nice headline and other eyecandy

hn.py

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ class Client:
     def __init__(self):
         # set up curses
         self.screen = curses.initscr()
+        curses.start_color()
+        curses.use_default_colors()
+        curses.init_pair(1, 255, 208)
         curses.noecho()
         curses.cbreak()
         self.screen.keypad(True)
@@ -48,10 +51,13 @@ class Client:
         # header, detail, footer:
         self.stories_in_a_site = self.lines - 3
 
-        self.screen.addstr('Hacker News Top Stories:\n')
+        title_string = '[Y] Hacker News'
+        title_string +=' ' * ( self.cols - len(title_string) - 1) + '\n'
+
+        self.screen.addstr(title_string, curses.color_pair(1))
 
         for i, story in enumerate(self.loadedstories[self.story_pos:self.story_pos + self.stories_in_a_site]):
-            prefix = '>>> ' if i == self.cursor_pos else '   '
+            prefix = '>' if i == self.cursor_pos else ''
             # calculate length of line
             text = f'{prefix} ()\n'
             chars_available = self.cols - len(text)
@@ -62,11 +68,17 @@ class Client:
             link = story.link.replace('https://', '').replace('http://', '')
             link = link[:max_url_len-1] + "…" if len(link) > max_url_len else link
 
-            text = '{}{} ({})\n'.format(prefix, title, link.replace('https://', '').replace('http://', ''))
+            #text = '{}{} ({})\n'.format(prefix, title, link)
-            self.screen.addstr(text)
+
+            self.screen.addstr(prefix)
             if i == self.cursor_pos:
+                self.screen.addstr(title, curses.A_UNDERLINE)
+                self.screen.addstr(f' ({link})\n', curses.A_DIM )
                 detail = f'    by {story.author} | {story.comments} comments | {story.votes} points\n'
                 self.screen.addstr(detail)
+            else:
+                self.screen.addstr(title)
+                self.screen.addstr(f' ({link})\n', curses.A_DIM )
         self.set_footer(f'Loaded {len(self.loadedstories)} stories.')
 
     def handle_input(self):