gui

local scheme = {
  ack = {
    bg = colours.green,
    fg = colours.white,
    bgp = colours.blue,
    fgp = colours.white
  },
  stop = {
    bg = colours.red,
    fg = colours.black,
    bgp = colours.orange,
    fgp = colours.black
  },
  act = {
    bg = colours.grey,
    fg = colours.white,
    bgp = colours.lightGrey,
    fgp = colours.black
  }
}

local Button = {width = 1, height = 1, label = ""}

function Button:new(o)
  local o = o or {}
  setmetatable(o, self)
  self.__index = self
  return o

  --[[
  if height < 0 then
    button["height"] = 1
  else
    button["height"] = height
  end
  if width < label:len() then
    button["width"] = label:len()
  else
    button["width"] = width
  end
  button["label"] = label
  button["colours"] = scheme[colours]
  button["parent"] = nil
  return button
  --]]
end

function Button:dump()
  print("-={  A button  }=-")
  print("Width: "..self.width)
  print("Height: "..self.height)
  print("Label: "..self.label)
  print("Colours: "..tostring(self.colours))
  print("Parent: "..tostring(self.parent))
  print()
end

local Layout = {screen = nil}

local b = Button:new{width=12, height=1, label="OK", colours=scheme.ack}
b:dump()