Idea re: color highlighting recent files

This is complete make-work, so don't do it if you are even slightly disinterested ...

Right now, file timestamp highlighting uses red for times > most recent SPFLite start, and blue for prior 24 hours.

Since we have 4 highlight colors available, we could refine this so the recent-highlighting was more informative.

idea:

1. use red for times > most recent SPFLite start

2. else, use yellow for times > 1 hour before most recent SPFLite start

3. else, use green for times > 8 hours before most recent SPFLite start

4. else, use blue for times > 24 hours before most recent SPFLite start

5 else, don't highlight

Naturally, the color palettes are taken from virtual highlighting-pen colors as defined in the options GUI.

Like I said, make-work, but it's not a totally crazy/stupid idea. (some praise, eh? that will really convince you ...)

R

-- Yes, not difficult, but a make-work item.   Anyone else have thoughts?  Care?  

p.s. Lately, I have been wishing there were a few more highlighting colors.  Over the last few years that highlighting has been available, it's one of the SPFLite features I actually use very extensively.  I know the main thing holding back more colors is you'd have to change the options GUI and that's a pain in the neck.  Actually using the colors is (I think) mostly about deciding on new color codes for them, and then cloning a bunch of code.  Right now, you have red, blue, green and yellow.  I wouldn't mind seeing Orange and Violet (yes, Violet instead of Purple, in her honor).   There could also be a White and a Black.  The code would probably be O, V and W, with some arbitrary choice for Black, like K or something.  Well, knowing how annoying the GUI work is, I won't press this.  Just thought I'd pass it along ...

-- Oh, if only expanding the GUI to handle the extra colors was the hard part.   You seem to be forgetting the fact that colors are also command selection criteria, remember RED +RED -RED etc. etc..  This affects the command generalized search routine, LOCATE search and probably a lot more.  Mucho icky!