermColor(color.R, color.G, color.B))
279	319		}
280	320		}

@@ -283,6 +323,8 @@ func (t Theme) resolveColor(color TerminalColor) TerminalColor {
283	323
284	324		func sgrFGColor(color TerminalColor) string {
285	325		switch color.Mode {
	326	+	case terminalColorDefault:
	327	+	return "\x1b[39m"
286	328		case terminalColorANSI:
287	329		return "\x1b[" + itoa(ansiForegroundSGR(color.Index)) + "m"
288	330		case terminalColorRGB:

@@ -413,6 +455,8 @@ func sgrFG(c int) string { return "\x1b[38;5;" + itoa(clampXtermIndex(c)) + "m"
413	455		func sgrBG(c int) string { return "\x1b[48;5;" + itoa(clampXtermIndex(c)) + "m" }
414	456		func sgrBGColor(c TerminalColor) string {
415	457		switch c.Mode {
	458	+	case terminalColorDefault:
	459	+	return "\x1b[49m"
416	460		case terminalColorANSI:
417	461		return "\x1b[" + itoa(ansiBackgroundSGR(c.Index)) + "m"
418	462		case terminalColorRGB:

@@ -422,6 +466,38 @@ func sgrBGColor(c TerminalColor) string {
422	466		}
423	467		}
424	468
	469	+	func clampANSIIndex(index int) int {
	470	+	if index < 0 {
	471	+	return 0
	472	+	}
	473	+	if index > 15 {
	474	+	return 15
	475	+	}
	476	+	return index
	477	+	}
	478	+
	479	+	func ansiIndexForegroundSGR(index int) int {
	480	+	index = clampANSIIndex(index)
	481	+	if index < 8 {
	482	+	return 30 + index
	483	+	}
	484	+	return 90 + index - 8
	485	+	}
	486	+
	487	+	func nearestANSIColor(index int) int {
	488	+	r, g, b := xterm256RGB(clampXtermIndex(index))
	489	+	best, bestDistance := 0, int(^uint(0)>>1)
	490	+	for slot := 0; slot < 16; slot++ {
	491	+	pr, pg, pb := xterm256RGB(slot)
	492	+	dr, dg, db := r-pr, g-pg, b-pb
	493	+	distance := drdr + dgdg + db*db
	494	+	if distance < bestDistance {
	495	+	best, bestDistance = slot, distance
	496	+	}
	497	+	}
	498	+	return best
	499	+	}
	500	+
425	501		func clampXtermIndex(index int) int {
426	502		if index < 0 {
427	503		return 0

@@ -459,6 +535,9 @@ func rgbForTerminalColor(color TerminalColor) ([3]int, bool) {
459	535		case terminalColor256:
460	536		r, g, b := xterm256RGB(clampXtermIndex(color.Index))
461	537		return [3]int{r, g, b}, true
	538	+	case terminalColorPalette:
	539	+	r, g, b := xterm256RGB(clampANSIIndex(color.Index))
	540	+	return [3]int{r, g, b}, true
462	541		case terminalColorANSI:
463	542		if index, ok := ansiSGRToXtermIndex(color.Index); ok {
464	543		r, g, b := xterm256RGB(index)

 	"sync/atomic"
 )
-// TerminalColor describes a theme colour in one of the colour spaces
+// TerminalColor describes both explicit colors and terminal-owned colors.
-// terminals commonly support. Every semantic theme colour uses this type;
+// TerminalDefault and TerminalPaletteSlot intentionally differ from literal
-// xterm-256, ANSI, and RGB values are rendered according to terminal capability.
+// xterm-256 values: an adaptive theme follows the terminal palette while a
+// custom numeric value retains its xterm meaning.
 type TerminalColor struct {
 	Mode  terminalColorMode
 	Index int
 type terminalColorMode int
 const (
-	terminalColor256 terminalColorMode = iota
+	terminalColorDefault terminalColorMode = iota
+	terminalColorPalette
+	terminalColor256
 	terminalColorANSI
 	terminalColorRGB
 )
+func TerminalDefault() TerminalColor { return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColorDefault} }
+func TerminalPaletteSlot(index int) TerminalColor {
+	return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColorPalette, Index: index}
+}
 func Color256(index int) TerminalColor { return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColor256, Index: index} }
 func ColorANSI(sgr int) TerminalColor  { return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColorANSI, Index: sgr} }
 func ColorRGB(r, g, b int) TerminalColor {
 	return TerminalColor{Mode: terminalColorRGB, R: r, G: g, B: b}
 }
+// ColorDepth is the terminal output capability used when resolving a color.
+type ColorDepth uint8
+const (
+	// Indexed256 is the zero value to preserve the legacy behavior for
+	// profiles assembled by callers that predate ColorDepth.
+	ColorDepthIndexed256 ColorDepth = iota
+	ColorDepthANSI16
+	ColorDepthTrueColor
+)
 // TerminalProfile is the best-effort color snapshot reported by the
-// controlling terminal. The ANSI palette is optional; unknown slots are
+// controlling terminal. Palette entries are optional; an unknown slot is
-// resolved through the classic xterm-256 palette.
+// emitted as its direct ANSI SGR rather than substituted with a fixed zut RGB.
 type TerminalProfile struct {
 	Foreground TerminalColor
 	Background TerminalColor
 	Palette      [16]TerminalColor
 	PaletteKnown uint16
-	TrueColor    bool
+	Depth        ColorDepth
-	Light        bool
+	// TrueColor is retained for callers compiled against the older profile.
-	SchemeKnown  bool
+	// Depth is authoritative when it is ColorDepthTrueColor.
+	TrueColor   bool
+	Light       bool
+	SchemeKnown bool
+}
+func (p TerminalProfile) ColorDepth() ColorDepth {
+	if p.Depth == ColorDepthTrueColor || p.TrueColor {
+		return ColorDepthTrueColor
+	}
+	if p.Depth == ColorDepthANSI16 {
+		return ColorDepthANSI16
+	}
+	return ColorDepthIndexed256
 }
 // PaletteColor returns a reported ANSI palette entry when available.
 	SelectionBG  TerminalColor // background for highlighted rows
 	SelectionFG  TerminalColor // foreground for highlighted rows
-	// Inherited selects terminal-owned colors. Terminal.TrueColor controls
+	// UseTerminalPalette resolves TerminalPaletteSlot roles against the
-	// whether fixed indexed values are emitted as xterm-256 or truecolor and
+	// reported palette on truecolor terminals. It has no effect on explicit
-	// whether RGB values are quantized for terminals without direct-color
+	// Color256 values from a custom theme.
-	// support.
+	UseTerminalPalette bool
-	Inherited bool
+	Terminal           TerminalProfile
-	Terminal  TerminalProfile
 	SpinnerFrames     []string
 	SpinnerIntervalMS int
 }
 // DimColor fades a theme color toward the terminal background. It is used
-// by inherited theme construction and is also available to callers that need
+// while resolving adaptive terminal surfaces and by overlay callers.
-// terminal-aware dimming for overlays.
 func (t Theme) DimColor(color TerminalColor, percent int) TerminalColor {
 	percent = clampPercent(percent)
 	foreground := t.resolveColor(color)
 }
 func (t Theme) resolveColor(color TerminalColor) TerminalColor {
+	depth := t.Terminal.ColorDepth()
 	switch color.Mode {
+	case terminalColorDefault:
+		return color
+	case terminalColorPalette:
+		index := clampANSIIndex(color.Index)
+		if depth == ColorDepthTrueColor {
+			if palette, ok := t.Terminal.PaletteColor(index); ok {
+				return palette
+			}
+		}
+		return ColorANSI(ansiIndexForegroundSGR(index))
 	case terminalColor256:
 		index := clampXtermIndex(color.Index)
-		if t.Terminal.TrueColor {
+		switch depth {
-			if t.Inherited {
+		case ColorDepthTrueColor:
-				if palette, ok := t.Terminal.PaletteColor(index); ok {
-					return palette
-				}
-			}
 			r, g, b := xterm256RGB(index)
 			return ColorRGB(r, g, b)
+		case ColorDepthANSI16:
+			return ColorANSI(ansiIndexForegroundSGR(nearestANSIColor(index)))
+		default:
+			return Color256(index)
 		}
-		return Color256(index)
 	case terminalColorANSI:
-		if t.Inherited && t.Terminal.TrueColor {
+		if depth == ColorDepthTrueColor {
 			if index, ok := ansiSGRToXtermIndex(color.Index); ok {
 				if palette, ok := t.Terminal.PaletteColor(index); ok {
 					return palette
 				}
-				r, g, b := xterm256RGB(index)
-				return ColorRGB(r, g, b)
 			}
 		}
 	case terminalColorRGB:
-		if !t.Terminal.TrueColor {
+		if depth == ColorDepthANSI16 {
+			return ColorANSI(ansiIndexForegroundSGR(nearestANSIColor(nearestXtermColor(color.R, color.G, color.B))))
+		}
+		if depth != ColorDepthTrueColor {
 			return Color256(nearestXtermColor(color.R, color.G, color.B))
 		}
 	}
 func sgrFGColor(color TerminalColor) string {
 	switch color.Mode {
+	case terminalColorDefault:
+		return "\x1b[39m"
 	case terminalColorANSI:
 		return "\x1b[" + itoa(ansiForegroundSGR(color.Index)) + "m"
 	case terminalColorRGB:
 func sgrBG(c int) string { return "\x1b[48;5;" + itoa(clampXtermIndex(c)) + "m" }
 func sgrBGColor(c TerminalColor) string {
 	switch c.Mode {
+	case terminalColorDefault:
+		return "\x1b[49m"
 	case terminalColorANSI:
 		return "\x1b[" + itoa(ansiBackgroundSGR(c.Index)) + "m"
 	case terminalColorRGB:
 	}
 }
+func clampANSIIndex(index int) int {
+	if index < 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	if index > 15 {
+		return 15
+	}
+	return index
+}
+func ansiIndexForegroundSGR(index int) int {
+	index = clampANSIIndex(index)
+	if index < 8 {
+		return 30 + index
+	}
+	return 90 + index - 8
+}
+func nearestANSIColor(index int) int {
+	r, g, b := xterm256RGB(clampXtermIndex(index))
+	best, bestDistance := 0, int(^uint(0)>>1)
+	for slot := 0; slot < 16; slot++ {
+		pr, pg, pb := xterm256RGB(slot)
+		dr, dg, db := r-pr, g-pg, b-pb
+		distance := dr*dr + dg*dg + db*db
+		if distance < bestDistance {
+			best, bestDistance = slot, distance
+		}
+	}
+	return best
+}
 func clampXtermIndex(index int) int {
 	if index < 0 {
 		return 0
 	case terminalColor256:
 		r, g, b := xterm256RGB(clampXtermIndex(color.Index))
 		return [3]int{r, g, b}, true
+	case terminalColorPalette:
+		r, g, b := xterm256RGB(clampANSIIndex(color.Index))
+		return [3]int{r, g, b}, true
 	case terminalColorANSI:
 		if index, ok := ansiSGRToXtermIndex(color.Index); ok {
 			r, g, b := xterm256RGB(index)

M packages/tui/theme_inherited_test.go +47 -155


@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ func TestDetectTrueColor(t *testing.T) {
16	16		{name: "COLORTERM truecolor", term: "screen", colorTerm: "truecolor", want: true},
17	17		{name: "COLORTERM 24bit", term: "screen", colorTerm: "24bit", want: true},
18	18		{name: "direct TERM", term: "xterm-direct", want: true},
19		-	{name: "direct TERM suffix", term: "screen-direct", want: true},
20		-	{name: "256 color TERM", term: "xterm-256color", colorTerm: "", want: false},
21		-	{name: "unknown TERM", term: "dumb", colorTerm: "", want: false},
	19	+	{name: "256 color TERM", term: "xterm-256color", want: false},
22	20		}
23	21		for _, tt := range tests {
24	22		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {

@@ -29,187 +27,81 @@ func TestDetectTrueColor(t *testing.T) {
29	27		}
30	28		}
31	29
32		-	func TestParseOSCColorResponse(t *testing.T) {
33		-	tests := []struct {
34		-	name string
35		-	raw string
36		-	kind int
37		-	slot int
38		-	want TerminalColor
	30	+	func TestDetectColorDepth(t *testing.T) {
	31	+	for _, tt := range []struct {
	32	+	term, colorTerm string
	33	+	want ColorDepth
39	34		}{
40		-	{
41		-	name: "foreground hash",
42		-	raw: "\x1b]10;#123456\x07",
43		-	kind: 10,
44		-	want: ColorRGB(0x12, 0x34, 0x56),
45		-	},
46		-	{
47		-	name: "background rgb",
48		-	raw: "\x1b]11;rgb:ffff/8000/0000\x1b\\",
49		-	kind: 11,
50		-	want: ColorRGB(255, 127, 0),
51		-	},
52		-	{
53		-	name: "palette slot",
54		-	raw: "\x1b]4;12;rgb:12/34/56\x07",
55		-	kind: 4,
56		-	slot: 12,
57		-	want: ColorRGB(0x12, 0x34, 0x56),
58		-	},
59		-	}
60		-	for _, tt := range tests {
61		-	t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
62		-	got, ok := parseOSCColorResponse([]byte(tt.raw))
63		-	if !ok {
64		-	t.Fatal("parseOSCColorResponse returned !ok")
65		-	}
66		-	if got.kind != tt.kind \|\| got.slot != tt.slot \|\| got.color != tt.want {
67		-	t.Fatalf("response = %#v, want kind=%d slot=%d color=%#v", got, tt.kind, tt.slot, tt.want)
68		-	}
69		-	})
70		-	}
71		-	}
72		-
73		-	func TestANSIThemeColorsAdaptToTargetSGR(t *testing.T) {
74		-	if got := Dark.FGColor(ColorANSI(100), "x"); got != "\x1b[90mx\x1b[0m" {
75		-	t.Fatalf("ANSI foreground = %q, want bright-black foreground", got)
76		-	}
77		-	if got := Dark.BG(ColorANSI(31), "x"); got != "\x1b[41mx\x1b[0m" {
78		-	t.Fatalf("ANSI background = %q, want red background", got)
79		-	}
80		-	}
81		-
82		-	func TestNearestXtermColorCacheIsStable(t *testing.T) {
83		-	colors := [][3]int{
84		-	{0, 0, 0},
85		-	{66, 69, 75},
86		-	{200, 100, 50},
87		-	{-20, 300, 128},
88		-	}
89		-	for _, color := range colors {
90		-	first := nearestXtermColor(color[0], color[1], color[2])
91		-	second := nearestXtermColor(color[0], color[1], color[2])
92		-	if first != second {
93		-	t.Fatalf("nearest color changed for %#v: first=%d second=%d", color, first, second)
94		-	}
95		-	if first < 0 \|\| first > 255 {
96		-	t.Fatalf("nearest color out of range for %#v: %d", color, first)
	35	+	{"xterm", "", ColorDepthANSI16},
	36	+	{"xterm-256color", "", ColorDepthIndexed256},
	37	+	{"screen", "truecolor", ColorDepthTrueColor},
	38	+	} {
	39	+	if got := DetectColorDepth(tt.term, tt.colorTerm); got != tt.want {
	40	+	t.Fatalf("DetectColorDepth(%q, %q) = %v, want %v", tt.term, tt.colorTerm, got, tt.want)
97	41		}
98	42		}
99	43		}
100	44
101		-	func inheritedTestTheme(trueColor bool) Theme {
102		-	detected := Dark
103		-	detected.Terminal = TerminalProfile{
	45	+	func terminalTestProfile(depth ColorDepth) TerminalProfile {
	46	+	profile := TerminalProfile{
104	47		Foreground: ColorRGB(220, 210, 200),
105	48		Background: ColorRGB(12, 18, 24),
106	49		HasForeground: true,
107	50		HasBackground: true,
108		-	TrueColor: trueColor,
	51	+	Depth: depth,
109	52		}
110		-	detected.Terminal.Palette[10] = ColorRGB(20, 220, 80)
111		-	detected.Terminal.Palette[12] = ColorRGB(40, 100, 240)
112		-	detected.Terminal.Palette[13] = ColorRGB(220, 70, 210)
113		-	detected.Terminal.PaletteKnown = 1<<10 \| 1<<12 \| 1<<13
114		-	return InheritedTheme(detected)
	53	+	profile.Palette[10] = ColorRGB(20, 220, 80)
	54	+	profile.Palette[12] = ColorRGB(40, 100, 240)
	55	+	profile.Palette[13] = ColorRGB(220, 70, 210)
	56	+	profile.PaletteKnown = 1<<10 \| 1<<12 \| 1<<13
	57	+	return profile
115	58		}
116	59
117		-	func TestInheritedThemeUsesTrueColorAndTerminalPalette(t *testing.T) {
118		-	th := inheritedTestTheme(true)
119		-	if !th.Inherited \|\| !th.Terminal.TrueColor {
120		-	t.Fatalf("inherited theme mode = (inherited=%v, trueColor=%v), want truecolor", th.Inherited, th.Terminal.TrueColor)
121		-	}
122		-	if got := th.FGColor(th.Accent, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;40;100;240m") {
123		-	t.Fatalf("accent did not use the reported terminal palette: %q", got)
124		-	}
125		-	if got := th.FGColor(th.FG, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;220;210;200m") {
126		-	t.Fatalf("foreground did not inherit the terminal default: %q", got)
	60	+	func TestTerminalThemeUsesTerminalDefaultsAndPaletteSlots(t *testing.T) {
	61	+	th := TerminalTheme(terminalTestProfile(ColorDepthTrueColor))
	62	+	if th.Background != nil {
	63	+	t.Fatal("terminal theme painted a full-row background")
127	64		}
128		-	if got := th.UserBubble("x", 3); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;2;") {
129		-	t.Fatalf("user bubble did not use truecolor background: %q", got)
	65	+	if th.FG != TerminalDefault() \|\| th.Accent != TerminalPaletteSlot(12) {
	66	+	t.Fatalf("terminal roles = fg %#v accent %#v", th.FG, th.Accent)
130	67		}
131		-	if got := strings.Join(th.HighlightCode("func main() {}", "go"), "\n"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;") {
132		-	t.Fatalf("syntax highlighting did not use truecolor: %q", got)
	68	+	if got := th.FGColor(th.FG, "x"); got != "\x1b[39mx\x1b[0m" {
	69	+	t.Fatalf("default foreground = %q", got)
133	70		}
134		-	if got := th.DimColor(th.FG, 45); got.Mode != terminalColorRGB {
135		-	t.Fatalf("DimColor mode = %v, want RGB", got.Mode)
136		-	}
137		-	}
138		-
139		-	func TestInheritedThemeFallsBackTo256Colors(t *testing.T) {
140		-	th := inheritedTestTheme(false)
141		-	if !th.Inherited \|\| th.Terminal.TrueColor {
142		-	t.Fatalf("inherited theme mode = (inherited=%v, trueColor=%v), want 256", th.Inherited, th.Terminal.TrueColor)
143		-	}
144		-	if got := th.FGColor(th.Accent, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;5;12m") \|\| strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;") {
145		-	t.Fatalf("accent did not use 256-color fallback: %q", got)
146		-	}
147		-	if got := th.UserBubble("x", 3); strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;2;") \|\| !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;5;") {
148		-	t.Fatalf("user bubble did not quantize its background: %q", got)
149		-	}
150		-	if got := th.DimColor(th.FG, 45); got.Mode != terminalColor256 {
151		-	t.Fatalf("DimColor mode = %v, want 256", got.Mode)
152		-	}
153		-	if got := strings.Join(th.HighlightCode("func main() {}", "go"), "\n"); strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;") {
154		-	t.Fatalf("syntax highlighting unexpectedly used truecolor: %q", got)
	71	+	if got := th.FGColor(th.Accent, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;40;100;240m") {
	72	+	t.Fatalf("accent did not use reported palette: %q", got)
155	73		}
156	74		}
157	75
158		-	func TestExplicitThemesFollowTerminalCapability(t *testing.T) {
159		-	if got, want := Dark.FGColor(Dark.Accent, "x"), "\x1b[38;5;111mx\x1b[0m"; got != want {
160		-	t.Fatalf("explicit theme output = %q, want %q", got, want)
161		-	}
162		-	if got := Dark.UserBubble("x", 1); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;5;") \|\| strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;2;") {
163		-	t.Fatalf("non-truecolor RGB bubble did not quantize: %q", got)
164		-	}
165		-
166		-	trueColor := withTerminalProfile(Dark, Theme{Terminal: TerminalProfile{TrueColor: true}})
167		-	if got := trueColor.FGColor(trueColor.Accent, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;") {
168		-	t.Fatalf("truecolor explicit theme did not emit RGB: %q", got)
	76	+	func TestTerminalThemeUnknownProfileUsesANSI(t *testing.T) {
	77	+	th := TerminalTheme(TerminalProfile{Depth: ColorDepthANSI16})
	78	+	if th.FG == Dark.FG \|\| th.FG == Light.FG {
	79	+	t.Fatal("unknown auto profile selected a fixed built-in theme")
169	80		}
170		-	if got := trueColor.UserBubble("x", 1); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;2;66;69;75m") {
171		-	t.Fatalf("truecolor explicit RGB bubble did not emit RGB: %q", got)
	81	+	if got := th.FGColor(th.Accent, "x"); got != "\x1b[94mx\x1b[0m" {
	82	+	t.Fatalf("terminal palette fallback = %q", got)
172	83		}
173	84		}
174	85
175		-	func TestAvailableThemesIncludesInherited(t *testing.T) {
176		-	options := AvailableThemes(t.TempDir())
177		-	for _, option := range options {
178		-	if option.Value == "inherited" {
179		-	if option.Label != "inherited (from terminal)" \|\| !option.Builtin {
180		-	t.Fatalf("unexpected inherited option: %#v", option)
181		-	}
182		-	return
183		-	}
	86	+	func TestTerminalPaletteSlotsDoNotAliasExplicitIndexedColors(t *testing.T) {
	87	+	profile := terminalTestProfile(ColorDepthTrueColor)
	88	+	th := TerminalTheme(profile)
	89	+	if got := th.FGColor(TerminalPaletteSlot(12), "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "40;100;240") {
	90	+	t.Fatalf("terminal slot = %q", got)
184	91		}
185		-	t.Fatal("available themes did not include inherited")
186		-	}
187		-
188		-	func TestIsLightThemePreservesExplicitDarkTheme(t *testing.T) {
189		-	dark := Dark
190		-	dark.Terminal.SchemeKnown = true
191		-	dark.Terminal.Light = true
192		-	if IsLightTheme(dark) {
193		-	t.Fatal("explicit dark theme was reclassified from the terminal scheme")
194		-	}
195		-
196		-	inherited := InheritedTheme(dark)
197		-	if !IsLightTheme(inherited) {
198		-	t.Fatal("inherited light terminal theme was not recognized as light")
	92	+	if got := th.FGColor(Color256(12), "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "0;0;255") {
	93	+	t.Fatalf("explicit xterm index adopted terminal palette: %q", got)
199	94		}
200	95		}
201	96
202		-	func TestRendererDetectsInheritedSelectionBackground(t *testing.T) {
	97	+	func TestTerminalThemeRendererInvalidationDoesNotClearScrollback(t *testing.T) {
203	98		var buf bytes.Buffer
204	99		r := NewRenderer(&buf)
205	100		r.Resize(20, 2)
206		-	r.SetTheme(inheritedTestTheme(true))
207		-	selected := r.theme.SelectionStyle() + "selected" + reset
208		-	r.Draw([]string{"", selected}, -1, -1)
209	101		buf.Reset()
210		-
211		-	r.Draw([]string{"", "plain"}, -1, -1)
212		-	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), MoveTo(1, 1)) {
213		-	t.Fatalf("selection repaint did not include unchanged rows: %q", buf.String())
	102	+	r.SetTheme(TerminalTheme(terminalTestProfile(ColorDepthTrueColor)))
	103	+	r.Invalidate()
	104	+	if strings.Contains(buf.String(), SeqClearScrollback) {
	105	+	t.Fatalf("theme invalidation cleared scrollback: %q", buf.String())
214	106		}
215	107		}


@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ func TestDetectTrueColor(t *testing.T) {
16		{name: "COLORTERM truecolor", term: "screen", colorTerm: "truecolor", want: true},	16		{name: "COLORTERM truecolor", term: "screen", colorTerm: "truecolor", want: true},
17		{name: "COLORTERM 24bit", term: "screen", colorTerm: "24bit", want: true},	17		{name: "COLORTERM 24bit", term: "screen", colorTerm: "24bit", want: true},
18		{name: "direct TERM", term: "xterm-direct", want: true},	18		{name: "direct TERM", term: "xterm-direct", want: true},
19	-	{name: "direct TERM suffix", term: "screen-direct", want: true},	19	+	{name: "256 color TERM", term: "xterm-256color", want: false},
20	-	{name: "256 color TERM", term: "xterm-256color", colorTerm: "", want: false},
21	-	{name: "unknown TERM", term: "dumb", colorTerm: "", want: false},
22		}	20		}
23		for _, tt := range tests {	21		for _, tt := range tests {
24		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {	22		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {

@@ -29,187 +27,81 @@ func TestDetectTrueColor(t *testing.T) {
29		}	27		}
30		}	28		}
31			29
32	-	func TestParseOSCColorResponse(t *testing.T) {	30	+	func TestDetectColorDepth(t *testing.T) {
33	-	tests := []struct {	31	+	for _, tt := range []struct {
34	-	name string	32	+	term, colorTerm string
35	-	raw string	33	+	want ColorDepth
36	-	kind int
37	-	slot int
38	-	want TerminalColor
39		}{	34		}{
40	-	{	35	+	{"xterm", "", ColorDepthANSI16},
41	-	name: "foreground hash",	36	+	{"xterm-256color", "", ColorDepthIndexed256},
42	-	raw: "\x1b]10;#123456\x07",	37	+	{"screen", "truecolor", ColorDepthTrueColor},
43	-	kind: 10,	38	+	} {
44	-	want: ColorRGB(0x12, 0x34, 0x56),	39	+	if got := DetectColorDepth(tt.term, tt.colorTerm); got != tt.want {
45	-	},	40	+	t.Fatalf("DetectColorDepth(%q, %q) = %v, want %v", tt.term, tt.colorTerm, got, tt.want)
46	-	{
47	-	name: "background rgb",
48	-	raw: "\x1b]11;rgb:ffff/8000/0000\x1b\\",
49	-	kind: 11,
50	-	want: ColorRGB(255, 127, 0),
51	-	},
52	-	{
53	-	name: "palette slot",
54	-	raw: "\x1b]4;12;rgb:12/34/56\x07",
55	-	kind: 4,
56	-	slot: 12,
57	-	want: ColorRGB(0x12, 0x34, 0x56),
58	-	},
59	-	}
60	-	for _, tt := range tests {
61	-	t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
62	-	got, ok := parseOSCColorResponse([]byte(tt.raw))
63	-	if !ok {
64	-	t.Fatal("parseOSCColorResponse returned !ok")
65	-	}
66	-	if got.kind != tt.kind \|\| got.slot != tt.slot \|\| got.color != tt.want {
67	-	t.Fatalf("response = %#v, want kind=%d slot=%d color=%#v", got, tt.kind, tt.slot, tt.want)
68	-	}
69	-	})
70	-	}
71	-	}
72	-
73	-	func TestANSIThemeColorsAdaptToTargetSGR(t *testing.T) {
74	-	if got := Dark.FGColor(ColorANSI(100), "x"); got != "\x1b[90mx\x1b[0m" {
75	-	t.Fatalf("ANSI foreground = %q, want bright-black foreground", got)
76	-	}
77	-	if got := Dark.BG(ColorANSI(31), "x"); got != "\x1b[41mx\x1b[0m" {
78	-	t.Fatalf("ANSI background = %q, want red background", got)
79	-	}
80	-	}
81	-
82	-	func TestNearestXtermColorCacheIsStable(t *testing.T) {
83	-	colors := [][3]int{
84	-	{0, 0, 0},
85	-	{66, 69, 75},
86	-	{200, 100, 50},
87	-	{-20, 300, 128},
88	-	}
89	-	for _, color := range colors {
90	-	first := nearestXtermColor(color[0], color[1], color[2])
91	-	second := nearestXtermColor(color[0], color[1], color[2])
92	-	if first != second {
93	-	t.Fatalf("nearest color changed for %#v: first=%d second=%d", color, first, second)
94	-	}
95	-	if first < 0 \|\| first > 255 {
96	-	t.Fatalf("nearest color out of range for %#v: %d", color, first)
97		}	41		}
98		}	42		}
99		}	43		}
100			44
101	-	func inheritedTestTheme(trueColor bool) Theme {	45	+	func terminalTestProfile(depth ColorDepth) TerminalProfile {
102	-	detected := Dark	46	+	profile := TerminalProfile{
103	-	detected.Terminal = TerminalProfile{
104		Foreground: ColorRGB(220, 210, 200),	47		Foreground: ColorRGB(220, 210, 200),
105		Background: ColorRGB(12, 18, 24),	48		Background: ColorRGB(12, 18, 24),
106		HasForeground: true,	49		HasForeground: true,
107		HasBackground: true,	50		HasBackground: true,
108	-	TrueColor: trueColor,	51	+	Depth: depth,
109		}	52		}
110	-	detected.Terminal.Palette[10] = ColorRGB(20, 220, 80)	53	+	profile.Palette[10] = ColorRGB(20, 220, 80)
111	-	detected.Terminal.Palette[12] = ColorRGB(40, 100, 240)	54	+	profile.Palette[12] = ColorRGB(40, 100, 240)
112	-	detected.Terminal.Palette[13] = ColorRGB(220, 70, 210)	55	+	profile.Palette[13] = ColorRGB(220, 70, 210)
113	-	detected.Terminal.PaletteKnown = 1<<10 \| 1<<12 \| 1<<13	56	+	profile.PaletteKnown = 1<<10 \| 1<<12 \| 1<<13
114	-	return InheritedTheme(detected)	57	+	return profile
115		}	58		}
116			59
117	-	func TestInheritedThemeUsesTrueColorAndTerminalPalette(t *testing.T) {	60	+	func TestTerminalThemeUsesTerminalDefaultsAndPaletteSlots(t *testing.T) {
118	-	th := inheritedTestTheme(true)	61	+	th := TerminalTheme(terminalTestProfile(ColorDepthTrueColor))
119	-	if !th.Inherited \|\| !th.Terminal.TrueColor {	62	+	if th.Background != nil {
120	-	t.Fatalf("inherited theme mode = (inherited=%v, trueColor=%v), want truecolor", th.Inherited, th.Terminal.TrueColor)	63	+	t.Fatal("terminal theme painted a full-row background")
121	-	}
122	-	if got := th.FGColor(th.Accent, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;40;100;240m") {
123	-	t.Fatalf("accent did not use the reported terminal palette: %q", got)
124	-	}
125	-	if got := th.FGColor(th.FG, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;220;210;200m") {
126	-	t.Fatalf("foreground did not inherit the terminal default: %q", got)
127		}	64		}
128	-	if got := th.UserBubble("x", 3); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;2;") {	65	+	if th.FG != TerminalDefault() \|\| th.Accent != TerminalPaletteSlot(12) {
129	-	t.Fatalf("user bubble did not use truecolor background: %q", got)	66	+	t.Fatalf("terminal roles = fg %#v accent %#v", th.FG, th.Accent)
130		}	67		}
131	-	if got := strings.Join(th.HighlightCode("func main() {}", "go"), "\n"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;") {	68	+	if got := th.FGColor(th.FG, "x"); got != "\x1b[39mx\x1b[0m" {
132	-	t.Fatalf("syntax highlighting did not use truecolor: %q", got)	69	+	t.Fatalf("default foreground = %q", got)
133		}	70		}
134	-	if got := th.DimColor(th.FG, 45); got.Mode != terminalColorRGB {	71	+	if got := th.FGColor(th.Accent, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;40;100;240m") {
135	-	t.Fatalf("DimColor mode = %v, want RGB", got.Mode)	72	+	t.Fatalf("accent did not use reported palette: %q", got)
136	-	}
137	-	}
138	-
139	-	func TestInheritedThemeFallsBackTo256Colors(t *testing.T) {
140	-	th := inheritedTestTheme(false)
141	-	if !th.Inherited \|\| th.Terminal.TrueColor {
142	-	t.Fatalf("inherited theme mode = (inherited=%v, trueColor=%v), want 256", th.Inherited, th.Terminal.TrueColor)
143	-	}
144	-	if got := th.FGColor(th.Accent, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;5;12m") \|\| strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;") {
145	-	t.Fatalf("accent did not use 256-color fallback: %q", got)
146	-	}
147	-	if got := th.UserBubble("x", 3); strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;2;") \|\| !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;5;") {
148	-	t.Fatalf("user bubble did not quantize its background: %q", got)
149	-	}
150	-	if got := th.DimColor(th.FG, 45); got.Mode != terminalColor256 {
151	-	t.Fatalf("DimColor mode = %v, want 256", got.Mode)
152	-	}
153	-	if got := strings.Join(th.HighlightCode("func main() {}", "go"), "\n"); strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;") {
154	-	t.Fatalf("syntax highlighting unexpectedly used truecolor: %q", got)
155		}	73		}
156		}	74		}
157			75
158	-	func TestExplicitThemesFollowTerminalCapability(t *testing.T) {	76	+	func TestTerminalThemeUnknownProfileUsesANSI(t *testing.T) {
159	-	if got, want := Dark.FGColor(Dark.Accent, "x"), "\x1b[38;5;111mx\x1b[0m"; got != want {	77	+	th := TerminalTheme(TerminalProfile{Depth: ColorDepthANSI16})
160	-	t.Fatalf("explicit theme output = %q, want %q", got, want)	78	+	if th.FG == Dark.FG \|\| th.FG == Light.FG {
161	-	}	79	+	t.Fatal("unknown auto profile selected a fixed built-in theme")
162	-	if got := Dark.UserBubble("x", 1); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;5;") \|\| strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;2;") {
163	-	t.Fatalf("non-truecolor RGB bubble did not quantize: %q", got)
164	-	}
165	-
166	-	trueColor := withTerminalProfile(Dark, Theme{Terminal: TerminalProfile{TrueColor: true}})
167	-	if got := trueColor.FGColor(trueColor.Accent, "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[38;2;") {
168	-	t.Fatalf("truecolor explicit theme did not emit RGB: %q", got)
169		}	80		}
170	-	if got := trueColor.UserBubble("x", 1); !strings.Contains(got, "\x1b[48;2;66;69;75m") {	81	+	if got := th.FGColor(th.Accent, "x"); got != "\x1b[94mx\x1b[0m" {
171	-	t.Fatalf("truecolor explicit RGB bubble did not emit RGB: %q", got)	82	+	t.Fatalf("terminal palette fallback = %q", got)
172		}	83		}
173		}	84		}
174			85
175	-	func TestAvailableThemesIncludesInherited(t *testing.T) {	86	+	func TestTerminalPaletteSlotsDoNotAliasExplicitIndexedColors(t *testing.T) {
176	-	options := AvailableThemes(t.TempDir())	87	+	profile := terminalTestProfile(ColorDepthTrueColor)
177	-	for _, option := range options {	88	+	th := TerminalTheme(profile)
178	-	if option.Value == "inherited" {	89	+	if got := th.FGColor(TerminalPaletteSlot(12), "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "40;100;240") {
179	-	if option.Label != "inherited (from terminal)" \|\| !option.Builtin {	90	+	t.Fatalf("terminal slot = %q", got)
180	-	t.Fatalf("unexpected inherited option: %#v", option)
181	-	}
182	-	return
183	-	}
184		}	91		}
185	-	t.Fatal("available themes did not include inherited")	92	+	if got := th.FGColor(Color256(12), "x"); !strings.Contains(got, "0;0;255") {
186	-	}	93	+	t.Fatalf("explicit xterm index adopted terminal palette: %q", got)
187	-
188	-	func TestIsLightThemePreservesExplicitDarkTheme(t *testing.T) {
189	-	dark := Dark
190	-	dark.Terminal.SchemeKnown = true
191	-	dark.Terminal.Light = true
192	-	if IsLightTheme(dark) {
193	-	t.Fatal("explicit dark theme was reclassified from the terminal scheme")
194	-	}
195	-
196	-	inherited := InheritedTheme(dark)
197	-	if !IsLightTheme(inherited) {
198	-	t.Fatal("inherited light terminal theme was not recognized as light")
199		}	94		}
200		}	95		}
201			96
202	-	func TestRendererDetectsInheritedSelectionBackground(t *testing.T) {	97	+	func TestTerminalThemeRendererInvalidationDoesNotClearScrollback(t *testing.T) {
203		var buf bytes.Buffer	98		var buf bytes.Buffer
204		r := NewRenderer(&buf)	99		r := NewRenderer(&buf)
205		r.Resize(20, 2)	100		r.Resize(20, 2)
206	-	r.SetTheme(inheritedTestTheme(true))
207	-	selected := r.theme.SelectionStyle() + "selected" + reset
208	-	r.Draw([]string{"", selected}, -1, -1)
209		buf.Reset()	101		buf.Reset()
210	-		102	+	r.SetTheme(TerminalTheme(terminalTestProfile(ColorDepthTrueColor)))
211	-	r.Draw([]string{"", "plain"}, -1, -1)	103	+	r.Invalidate()
212	-	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), MoveTo(1, 1)) {	104	+	if strings.Contains(buf.String(), SeqClearScrollback) {
213	-	t.Fatalf("selection repaint did not include unchanged rows: %q", buf.String())	105	+	t.Fatalf("theme invalidation cleared scrollback: %q", buf.String())
214		}	106		}
215		}	107		}

M packages/tui/theme_loader.go +267 -133

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
1	1		package tui
2	2
3	3		import (
	4	+	"crypto/sha256"
4	5		"encoding/json"
5	6		"errors"
6	7		"fmt"

@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ import (
9	10		"sort"
10	11		"strings"
11	12		"time"
	13	+
	14	+	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2"
	15	+	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2/styles"
12	16		)
13	17
14	18		// ThemeOption is one selectable theme discovered under $ZUT_HOME/themes.

@@ -41,9 +45,11 @@ func (tf *ThemeFile) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
41	45		// {"spinner_frames":[".","o"],"spinner_interval_ms":120}.
42	46		// Metadata fields are ignored by ThemeOverrides because they do not
43	47		// have matching json tags.
44		-	_ = json.Unmarshal(data, &a.Overrides)
	48	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &a.Overrides); err != nil {
	49	+	return fmt.Errorf("theme overrides: %w", err)
	50	+	}
45	51		*tf = ThemeFile(a)
46		-	return nil
	52	+	return validateThemeFile(*tf)
47	53		}
48	54
49	55		type ThemeFileColorModes struct {

@@ -61,16 +67,22 @@ func (m *ThemeFileColorModes) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
61	67		}
62	68		if v, ok := raw["dark"]; ok {
63	69		m.HasDark = true
64		-	_ = json.Unmarshal(v, &m.Dark)
	70	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &m.Dark); err != nil {
	71	+	return fmt.Errorf("dark overrides: %w", err)
	72	+	}
65	73		}
66	74		if v, ok := raw["light"]; ok {
67	75		m.HasLight = true
68		-	_ = json.Unmarshal(v, &m.Light)
	76	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &m.Light); err != nil {
	77	+	return fmt.Errorf("light overrides: %w", err)
	78	+	}
69	79		}
70	80		// Also allow colors to directly contain overrides shared by both
71	81		// modes, e.g. {"colors":{"accent":204}}.
72	82		var base ThemeOverrides
73		-	_ = json.Unmarshal(data, &base)
	83	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &base); err != nil {
	84	+	return fmt.Errorf("shared overrides: %w", err)
	85	+	}
74	86		m.Base = base
75	87		return nil
76	88		}

@@ -138,13 +150,13 @@ func (c *TerminalColorValue) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
138	150		var index int
139	151		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &index); err == nil {
140	152		c.TerminalColor = Color256(index)
141		-	return nil
	153	+	return validateExplicitTerminalColor(c.TerminalColor)
142	154		}
143	155		var s string
144	156		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &s); err == nil {
145	157		if rgb, ok := parseHexColor(s); ok {
146	158		c.TerminalColor = rgb
147		-	return nil
	159	+	return validateExplicitTerminalColor(c.TerminalColor)
148	160		}
149	161		return fmt.Errorf("invalid terminal color %q", s)
150	162		}

@@ -168,96 +180,76 @@ func (c *TerminalColorValue) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
168	180		default:
169	181		return fmt.Errorf("unknown terminal color mode %q", obj.Mode)
170	182		}
171		-	return nil
	183	+	return validateExplicitTerminalColor(c.TerminalColor)
172	184		}
173	185
174		-	// InheritedTheme returns a theme derived from the terminal snapshot carried
175		-	// by detected. It prefers the terminal's reported ANSI palette for semantic
176		-	// accents, derives muted and selected surfaces by fading toward the terminal
177		-	// background, and uses truecolor output only when the terminal advertises it.
178		-	func InheritedTheme(detected Theme) Theme {
179		-	base := Dark
180		-	if detected.Terminal.SchemeKnown {
181		-	if detected.Terminal.Light {
182		-	base = Light
183		-	}
184		-	} else if IsLightTheme(detected) {
185		-	base = Light
186		-	}
187		-	t := withTerminalProfile(base, detected)
188		-	t.Inherited = true
189		-
190		-	if t.Terminal.HasForeground {
191		-	t.FG = t.Terminal.Foreground
192		-	}
193		-
194		-	accentFallback := t.Accent
195		-	if IsLightTheme(t) {
196		-	accentFallback = Light.Accent
197		-	}
198		-	t.Accent = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, accentFallback,
199		-	ansiBrightBlue, ansiBlue, ansiBrightCyan, ansiCyan, ansiBrightMagenta, ansiMagenta)
200		-	t.Assistant = t.Accent
201		-	t.Tool = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.Tool, ansiBrightGreen, ansiGreen)
202		-	t.Error = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.Error, ansiBrightRed, ansiRed)
203		-	t.Warning = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.Warning, ansiBrightYellow, ansiYellow)
204		-	t.Spinner = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.Spinner, ansiBrightMagenta, ansiMagenta)
205		-	t.ThinkingMax = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.ThinkingMax, ansiBrightMagenta, ansiMagenta)
206		-	t.User = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.User, ansiBrightYellow, ansiYellow)
207		-
208		-	if t.Terminal.HasForeground && t.Terminal.HasBackground {
209		-	t.Muted = t.DimColor(t.FG, 45)
	186	+	// TerminalTheme constructs zut's adaptive default from terminal-owned
	187	+	// defaults and ANSI slots. It never chooses a fixed built-in palette merely
	188	+	// because a terminal reports a light background.
	189	+	func TerminalTheme(profile TerminalProfile) Theme {
	190	+	t := Theme{
	191	+	FG: TerminalDefault(),
	192	+	Muted: TerminalPaletteSlot(8),
	193	+	Accent: TerminalPaletteSlot(12),
	194	+	User: TerminalPaletteSlot(13),
	195	+	UserBubbleBG: TerminalPaletteSlot(8),
	196	+	UserBubbleFG: TerminalDefault(),
	197	+	Assistant: TerminalPaletteSlot(12),
	198	+	Tool: TerminalPaletteSlot(10),
	199	+	ToolOut: TerminalPaletteSlot(8),
	200	+	Error: TerminalPaletteSlot(9),
	201	+	Warning: TerminalPaletteSlot(11),
	202	+	Spinner: TerminalPaletteSlot(13),
	203	+	ThinkingMax: TerminalPaletteSlot(13),
	204	+	SelectionBG: TerminalPaletteSlot(4),
	205	+	SelectionFG: TerminalDefault(),
	206	+	UseTerminalPalette: true,
	207	+	Terminal: profile,
	208	+	SpinnerFrames: append([]string(nil), defaultSpinnerFrames...),
	209	+	SpinnerIntervalMS: 80,
	210	+	SyntaxBaseStyle: "",
	211	+	Syntax: terminalSyntaxTheme(),
	212	+	}
	213	+	if profile.HasForeground && profile.HasBackground {
	214	+	t.Muted = t.DimColor(profile.Foreground, 45)
210	215		t.ToolOut = t.Muted
211		-	background := t.Terminal.Background
212		-	foreground := t.Terminal.Foreground
213		-	t.UserBubbleBG = blendTerminalColors(background, foreground, 12)
214		-	t.SelectionBG = blendTerminalColors(background, foreground, 25)
	216	+	t.UserBubbleBG = blendTerminalColors(profile.Background, profile.Foreground, 12)
	217	+	t.SelectionBG = blendTerminalColors(profile.Background, profile.Foreground, 25)
215	218		}
216		-
217		-	t.UserBubbleFG = t.FG
218		-	t.SelectionFG = t.FG
219		-
220		-	// Keep the terminal's configured background untouched. Painting an
221		-	// inherited RGB background across every row would make terminal theme
222		-	// changes and scrollback behavior less predictable.
	219	+	// Auto must leave both the terminal background and cursor color owned by
	220	+	// the terminal. Custom themes can intentionally override Background.
223	221		t.Background = nil
224	222		return t
225	223		}
226	224
	225	+	func terminalSyntaxTheme() SyntaxTheme {
	226	+	return SyntaxTheme{
	227	+	Keyword: "ansi:12 bold",
	228	+	KeywordConstant: "ansi:12",
	229	+	KeywordDeclaration: "ansi:12",
	230	+	KeywordNamespace: "ansi:12",
	231	+	KeywordReserved: "ansi:12 bold",
	232	+	KeywordType: "ansi:14",
	233	+	NameBuiltin: "ansi:14",
	234	+	NameFunction: "ansi:10",
	235	+	NameClass: "ansi:10 bold",
	236	+	NameDecorator: "ansi:13",
	237	+	LiteralString: "ansi:10",
	238	+	LiteralStringEscape: "ansi:9",
	239	+	LiteralNumber: "ansi:11",
	240	+	Comment: "ansi:8 italic",
	241	+	CommentPreproc: "ansi:13",
	242	+	Operator: "default",
	243	+	Punctuation: "default",
	244	+	Text: "default",
	245	+	}
	246	+	}
	247	+
227	248		func withTerminalProfile(base, detected Theme) Theme {
228	249		base.Terminal = detected.Terminal
229	250		return base
230	251		}
231	252
232		-	// Standard ANSI palette slots used as inherited role preferences.
233		-	const (
234		-	ansiRed = 1
235		-	ansiGreen = 2
236		-	ansiYellow = 3
237		-	ansiBlue = 4
238		-	ansiMagenta = 5
239		-	ansiCyan = 6
240		-	ansiBrightRed = 9
241		-	ansiBrightGreen = 10
242		-	ansiBrightYellow = 11
243		-	ansiBrightBlue = 12
244		-	ansiBrightMagenta = 13
245		-	ansiBrightCyan = 14
246		-	)
247		-
248		-	func terminalPaletteColor(profile TerminalProfile, fallback TerminalColor, preferred ...int) TerminalColor {
249		-	for _, index := range preferred {
250		-	if _, ok := profile.PaletteColor(index); ok {
251		-	// Keep the palette slot as the semantic value. Truecolor
252		-	// resolution expands it back to the terminal-reported RGB;
253		-	// 256-color output preserves the slot rather than re-quantizing
254		-	// the reported RGB to a nearby cube entry.
255		-	return Color256(index)
256		-	}
257		-	}
258		-	return fallback
259		-	}
260		-
261	253		func blendTerminalColors(from, to TerminalColor, percent int) TerminalColor {
262	254		fromRGB, _ := rgbForTerminalColor(from)
263	255		toRGB, _ := rgbForTerminalColor(to)

@@ -269,67 +261,150 @@ func blendTerminalColors(from, to TerminalColor, percent int) TerminalColor {
269	261		)
270	262		}
271	263
272		-	// LoadThemeFromHome applies a custom theme from $ZUT_HOME/themes/*.json
273		-	// to detected. Empty/auto/default keeps the built-in detected theme.
274		-	// If preferred is set, it may be a theme name, a basename without
275		-	// .json, or an absolute/relative path.
276		-	func DetectThemeWithCustom(zutHome, preferred string, timeout time.Duration) (Theme, string, error) {
277		-	detected := DetectThemeFromBackground(timeout)
278		-	return LoadThemeFromHome(zutHome, preferred, detected)
	264	+	const maxThemeFileSize = 1 << 20
	265	+
	266	+	// ThemeSource is an immutable, fully validated custom theme revision. Runtime
	267	+	// profile changes resolve this value without touching the filesystem again.
	268	+	type ThemeSource struct {
	269	+	Name string
	270	+	Path string
	271	+	Digest [sha256.Size]byte
	272	+	File ThemeFile
279	273		}
280	274
281		-	func LoadThemeFromHome(zutHome, preferred string, detected Theme) (Theme, string, error) {
282		-	path, err := resolveThemePath(zutHome, preferred)
283		-	if err != nil \|\| path == "" {
284		-	return detected, "", err
	275	+	// ThemeResolution is the pure result of resolving a preference against one
	276	+	// terminal snapshot and, for custom preferences, one accepted source file.
	277	+	type ThemeResolution struct {
	278	+	Theme Theme
	279	+	Name string
	280	+	}
	281	+
	282	+	// ThemePreference separates the persisted setting from the process-only
	283	+	// ZUT_THEME override. Only dark/light force a running session.
	284	+	type ThemePreference struct {
	285	+	Persisted string
	286	+	Effective string
	287	+	Forced bool
	288	+	}
	289	+
	290	+	func ResolveThemePreference(persisted, env string) ThemePreference {
	291	+	preference := ThemePreference{Persisted: strings.TrimSpace(persisted), Effective: strings.TrimSpace(persisted)}
	292	+	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(env)) {
	293	+	case "dark", "light":
	294	+	preference.Effective = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(env))
	295	+	preference.Forced = true
	296	+	case "", "auto":
	297	+	// Persisted setting remains effective.
	298	+	}
	299	+	if preference.Effective == "" {
	300	+	preference.Effective = "auto"
	301	+	}
	302	+	return preference
	303	+	}
	304	+
	305	+	// LoadThemeSource resolves and validates a custom source. Built-in selections
	306	+	// have no source and return nil, nil. The file limit prevents a polling reload
	307	+	// from allocating an unbounded partial write.
	308	+	func LoadThemeSource(zutHome, preference string) (*ThemeSource, error) {
	309	+	path, err := resolveThemePath(zutHome, preference)
	310	+	if err != nil \|\| path == "" \|\| strings.HasPrefix(path, "builtin:") {
	311	+	return nil, err
285	312		}
286		-	switch path {
287		-	case "builtin:inherited":
288		-	return InheritedTheme(detected), "inherited", nil
289		-	case "builtin:dark":
290		-	return withTerminalProfile(Dark, detected), "dark", nil
291		-	case "builtin:light":
292		-	return withTerminalProfile(Light, detected), "light", nil
	313	+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
	314	+	if err != nil {
	315	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("theme %s: %w", path, err)
	316	+	}
	317	+	if info.Size() > maxThemeFileSize {
	318	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("theme %s exceeds %d bytes", path, maxThemeFileSize)
293	319		}
294	320		b, err := os.ReadFile(path)
295	321		if err != nil {
296		-	return detected, "", err
	322	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("read theme %s: %w", path, err)
297	323		}
298		-	var tf ThemeFile
299		-	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &tf); err != nil {
300		-	return detected, "", fmt.Errorf("parse theme %s: %w", path, err)
301		-	}
302		-	if tf.Name == "" {
303		-	tf.Name = strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(path), filepath.Ext(path))
304		-	}
305		-	base := applyThemeOverrides(detected, tf.Overrides)
306		-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Base)
307		-	if isLightTheme(detected) {
308		-	if tf.Colors.HasLight {
309		-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Light)
310		-	} else if tf.Colors.HasDark {
311		-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Dark)
312		-	}
313		-	} else {
314		-	if tf.Colors.HasDark {
315		-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Dark)
316		-	} else if tf.Colors.HasLight {
317		-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Light)
	324	+	if len(b) > maxThemeFileSize {
	325	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("theme %s exceeds %d bytes", path, maxThemeFileSize)
	326	+	}
	327	+	var file ThemeFile
	328	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &file); err != nil {
	329	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse theme %s: %w", path, err)
	330	+	}
	331	+	if file.Name == "" {
	332	+	file.Name = strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(path), filepath.Ext(path))
	333	+	}
	334	+	return &ThemeSource{Name: file.Name, Path: path, Digest: sha256.Sum256(b), File: file}, nil
	335	+	}
	336	+
	337	+	// ResolveTheme performs no I/O. Custom themes always overlay TerminalTheme,
	338	+	// so omitted roles continue to follow the controlling terminal.
	339	+	func ResolveTheme(preference string, source *ThemeSource, profile TerminalProfile) ThemeResolution {
	340	+	preference = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(preference))
	341	+	switch preference {
	342	+	case "", "auto", "default", "system":
	343	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: TerminalTheme(profile), Name: "auto"}
	344	+	case "dark":
	345	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: withTerminalProfile(Dark, Theme{Terminal: profile}), Name: "dark"}
	346	+	case "light":
	347	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: withTerminalProfile(Light, Theme{Terminal: profile}), Name: "light"}
	348	+	}
	349	+	if source == nil {
	350	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: TerminalTheme(profile), Name: "auto"}
	351	+	}
	352	+	base := TerminalTheme(profile)
	353	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Overrides)
	354	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Base)
	355	+	if profileIsLight(profile) {
	356	+	if source.File.Colors.HasLight {
	357	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Light)
	358	+	} else if source.File.Colors.HasDark {
	359	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Dark)
318	360		}
	361	+	} else if source.File.Colors.HasDark {
	362	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Dark)
	363	+	} else if source.File.Colors.HasLight {
	364	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Light)
	365	+	}
	366	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: base, Name: source.Name}
	367	+	}
	368	+
	369	+	func profileIsLight(profile TerminalProfile) bool {
	370	+	if profile.SchemeKnown {
	371	+	return profile.Light
	372	+	}
	373	+	if profile.HasBackground {
	374	+	r, g, b := profile.Background.R, profile.Background.G, profile.Background.B
	375	+	return 0.2126float64(r)+0.7152float64(g)+0.0722*float64(b) >= 127.5
	376	+	}
	377	+	return false
	378	+	}
	379	+
	380	+	// DetectThemeWithCustom performs the initial bounded profile query then uses
	381	+	// the same loader and pure resolver as runtime selection.
	382	+	func DetectThemeWithCustom(zutHome, preferred string, timeout time.Duration) (Theme, string, error) {
	383	+	detected := DetectThemeFromBackground(timeout)
	384	+	return LoadThemeFromHome(zutHome, preferred, detected)
	385	+	}
	386	+
	387	+	// LoadThemeFromHome is retained as the startup convenience wrapper. New
	388	+	// runtime code should keep the ThemeSource and call ResolveTheme directly.
	389	+	func LoadThemeFromHome(zutHome, preferred string, detected Theme) (Theme, string, error) {
	390	+	profile := detected.Terminal
	391	+	source, err := LoadThemeSource(zutHome, preferred)
	392	+	if err != nil {
	393	+	return TerminalTheme(profile), "", err
319	394		}
320		-	return base, tf.Name, nil
	395	+	returned := ResolveTheme(preferred, source, profile)
	396	+	return returned.Theme, returned.Name, nil
321	397		}
322	398
323	399		// AvailableThemes returns built-in and user-installed themes suitable
324	400		// for a settings picker. Invalid JSON files are skipped.
325	401		func AvailableThemes(zutHome string) []ThemeOption {
326	402		out := []ThemeOption{
327		-	{Value: "auto", Label: "auto", Description: "detect terminal background and use zut defaults", Builtin: true},
328		-	{Value: "inherited", Label: "inherited (from terminal)", Description: "use terminal colors with truecolor or best-effort 256-color output", Builtin: true},
	403	+	{Value: "auto", Label: "auto", Description: "follow terminal colors and appearance", Builtin: true},
329	404		{Value: "dark", Label: "dark", Description: "built-in dark theme", Builtin: true},
330	405		{Value: "light", Label: "light", Description: "built-in light theme", Builtin: true},
331	406		}
332		-	seen := map[string]bool{"auto": true, "inherited": true, "dark": true, "light": true}
	407	+	seen := map[string]bool{"auto": true, "dark": true, "light": true}
333	408		paths, _ := themeFilesIn(filepath.Join(zutHome, "themes"))
334	409		sort.Strings(paths)
335	410		for _, path := range paths {

@@ -399,8 +474,6 @@ func resolveThemePath(zutHome, preferred string) (string, error) {
399	474		switch strings.ToLower(preferred) {
400	475		case "", "auto", "default", "system":
401	476		return "", nil
402		-	case "inherited", "terminal", "terminal-inherited":
403		-	return "builtin:inherited", nil
404	477		case "dark":
405	478		return "builtin:dark", nil
406	479		case "light":

@@ -569,11 +642,72 @@ func applySyntaxOverrides(s SyntaxTheme, o SyntaxThemeOverrides) SyntaxTheme {
569	642		return s
570	643		}
571	644
572		-	func IsLightTheme(th Theme) bool {
573		-	if th.FG == Light.FG && th.SelectionBG == Light.SelectionBG && th.SelectionFG == Light.SelectionFG {
574		-	return true
	645	+	func validateExplicitTerminalColor(color TerminalColor) error {
	646	+	switch color.Mode {
	647	+	case terminalColor256:
	648	+	if color.Index < 0 \|\| color.Index > 255 {
	649	+	return fmt.Errorf("xterm-256 index %d is outside 0..255", color.Index)
	650	+	}
	651	+	case terminalColorANSI:
	652	+	if _, ok := ansiSGRToXtermIndex(color.Index); !ok {
	653	+	return fmt.Errorf("ANSI SGR %d is not a palette color", color.Index)
	654	+	}
	655	+	case terminalColorRGB:
	656	+	if color.R < 0 \|\| color.R > 255 \|\| color.G < 0 \|\| color.G > 255 \|\| color.B < 0 \|\| color.B > 255 {
	657	+	return fmt.Errorf("RGB color (%d,%d,%d) is outside 0..255", color.R, color.G, color.B)
	658	+	}
	659	+	default:
	660	+	return errors.New("theme colors must be explicit xterm-256, ANSI, or RGB values")
	661	+	}
	662	+	return nil
	663	+	}
	664	+
	665	+	func validateThemeFile(file ThemeFile) error {
	666	+	for _, overrides := range []ThemeOverrides{file.Overrides, file.Colors.Base, file.Colors.Dark, file.Colors.Light} {
	667	+	if err := validateThemeOverrides(overrides); err != nil {
	668	+	return err
	669	+	}
	670	+	}
	671	+	return nil
	672	+	}
	673	+
	674	+	func validateThemeOverrides(o ThemeOverrides) error {
	675	+	for _, color := range []*TerminalColorValue{o.FG, o.Muted, o.Accent, o.Background, o.User, o.UserBubbleBG, o.UserBubbleFG, o.Assistant, o.Tool, o.ToolOut, o.Error, o.Warning, o.Spinner, o.ThinkingMax, o.ThinkingMaxCamel, o.SelectionBG, o.SelectionFG} {
	676	+	if color != nil {
	677	+	if err := validateExplicitTerminalColor(color.TerminalColor); err != nil {
	678	+	return err
	679	+	}
	680	+	}
	681	+	}
	682	+	if len(o.SpinnerFrames) > 64 {
	683	+	return errors.New("spinner_frames has more than 64 entries")
	684	+	}
	685	+	for _, frame := range o.SpinnerFrames {
	686	+	if frame == "" \|\| len([]rune(frame)) > 16 {
	687	+	return fmt.Errorf("invalid spinner frame %q", frame)
	688	+	}
	689	+	}
	690	+	if o.SpinnerIntervalMS != nil && (o.SpinnerIntervalMS < 10 \|\| o.SpinnerIntervalMS > 10000) {
	691	+	return fmt.Errorf("spinner_interval_ms %d is outside 10..10000", *o.SpinnerIntervalMS)
	692	+	}
	693	+	if o.SyntaxBaseStyle != nil && *o.SyntaxBaseStyle != "" {
	694	+	if _, ok := styles.Registry[*o.SyntaxBaseStyle]; !ok {
	695	+	return fmt.Errorf("unknown syntax_base_style %q", *o.SyntaxBaseStyle)
	696	+	}
	697	+	}
	698	+	for _, entry := range []*string{o.Syntax.Keyword, o.Syntax.KeywordConstant, o.Syntax.KeywordDeclaration, o.Syntax.KeywordNamespace, o.Syntax.KeywordReserved, o.Syntax.KeywordType, o.Syntax.NameBuiltin, o.Syntax.NameFunction, o.Syntax.NameClass, o.Syntax.NameDecorator, o.Syntax.LiteralString, o.Syntax.LiteralStringEscape, o.Syntax.LiteralNumber, o.Syntax.Comment, o.Syntax.CommentPreproc, o.Syntax.Operator, o.Syntax.Punctuation, o.Syntax.Text} {
	699	+	if entry == nil {
	700	+	continue
	701	+	}
	702	+	if _, err := chroma.ParseStyleEntry(*entry); err != nil {
	703	+	return fmt.Errorf("invalid syntax style %q: %w", *entry, err)
	704	+	}
575	705		}
576		-	return th.Inherited && th.Terminal.SchemeKnown && th.Terminal.Light
	706	+	return nil
	707	+	}
	708	+
	709	+	func IsLightTheme(th Theme) bool {
	710	+	return th.FG == Light.FG && th.SelectionBG == Light.SelectionBG && th.SelectionFG == Light.SelectionFG
577	711		}
578	712
579	713		func isLightTheme(th Theme) bool { return IsLightTheme(th) }

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
1		package tui	1		package tui
2			2
3		import (	3		import (
			4	+	"crypto/sha256"
4		"encoding/json"	5		"encoding/json"
5		"errors"	6		"errors"
6		"fmt"	7		"fmt"

@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ import (
9		"sort"	10		"sort"
10		"strings"	11		"strings"
11		"time"	12		"time"
			13	+
			14	+	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2"
			15	+	"github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2/styles"
12		)	16		)
13			17
14		// ThemeOption is one selectable theme discovered under $ZUT_HOME/themes.	18		// ThemeOption is one selectable theme discovered under $ZUT_HOME/themes.

@@ -41,9 +45,11 @@ func (tf *ThemeFile) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
41		// {"spinner_frames":[".","o"],"spinner_interval_ms":120}.	45		// {"spinner_frames":[".","o"],"spinner_interval_ms":120}.
42		// Metadata fields are ignored by ThemeOverrides because they do not	46		// Metadata fields are ignored by ThemeOverrides because they do not
43		// have matching json tags.	47		// have matching json tags.
44	-	_ = json.Unmarshal(data, &a.Overrides)	48	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &a.Overrides); err != nil {
			49	+	return fmt.Errorf("theme overrides: %w", err)
			50	+	}
45		*tf = ThemeFile(a)	51		*tf = ThemeFile(a)
46	-	return nil	52	+	return validateThemeFile(*tf)
47		}	53		}
48			54
49		type ThemeFileColorModes struct {	55		type ThemeFileColorModes struct {

@@ -61,16 +67,22 @@ func (m *ThemeFileColorModes) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
61		}	67		}
62		if v, ok := raw["dark"]; ok {	68		if v, ok := raw["dark"]; ok {
63		m.HasDark = true	69		m.HasDark = true
64	-	_ = json.Unmarshal(v, &m.Dark)	70	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &m.Dark); err != nil {
			71	+	return fmt.Errorf("dark overrides: %w", err)
			72	+	}
65		}	73		}
66		if v, ok := raw["light"]; ok {	74		if v, ok := raw["light"]; ok {
67		m.HasLight = true	75		m.HasLight = true
68	-	_ = json.Unmarshal(v, &m.Light)	76	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(v, &m.Light); err != nil {
			77	+	return fmt.Errorf("light overrides: %w", err)
			78	+	}
69		}	79		}
70		// Also allow colors to directly contain overrides shared by both	80		// Also allow colors to directly contain overrides shared by both
71		// modes, e.g. {"colors":{"accent":204}}.	81		// modes, e.g. {"colors":{"accent":204}}.
72		var base ThemeOverrides	82		var base ThemeOverrides
73	-	_ = json.Unmarshal(data, &base)	83	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &base); err != nil {
			84	+	return fmt.Errorf("shared overrides: %w", err)
			85	+	}
74		m.Base = base	86		m.Base = base
75		return nil	87		return nil
76		}	88		}

@@ -138,13 +150,13 @@ func (c *TerminalColorValue) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
138		var index int	150		var index int
139		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &index); err == nil {	151		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &index); err == nil {
140		c.TerminalColor = Color256(index)	152		c.TerminalColor = Color256(index)
141	-	return nil	153	+	return validateExplicitTerminalColor(c.TerminalColor)
142		}	154		}
143		var s string	155		var s string
144		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &s); err == nil {	156		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &s); err == nil {
145		if rgb, ok := parseHexColor(s); ok {	157		if rgb, ok := parseHexColor(s); ok {
146		c.TerminalColor = rgb	158		c.TerminalColor = rgb
147	-	return nil	159	+	return validateExplicitTerminalColor(c.TerminalColor)
148		}	160		}
149		return fmt.Errorf("invalid terminal color %q", s)	161		return fmt.Errorf("invalid terminal color %q", s)
150		}	162		}

@@ -168,96 +180,76 @@ func (c *TerminalColorValue) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
168		default:	180		default:
169		return fmt.Errorf("unknown terminal color mode %q", obj.Mode)	181		return fmt.Errorf("unknown terminal color mode %q", obj.Mode)
170		}	182		}
171	-	return nil	183	+	return validateExplicitTerminalColor(c.TerminalColor)
172		}	184		}
173			185
174	-	// InheritedTheme returns a theme derived from the terminal snapshot carried	186	+	// TerminalTheme constructs zut's adaptive default from terminal-owned
175	-	// by detected. It prefers the terminal's reported ANSI palette for semantic	187	+	// defaults and ANSI slots. It never chooses a fixed built-in palette merely
176	-	// accents, derives muted and selected surfaces by fading toward the terminal	188	+	// because a terminal reports a light background.
177	-	// background, and uses truecolor output only when the terminal advertises it.	189	+	func TerminalTheme(profile TerminalProfile) Theme {
178	-	func InheritedTheme(detected Theme) Theme {	190	+	t := Theme{
179	-	base := Dark	191	+	FG: TerminalDefault(),
180	-	if detected.Terminal.SchemeKnown {	192	+	Muted: TerminalPaletteSlot(8),
181	-	if detected.Terminal.Light {	193	+	Accent: TerminalPaletteSlot(12),
182	-	base = Light	194	+	User: TerminalPaletteSlot(13),
183	-	}	195	+	UserBubbleBG: TerminalPaletteSlot(8),
184	-	} else if IsLightTheme(detected) {	196	+	UserBubbleFG: TerminalDefault(),
185	-	base = Light	197	+	Assistant: TerminalPaletteSlot(12),
186	-	}	198	+	Tool: TerminalPaletteSlot(10),
187	-	t := withTerminalProfile(base, detected)	199	+	ToolOut: TerminalPaletteSlot(8),
188	-	t.Inherited = true	200	+	Error: TerminalPaletteSlot(9),
189	-		201	+	Warning: TerminalPaletteSlot(11),
190	-	if t.Terminal.HasForeground {	202	+	Spinner: TerminalPaletteSlot(13),
191	-	t.FG = t.Terminal.Foreground	203	+	ThinkingMax: TerminalPaletteSlot(13),
192	-	}	204	+	SelectionBG: TerminalPaletteSlot(4),
193	-		205	+	SelectionFG: TerminalDefault(),
194	-	accentFallback := t.Accent	206	+	UseTerminalPalette: true,
195	-	if IsLightTheme(t) {	207	+	Terminal: profile,
196	-	accentFallback = Light.Accent	208	+	SpinnerFrames: append([]string(nil), defaultSpinnerFrames...),
197	-	}	209	+	SpinnerIntervalMS: 80,
198	-	t.Accent = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, accentFallback,	210	+	SyntaxBaseStyle: "",
199	-	ansiBrightBlue, ansiBlue, ansiBrightCyan, ansiCyan, ansiBrightMagenta, ansiMagenta)	211	+	Syntax: terminalSyntaxTheme(),
200	-	t.Assistant = t.Accent	212	+	}
201	-	t.Tool = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.Tool, ansiBrightGreen, ansiGreen)	213	+	if profile.HasForeground && profile.HasBackground {
202	-	t.Error = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.Error, ansiBrightRed, ansiRed)	214	+	t.Muted = t.DimColor(profile.Foreground, 45)
203	-	t.Warning = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.Warning, ansiBrightYellow, ansiYellow)
204	-	t.Spinner = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.Spinner, ansiBrightMagenta, ansiMagenta)
205	-	t.ThinkingMax = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.ThinkingMax, ansiBrightMagenta, ansiMagenta)
206	-	t.User = terminalPaletteColor(t.Terminal, t.User, ansiBrightYellow, ansiYellow)
207	-
208	-	if t.Terminal.HasForeground && t.Terminal.HasBackground {
209	-	t.Muted = t.DimColor(t.FG, 45)
210		t.ToolOut = t.Muted	215		t.ToolOut = t.Muted
211	-	background := t.Terminal.Background	216	+	t.UserBubbleBG = blendTerminalColors(profile.Background, profile.Foreground, 12)
212	-	foreground := t.Terminal.Foreground	217	+	t.SelectionBG = blendTerminalColors(profile.Background, profile.Foreground, 25)
213	-	t.UserBubbleBG = blendTerminalColors(background, foreground, 12)
214	-	t.SelectionBG = blendTerminalColors(background, foreground, 25)
215		}	218		}
216	-		219	+	// Auto must leave both the terminal background and cursor color owned by
217	-	t.UserBubbleFG = t.FG	220	+	// the terminal. Custom themes can intentionally override Background.
218	-	t.SelectionFG = t.FG
219	-
220	-	// Keep the terminal's configured background untouched. Painting an
221	-	// inherited RGB background across every row would make terminal theme
222	-	// changes and scrollback behavior less predictable.
223		t.Background = nil	221		t.Background = nil
224		return t	222		return t
225		}	223		}
226			224
			225	+	func terminalSyntaxTheme() SyntaxTheme {
			226	+	return SyntaxTheme{
			227	+	Keyword: "ansi:12 bold",
			228	+	KeywordConstant: "ansi:12",
			229	+	KeywordDeclaration: "ansi:12",
			230	+	KeywordNamespace: "ansi:12",
			231	+	KeywordReserved: "ansi:12 bold",
			232	+	KeywordType: "ansi:14",
			233	+	NameBuiltin: "ansi:14",
			234	+	NameFunction: "ansi:10",
			235	+	NameClass: "ansi:10 bold",
			236	+	NameDecorator: "ansi:13",
			237	+	LiteralString: "ansi:10",
			238	+	LiteralStringEscape: "ansi:9",
			239	+	LiteralNumber: "ansi:11",
			240	+	Comment: "ansi:8 italic",
			241	+	CommentPreproc: "ansi:13",
			242	+	Operator: "default",
			243	+	Punctuation: "default",
			244	+	Text: "default",
			245	+	}
			246	+	}
			247	+
227		func withTerminalProfile(base, detected Theme) Theme {	248		func withTerminalProfile(base, detected Theme) Theme {
228		base.Terminal = detected.Terminal	249		base.Terminal = detected.Terminal
229		return base	250		return base
230		}	251		}
231			252
232	-	// Standard ANSI palette slots used as inherited role preferences.
233	-	const (
234	-	ansiRed = 1
235	-	ansiGreen = 2
236	-	ansiYellow = 3
237	-	ansiBlue = 4
238	-	ansiMagenta = 5
239	-	ansiCyan = 6
240	-	ansiBrightRed = 9
241	-	ansiBrightGreen = 10
242	-	ansiBrightYellow = 11
243	-	ansiBrightBlue = 12
244	-	ansiBrightMagenta = 13
245	-	ansiBrightCyan = 14
246	-	)
247	-
248	-	func terminalPaletteColor(profile TerminalProfile, fallback TerminalColor, preferred ...int) TerminalColor {
249	-	for _, index := range preferred {
250	-	if _, ok := profile.PaletteColor(index); ok {
251	-	// Keep the palette slot as the semantic value. Truecolor
252	-	// resolution expands it back to the terminal-reported RGB;
253	-	// 256-color output preserves the slot rather than re-quantizing
254	-	// the reported RGB to a nearby cube entry.
255	-	return Color256(index)
256	-	}
257	-	}
258	-	return fallback
259	-	}
260	-
261		func blendTerminalColors(from, to TerminalColor, percent int) TerminalColor {	253		func blendTerminalColors(from, to TerminalColor, percent int) TerminalColor {
262		fromRGB, _ := rgbForTerminalColor(from)	254		fromRGB, _ := rgbForTerminalColor(from)
263		toRGB, _ := rgbForTerminalColor(to)	255		toRGB, _ := rgbForTerminalColor(to)

@@ -269,67 +261,150 @@ func blendTerminalColors(from, to TerminalColor, percent int) TerminalColor {
269		)	261		)
270		}	262		}
271			263
272	-	// LoadThemeFromHome applies a custom theme from $ZUT_HOME/themes/*.json	264	+	const maxThemeFileSize = 1 << 20
273	-	// to detected. Empty/auto/default keeps the built-in detected theme.	265	+
274	-	// If preferred is set, it may be a theme name, a basename without	266	+	// ThemeSource is an immutable, fully validated custom theme revision. Runtime
275	-	// .json, or an absolute/relative path.	267	+	// profile changes resolve this value without touching the filesystem again.
276	-	func DetectThemeWithCustom(zutHome, preferred string, timeout time.Duration) (Theme, string, error) {	268	+	type ThemeSource struct {
277	-	detected := DetectThemeFromBackground(timeout)	269	+	Name string
278	-	return LoadThemeFromHome(zutHome, preferred, detected)	270	+	Path string
			271	+	Digest [sha256.Size]byte
			272	+	File ThemeFile
279		}	273		}
280			274
281	-	func LoadThemeFromHome(zutHome, preferred string, detected Theme) (Theme, string, error) {	275	+	// ThemeResolution is the pure result of resolving a preference against one
282	-	path, err := resolveThemePath(zutHome, preferred)	276	+	// terminal snapshot and, for custom preferences, one accepted source file.
283	-	if err != nil \|\| path == "" {	277	+	type ThemeResolution struct {
284	-	return detected, "", err	278	+	Theme Theme
			279	+	Name string
			280	+	}
			281	+
			282	+	// ThemePreference separates the persisted setting from the process-only
			283	+	// ZUT_THEME override. Only dark/light force a running session.
			284	+	type ThemePreference struct {
			285	+	Persisted string
			286	+	Effective string
			287	+	Forced bool
			288	+	}
			289	+
			290	+	func ResolveThemePreference(persisted, env string) ThemePreference {
			291	+	preference := ThemePreference{Persisted: strings.TrimSpace(persisted), Effective: strings.TrimSpace(persisted)}
			292	+	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(env)) {
			293	+	case "dark", "light":
			294	+	preference.Effective = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(env))
			295	+	preference.Forced = true
			296	+	case "", "auto":
			297	+	// Persisted setting remains effective.
			298	+	}
			299	+	if preference.Effective == "" {
			300	+	preference.Effective = "auto"
			301	+	}
			302	+	return preference
			303	+	}
			304	+
			305	+	// LoadThemeSource resolves and validates a custom source. Built-in selections
			306	+	// have no source and return nil, nil. The file limit prevents a polling reload
			307	+	// from allocating an unbounded partial write.
			308	+	func LoadThemeSource(zutHome, preference string) (*ThemeSource, error) {
			309	+	path, err := resolveThemePath(zutHome, preference)
			310	+	if err != nil \|\| path == "" \|\| strings.HasPrefix(path, "builtin:") {
			311	+	return nil, err
285		}	312		}
286	-	switch path {	313	+	info, err := os.Stat(path)
287	-	case "builtin:inherited":	314	+	if err != nil {
288	-	return InheritedTheme(detected), "inherited", nil	315	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("theme %s: %w", path, err)
289	-	case "builtin:dark":	316	+	}
290	-	return withTerminalProfile(Dark, detected), "dark", nil	317	+	if info.Size() > maxThemeFileSize {
291	-	case "builtin:light":	318	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("theme %s exceeds %d bytes", path, maxThemeFileSize)
292	-	return withTerminalProfile(Light, detected), "light", nil
293		}	319		}
294		b, err := os.ReadFile(path)	320		b, err := os.ReadFile(path)
295		if err != nil {	321		if err != nil {
296	-	return detected, "", err	322	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("read theme %s: %w", path, err)
297		}	323		}
298	-	var tf ThemeFile	324	+	if len(b) > maxThemeFileSize {
299	-	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &tf); err != nil {	325	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("theme %s exceeds %d bytes", path, maxThemeFileSize)
300	-	return detected, "", fmt.Errorf("parse theme %s: %w", path, err)	326	+	}
301	-	}	327	+	var file ThemeFile
302	-	if tf.Name == "" {	328	+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &file); err != nil {
303	-	tf.Name = strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(path), filepath.Ext(path))	329	+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse theme %s: %w", path, err)
304	-	}	330	+	}
305	-	base := applyThemeOverrides(detected, tf.Overrides)	331	+	if file.Name == "" {
306	-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Base)	332	+	file.Name = strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(path), filepath.Ext(path))
307	-	if isLightTheme(detected) {	333	+	}
308	-	if tf.Colors.HasLight {	334	+	return &ThemeSource{Name: file.Name, Path: path, Digest: sha256.Sum256(b), File: file}, nil
309	-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Light)	335	+	}
310	-	} else if tf.Colors.HasDark {	336	+
311	-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Dark)	337	+	// ResolveTheme performs no I/O. Custom themes always overlay TerminalTheme,
312	-	}	338	+	// so omitted roles continue to follow the controlling terminal.
313	-	} else {	339	+	func ResolveTheme(preference string, source *ThemeSource, profile TerminalProfile) ThemeResolution {
314	-	if tf.Colors.HasDark {	340	+	preference = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(preference))
315	-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Dark)	341	+	switch preference {
316	-	} else if tf.Colors.HasLight {	342	+	case "", "auto", "default", "system":
317	-	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, tf.Colors.Light)	343	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: TerminalTheme(profile), Name: "auto"}
			344	+	case "dark":
			345	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: withTerminalProfile(Dark, Theme{Terminal: profile}), Name: "dark"}
			346	+	case "light":
			347	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: withTerminalProfile(Light, Theme{Terminal: profile}), Name: "light"}
			348	+	}
			349	+	if source == nil {
			350	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: TerminalTheme(profile), Name: "auto"}
			351	+	}
			352	+	base := TerminalTheme(profile)
			353	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Overrides)
			354	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Base)
			355	+	if profileIsLight(profile) {
			356	+	if source.File.Colors.HasLight {
			357	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Light)
			358	+	} else if source.File.Colors.HasDark {
			359	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Dark)
318		}	360		}
			361	+	} else if source.File.Colors.HasDark {
			362	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Dark)
			363	+	} else if source.File.Colors.HasLight {
			364	+	base = applyThemeOverrides(base, source.File.Colors.Light)
			365	+	}
			366	+	return ThemeResolution{Theme: base, Name: source.Name}
			367	+	}
			368	+
			369	+	func profileIsLight(profile TerminalProfile) bool {
			370	+	if profile.SchemeKnown {
			371	+	return profile.Light
			372	+	}
			373	+	if profile.HasBackground {
			374	+	r, g, b := profile.Background.R, profile.Background.G, profile.Background.B
			375	+	return 0.2126float64(r)+0.7152float64(g)+0.0722*float64(b) >= 127.5
			376	+	}
			377	+	return false
			378	+	}
			379	+
			380	+	// DetectThemeWithCustom performs the initial bounded profile query then uses
			381	+	// the same loader and pure resolver as runtime selection.
			382	+	func DetectThemeWithCustom(zutHome, preferred string, timeout time.Duration) (Theme, string, error) {
			383	+	detected := DetectThemeFromBackground(timeout)
			384	+	return LoadThemeFromHome(zutHome, preferred, detected)
			385	+	}
			386	+
			387	+	// LoadThemeFromHome is retained as the startup convenience wrapper. New
			388	+	// runtime code should keep the ThemeSource and call ResolveTheme directly.
			389	+	func LoadThemeFromHome(zutHome, preferred string, detected Theme) (Theme, string, error) {
			390	+	profile := detected.Terminal
			391	+	source, err := LoadThemeSource(zutHome, preferred)
			392	+	if err != nil {
			393	+	return TerminalTheme(profile), "", err
319		}	394		}
320	-	return base, tf.Name, nil	395	+	returned := ResolveTheme(preferred, source, profile)
			396	+	return returned.Theme, returned.Name, nil
321		}	397		}
322			398
323		// AvailableThemes returns built-in and user-installed themes suitable	399		// AvailableThemes returns built-in and user-installed themes suitable
324		// for a settings picker. Invalid JSON files are skipped.	400		// for a settings picker. Invalid JSON files are skipped.
325		func AvailableThemes(zutHome string) []ThemeOption {	401		func AvailableThemes(zutHome string) []ThemeOption {
326		out := []ThemeOption{	402		out := []ThemeOption{
327	-	{Value: "auto", Label: "auto", Description: "detect terminal background and use zut defaults", Builtin: true},	403	+	{Value: "auto", Label: "auto", Description: "follow terminal colors and appearance", Builtin: true},
328	-	{Value: "inherited", Label: "inherited (from terminal)", Description: "use terminal colors with truecolor or best-effort 256-color output", Builtin: true},
329		{Value: "dark", Label: "dark", Description: "built-in dark theme", Builtin: true},	404		{Value: "dark", Label: "dark", Description: "built-in dark theme", Builtin: true},
330		{Value: "light", Label: "light", Description: "built-in light theme", Builtin: true},	405		{Value: "light", Label: "light", Description: "built-in light theme", Builtin: true},
331		}	406		}
332	-	seen := map[string]bool{"auto": true, "inherited": true, "dark": true, "light": true}	407	+	seen := map[string]bool{"auto": true, "dark": true, "light": true}
333		paths, _ := themeFilesIn(filepath.Join(zutHome, "themes"))	408		paths, _ := themeFilesIn(filepath.Join(zutHome, "themes"))
334		sort.Strings(paths)	409		sort.Strings(paths)
335		for _, path := range paths {	410		for _, path := range paths {

@@ -399,8 +474,6 @@ func resolveThemePath(zutHome, preferred string) (string, error) {
399		switch strings.ToLower(preferred) {	474		switch strings.ToLower(preferred) {
400		case "", "auto", "default", "system":	475		case "", "auto", "default", "system":
401		return "", nil	476		return "", nil
402	-	case "inherited", "terminal", "terminal-inherited":
403	-	return "builtin:inherited", nil
404		case "dark":	477		case "dark":
405		return "builtin:dark", nil	478		return "builtin:dark", nil
406		case "light":	479		case "light":

@@ -569,11 +642,72 @@ func applySyntaxOverrides(s SyntaxTheme, o SyntaxThemeOverrides) SyntaxTheme {
569		return s	642		return s
570		}	643		}
571			644
572	-	func IsLightTheme(th Theme) bool {	645	+	func validateExplicitTerminalColor(color TerminalColor) error {
573	-	if th.FG == Light.FG && th.SelectionBG == Light.SelectionBG && th.SelectionFG == Light.SelectionFG {	646	+	switch color.Mode {
574	-	return true	647	+	case terminalColor256:
			648	+	if color.Index < 0 \|\| color.Index > 255 {
			649	+	return fmt.Errorf("xterm-256 index %d is outside 0..255", color.Index)
			650	+	}
			651	+	case terminalColorANSI:
			652	+	if _, ok := ansiSGRToXtermIndex(color.Index); !ok {
			653	+	return fmt.Errorf("ANSI SGR %d is not a palette color", color.Index)
			654	+	}
			655	+	case terminalColorRGB:
			656	+	if color.R < 0 \|\| color.R > 255 \|\| color.G < 0 \|\| color.G > 255 \|\| color.B < 0 \|\| color.B > 255 {
			657	+	return fmt.Errorf("RGB color (%d,%d,%d) is outside 0..255", color.R, color.G, color.B)
			658	+	}
			659	+	default:
			660	+	return errors.New("theme colors must be explicit xterm-256, ANSI, or RGB values")
			661	+	}
			662	+	return nil
			663	+	}
			664	+
			665	+	func validateThemeFile(file ThemeFile) error {
			666	+	for _, overrides := range []ThemeOverrides{file.Overrides, file.Colors.Base, file.Colors.Dark, file.Colors.Light} {
			667	+	if err := validateThemeOverrides(overrides); err != nil {
			668	+	return err
			669	+	}
			670	+	}
			671	+	return nil
			672	+	}
			673	+
			674	+	func validateThemeOverrides(o ThemeOverrides) error {
			675	+	for _, color := range []*TerminalColorValue{o.FG, o.Muted, o.Accent, o.Background, o.User, o.UserBubbleBG, o.UserBubbleFG, o.Assistant, o.Tool, o.ToolOut, o.Error, o.Warning, o.Spinner, o.ThinkingMax, o.ThinkingMaxCamel, o.SelectionBG, o.SelectionFG} {
			676	+	if color != nil {
			677	+	if err := validateExplicitTerminalColor(color.TerminalColor); err != nil {
			678	+	return err
			679	+	}
			680	+	}
			681	+	}
			682	+	if len(o.SpinnerFrames) > 64 {
			683	+	return errors.New("spinner_frames has more than 64 entries")
			684	+	}
			685	+	for _, frame := range o.SpinnerFrames {
			686	+	if frame == "" \|\| len([]rune(frame)) > 16 {
			687	+	return fmt.Errorf("invalid spinner frame %q", frame)
			688	+	}
			689	+	}
			690	+	if o.SpinnerIntervalMS != nil && (o.SpinnerIntervalMS < 10 \|\| o.SpinnerIntervalMS > 10000) {
			691	+	return fmt.Errorf("spinner_interval_ms %d is outside 10..10000", *o.SpinnerIntervalMS)
			692	+	}
			693	+	if o.SyntaxBaseStyle != nil && *o.SyntaxBaseStyle != "" {
			694	+	if _, ok := styles.Registry[*o.SyntaxBaseStyle]; !ok {
			695	+	return fmt.Errorf("unknown syntax_base_style %q", *o.SyntaxBaseStyle)
			696	+	}
			697	+	}
			698	+	for _, entry := range []*string{o.Syntax.Keyword, o.Syntax.KeywordConstant, o.Syntax.KeywordDeclaration, o.Syntax.KeywordNamespace, o.Syntax.KeywordReserved, o.Syntax.KeywordType, o.Syntax.NameBuiltin, o.Syntax.NameFunction, o.Syntax.NameClass, o.Syntax.NameDecorator, o.Syntax.LiteralString, o.Syntax.LiteralStringEscape, o.Syntax.LiteralNumber, o.Syntax.Comment, o.Syntax.CommentPreproc, o.Syntax.Operator, o.Syntax.Punctuation, o.Syntax.Text} {
			699	+	if entry == nil {
			700	+	continue
			701	+	}
			702	+	if _, err := chroma.ParseStyleEntry(*entry); err != nil {
			703	+	return fmt.Errorf("invalid syntax style %q: %w", *entry, err)
			704	+	}
575		}	705		}
576	-	return th.Inherited && th.Terminal.SchemeKnown && th.Terminal.Light	706	+	return nil
			707	+	}
			708	+
			709	+	func IsLightTheme(th Theme) bool {
			710	+	return th.FG == Light.FG && th.SelectionBG == Light.SelectionBG && th.SelectionFG == Light.SelectionFG
577		}	711		}
578			712
579		func isLightTheme(th Theme) bool { return IsLightTheme(th) }	713		func isLightTheme(th Theme) bool { return IsLightTheme(th) }

M packages/tui/theme_loader_test.go +34 -8


@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ func TestLoadThemeAllowsPartialColorOverrides(t *testing.T) {
33	33		if th.Accent != Color256(204) {
34	34		t.Fatalf("accent = %#v, want 204", th.Accent)
35	35		}
36		-	if th.FG != Dark.FG {
37		-	t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want inherited %#v", th.FG, Dark.FG)
	36	+	if th.FG != TerminalDefault() {
	37	+	t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want terminal default", th.FG)
38	38		}
39	39		if len(th.SpinnerFrames) == 0 {
40	40		t.Fatal("spinner frames should be inherited")

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ func TestLoadThemeAllowsSpinnerAppearanceOverrides(t *testing.T) {
66	66		if th.SpinnerFrames[1] != "o" \|\| th.SpinnerIntervalMS != 200 {
67	67		t.Fatalf("spinner appearance overrides not applied: %#v %d", th.SpinnerFrames, th.SpinnerIntervalMS)
68	68		}
69		-	if th.Accent != Dark.Accent {
70		-	t.Fatalf("accent = %#v, want inherited %#v", th.Accent, Dark.Accent)
	69	+	if th.Accent != TerminalPaletteSlot(12) {
	70	+	t.Fatalf("accent = %#v, want terminal palette slot 12", th.Accent)
71	71		}
72	72		}
73	73

@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ func TestLoadThemeFallsBackToDarkWhenLightModeMissing(t *testing.T) {
84	84		if th.SpinnerIntervalMS != 120 {
85	85		t.Fatalf("spinner interval = %d, want 120", th.SpinnerIntervalMS)
86	86		}
87		-	if th.FG != Light.FG {
88		-	t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want inherited light fg %#v", th.FG, Light.FG)
	87	+	if th.FG != TerminalDefault() {
	88	+	t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want terminal default", th.FG)
89	89		}
90	90		}
91	91

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ func TestLoadThemeIgnoresLegacySpinnerMessages(t *testing.T) {
102	102		if len(th.SpinnerFrames) != len(Light.SpinnerFrames) \|\| th.SpinnerIntervalMS != Light.SpinnerIntervalMS {
103	103		t.Fatalf("legacy spinner_messages changed spinner appearance: %#v %d", th.SpinnerFrames, th.SpinnerIntervalMS)
104	104		}
105		-	if th.FG != Light.FG {
106		-	t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want inherited %#v", th.FG, Light.FG)
	105	+	if th.FG != TerminalDefault() {
	106	+	t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want terminal default", th.FG)
107	107		}
108	108		}
109	109

@@ -145,3 +145,29 @@ func TestLoadThemeQuantizesRGBSemanticColorsWithoutTrueColor(t *testing.T) {
145	145		t.Fatalf("RGB accent fallback = %q, want xterm-256 index %d", got, want)
146	146		}
147	147		}
	148	+
	149	+	func TestLoadThemeRejectsInvalidNestedValues(t *testing.T) {
	150	+	for _, body := range []string{
	151	+	`{"colors":{"dark":{"accent":999}}}`,
	152	+	`{"colors":{"light":{"syntax":{"keyword":"not a style"}}}}`,
	153	+	`{"spinner_interval_ms":1}`,
	154	+	`{"syntax_base_style":"not-a-style"}`,
	155	+	} {
	156	+	home := writeThemeFile(t, "invalid", body)
	157	+	if _, err := LoadThemeSource(home, "invalid"); err == nil {
	158	+	t.Fatalf("LoadThemeSource(%s) succeeded", body)
	159	+	}
	160	+	}
	161	+	}
	162	+
	163	+	func TestResolveThemeCustomUsesReportedScheme(t *testing.T) {
	164	+	home := writeThemeFile(t, "split", `{"colors":{"dark":{"accent":20},"light":{"accent":21}}}`)
	165	+	source, err := LoadThemeSource(home, "split")
	166	+	if err != nil {
	167	+	t.Fatal(err)
	168	+	}
	169	+	profile := TerminalProfile{SchemeKnown: true, Light: true}
	170	+	if got := ResolveTheme("split", source, profile).Theme.Accent; got != Color256(21) {
	171	+	t.Fatalf("light branch accent = %#v, want 21", got)
	172	+	}
	173	+	}

 	if th.Accent != Color256(204) {
 		t.Fatalf("accent = %#v, want 204", th.Accent)
 	}
-	if th.FG != Dark.FG {
+	if th.FG != TerminalDefault() {
-		t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want inherited %#v", th.FG, Dark.FG)
+		t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want terminal default", th.FG)
 	}
 	if len(th.SpinnerFrames) == 0 {
 		t.Fatal("spinner frames should be inherited")
 	if th.SpinnerFrames[1] != "o" || th.SpinnerIntervalMS != 200 {
 		t.Fatalf("spinner appearance overrides not applied: %#v %d", th.SpinnerFrames, th.SpinnerIntervalMS)
 	}
-	if th.Accent != Dark.Accent {
+	if th.Accent != TerminalPaletteSlot(12) {
-		t.Fatalf("accent = %#v, want inherited %#v", th.Accent, Dark.Accent)
+		t.Fatalf("accent = %#v, want terminal palette slot 12", th.Accent)
 	}
 }
 	if th.SpinnerIntervalMS != 120 {
 		t.Fatalf("spinner interval = %d, want 120", th.SpinnerIntervalMS)
 	}
-	if th.FG != Light.FG {
+	if th.FG != TerminalDefault() {
-		t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want inherited light fg %#v", th.FG, Light.FG)
+		t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want terminal default", th.FG)
 	}
 }
 	if len(th.SpinnerFrames) != len(Light.SpinnerFrames) || th.SpinnerIntervalMS != Light.SpinnerIntervalMS {
 		t.Fatalf("legacy spinner_messages changed spinner appearance: %#v %d", th.SpinnerFrames, th.SpinnerIntervalMS)
 	}
-	if th.FG != Light.FG {
+	if th.FG != TerminalDefault() {
-		t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want inherited %#v", th.FG, Light.FG)
+		t.Fatalf("fg = %#v, want terminal default", th.FG)
 	}
 }
 		t.Fatalf("RGB accent fallback = %q, want xterm-256 index %d", got, want)
 	}
 }
+func TestLoadThemeRejectsInvalidNestedValues(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, body := range []string{
+		`{"colors":{"dark":{"accent":999}}}`,
+		`{"colors":{"light":{"syntax":{"keyword":"not a style"}}}}`,
+		`{"spinner_interval_ms":1}`,
+		`{"syntax_base_style":"not-a-style"}`,
+	} {
+		home := writeThemeFile(t, "invalid", body)
+		if _, err := LoadThemeSource(home, "invalid"); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("LoadThemeSource(%s) succeeded", body)
+		}
+	}
+}
+func TestResolveThemeCustomUsesReportedScheme(t *testing.T) {
+	home := writeThemeFile(t, "split", `{"colors":{"dark":{"accent":20},"light":{"accent":21}}}`)
+	source, err := LoadThemeSource(home, "split")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	profile := TerminalProfile{SchemeKnown: true, Light: true}
+	if got := ResolveTheme("split", source, profile).Theme.Accent; got != Color256(21) {
+		t.Fatalf("light branch accent = %#v, want 21", got)
+	}
+}

M packages/tui/view.go +3 -1


@@ -1208,8 +1208,10 @@ func toolThemeKey(theme Theme) uint64 {
1208	1208		for _, c := range theme.Terminal.Palette {
1209	1209		h = hashThemeColor(h, c)
1210	1210		}
	1211	+	h = fnv64aWriteByte(h, byte(theme.Terminal.ColorDepth()))
	1212	+	h = fnv64aWriteUint64(h, uint64(theme.Terminal.PaletteKnown))
1211	1213		for _, value := range []bool{
1212		-	theme.Inherited,
	1214	+	theme.UseTerminalPalette,
1213	1215		theme.Terminal.HasForeground,
1214	1216		theme.Terminal.HasBackground,
1215	1217		theme.Terminal.TrueColor,

 	for _, c := range theme.Terminal.Palette {
 		h = hashThemeColor(h, c)
 	}
+	h = fnv64aWriteByte(h, byte(theme.Terminal.ColorDepth()))
+	h = fnv64aWriteUint64(h, uint64(theme.Terminal.PaletteKnown))
 	for _, value := range []bool{
-		theme.Inherited,
+		theme.UseTerminalPalette,
 		theme.Terminal.HasForeground,
 		theme.Terminal.HasBackground,
 		theme.Terminal.TrueColor,