diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index d900ec0..088a3f1 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 source variables
 
 if [ ! $MSGFMT ]; then
-	echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the msgfmt utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgfmt utility."; tput sgr0
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
-	echo -e "Repository: \E[34m$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
+	echo -e "Repository: $BLUE$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
 	DIR="$PREFIX-$BRANCH"
 	if [ ! -e "$MDIR/$BRANCH" ]; then
 		mkdir -p "$MDIR/$BRANCH"
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 		echo "Compiling $file";
 		$MSGFMT "$DIR/$file" -o "$MDIR/$BRANCH/`echo $file | sed "s/."$LCODE".po/.mo/"`"
 	done
-	echo ""
 done
 
-echo -ne "\E[32mFinished."; tput sgr0; echo " "
+echo -ne $GREEN"Finished."; tput sgr0; echo " "
diff --git a/pack.sh b/pack.sh
index f499ec3..74bd2ec 100755
--- a/pack.sh
+++ b/pack.sh
@@ -18,24 +18,24 @@
 source variables
 
 if [ ! $DIFF ]; then
-    echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the diff utility."; tput sgr0
+    echo -e $RED"This program needs the diff utility."; tput sgr0
     exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $TAR ]; then
-    echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the tar utility."; tput sgr0
+    echo -e $RED"This program needs the tar utility."; tput sgr0
     exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $BZIP2 ]; then
-    echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the bzip2 utility."; tput sgr0
+    echo -e $RED"This program needs the bzip2 utility."; tput sgr0
     exit 1
 fi
 
 counter=0
 
 for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
-	echo -e "Branch: \E[34m$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
+	echo -e "Branch: $BLUE$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
 	DIR="$PREFIX-$BRANCH"
 	mkdir "$LCODE-temp"
 	for file in `ls $DIR/wesnoth*.$LCODE.po`; do
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@ for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 			if ! $DIFF -q "$file" "$BRANCH/$d/$LCODE.po"  > /dev/null ; then
 				mkdir "$LCODE-temp/$d"
 	        		cp "$file" "$LCODE-temp/$d/$LCODE.po"
-				echo -e "\E[32mOK"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
 				counter=$(($counter+1))
 			else
-				echo -e "\E[34mSkipping"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $BLUE"Skipping"; tput sgr0
 			fi
 		else
 			mkdir -p "$LCODE-temp/$d"
 	        	cp "$file" "$LCODE-temp/$d/$LCODE.po"
-			echo -e "\E[32mOK"; tput sgr0
+			echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
 			counter=$(($counter+1))
 		fi
 	done
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 	fi
 done
 
-echo -ne "\E[32mFinished."; tput sgr0; echo " "
+echo -ne $GREEN"Finished."; tput sgr0; echo " "
diff --git a/statistics.sh b/statistics.sh
index 4370474..ce951e9 100755
--- a/statistics.sh
+++ b/statistics.sh
@@ -24,17 +24,17 @@ CL=0 # counter for css style
 STATUS="OK" # Total status of translations
 
 if [ ! $MSGFMT ]; then
-	echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the msgfmt utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgfmt utility."; tput sgr0
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $ISUTF8 ]; then
-	echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the isutf8 utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the isutf8 utility."; tput sgr0
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
-	echo -e "Repository: \E[34m$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
+	echo -e "Repository: $BLUE$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
 	DIR="$PREFIX-$BRANCH"
 	STATSFILE="statistics-$BRANCH.xhtml"
 	ERRORS="translation-errors-$BRANCH"
@@ -475,28 +475,28 @@ html>body #footer {
 		if $ISUTF8 <$file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 			if ! echo $charset | grep -qi "UTF-8"; then
 				has_errors="yes"
-				echo -e "\E[31mFAILED; non UTF-8 charset declaration for UTF-8 content"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"FAILED; non UTF-8 charset declaration for UTF-8 content"; tput sgr0
 				echo "$file: non UTF-8 charset declared for UTF-8 content; expect to see 'charset=UTF-8'." >> $ERRORS
 			else
-				echo -e "\E[32mOK"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
 			fi
 		else
 			if echo $charset | grep -qi "UTF-8"; then
 				has_errors="yes"
-				echo -e "\E[31mFAILED; non UTF-8 content for UTF-8 charset declaration"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"FAILED; non UTF-8 content for UTF-8 charset declaration"; tput sgr0
 				echo "$file: UTF-8 charset declared for non UTF-8 content; expect to see a non UTF-8 charset." >> $ERRORS
 			else
-				echo -e "\E[32mOK"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
 			fi
 		fi
 	
 		echo -n "Checking $file for odd characters... "
 		if grep -nH $ODD_CHARS $file >> $ERRORS; then
 			has_warnings="yes"
-			echo -e "\E[31mFAILED; odd characters found"; tput sgr0
+			echo -e $RED"FAILED; odd characters found"; tput sgr0
 			echo "$file: one or more odd character from the '$ODD_CHARS' set found." >> $ERRORS
 		else
-			echo -e "\E[32mOK"; tput sgr0
+			echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
 		fi
 	
 		# Makes sense only if the file passed the UTF-8 check.
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@ html>body #footer {
 			echo -n "Checking $file with msgfmt... "
 			if ! LC_MESSAGES=C $MSGFMT --check -o /dev/null $file >> $ERRORS; then
 				has_errors="yes"
-				echo -e "\E[31mFAILED"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"FAILED"; tput sgr0
 			else
-				echo -e "\E[32mOK"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
 			fi
 		fi
 		r=0; rf=0; ru=0; t=0; u=0; f=0; rt=0
@@ -570,21 +570,21 @@ html>body #footer {
 	done
 	
 	if [ "$npo" -eq 0 ]; then
-		echo -e "\E[31mNo '${PO}.po' file under '$DIR'."; tput sgr0
+		echo -e $RED"No '${PO}.po' file under '$DIR'."; tput sgr0
 		exit 0
 	fi
 	
 	if [ "$nerror" -gt 0 ]; then
-		echo -n -e "\E[31mFatal errors found. See '"
+		echo -n -e $RED"Fatal errors found. See '"
 		tput smso; echo -n "$ERRORS"; tput rmso
 		echo -ne "' for details."; tput sgr0
 		echo ""
 	else
-		echo -ne  "\E[32mNo fatal errors found."; tput sgr0
+		echo -ne  $GREEN"No fatal errors found."; tput sgr0
 		echo ""
 	
 		if [ -s "$ERRORS" ]; then
-			echo -n -e "\E[31m  See '" 
+			echo -n -e $RED"  See '" 
 			tput smso; echo -n "$ERRORS"; tput rmso
 			echo -ne "' for warnings."; tput sgr0
 			echo ""
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ html>body #footer {
 	fi
 	
 	if [ "$npo" = "$nerror" ]; then
-		echo -en "\E[31mAll files have fatal errors."; tput sgr0
+		echo -en $RED"All files have fatal errors."; tput sgr0
 		echo ""
 	else
 		sum=$((${nt} + ${nf} + ${nu}))
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 00db3e3..d714338 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -18,27 +18,27 @@
 source variables
 
 if [ ! $SVN ]; then
-	echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the svn utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the svn utility."; tput sgr0
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $MSGFMT ]; then
-	echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the msgfmt utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgfmt utility."; tput sgr0
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $MSGMERGE ]; then
-	echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the msgmerge utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgmerge utility."; tput sgr0
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $MSGINIT ]; then
-	echo -e "\E[31mThis program needs the msginit utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msginit utility."; tput sgr0
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ $GIT -eq 1 ] && [ ! $GITSVN ]; then
-	echo -e "\E[31mgit-svn is unavailable. svn will be used."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"git-svn is unavailable. svn will be used."; tput sgr0
 	GIT=0
 fi
 
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ if [ $GIT -eq 1 ] && [ $GITSVN ]; then
 	SVN="$GITSVN clone"
 fi
 
-echo -e "Language: \E[31m$LCODE"; tput sgr0
+echo -e "Language: $RED$LCODE"; tput sgr0
 echo ""
 
 if [ ! -z $TRUNK ]; then
 	if [ -e $TRUNK/.git ] || [ -e $TRUNK/.svn ]; then
-		echo -e "Updating repository: \E[34mtrunk"
+		echo -e "Updating repository: "$BLUE"trunk"
 		cd $TRUNK
 		if [ $GIT -eq 1 ]; then
 			$GITSVN rebase
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if [ ! -z $TRUNK ]; then
 		fi
 		cd ..
 	else
-		echo -e "Downloading repository: \E[34mtrunk"
+		echo -e "Downloading repository: "$BLUE"trunk"
 		if [ $GIT -eq 1 ]; then
 			SVN="$GITSVN clone"
 		else
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ fi
 
 for BRANCH in $BRANCHES; do
   	if [ -e $BRANCH/.git ] || [ -e $BRANCH/.svn ]; then
-		echo -e "Updating repository: \E[34m$BRANCH"
+		echo -e "Updating repository: $BLUE$BRANCH"
 		cd $BRANCH
 		if [ $GIT -eq 1 ]; then
 			$GITSVN rebase
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ for BRANCH in $BRANCHES; do
 		fi
 		cd ..
 	else
-		echo -e "Downloading repository: \E[34m$BRANCH"
+		echo -e "Downloading repository: $BLUE$BRANCH"
 		if [ $GIT -eq 1 ]; then
 			SVN="$GITSVN clone"
 		else
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ done
 for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 	SVNDIR=$BRANCH
 	DIR="$PREFIX-$BRANCH"
-	echo -e "Merging: \E[34m$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
+	echo -e "Merging: $BLUE$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
 	for dir in `ls $SVNDIR/wesnoth* -d`; do
 		echo "Processing "`basename $dir`"."$LCODE".po"
 		stat=`LC_MESSAGES=C $MSGFMT --statistics -o /dev/null $dir"/"$LCODE".po" 2>&1`
@@ -111,31 +111,31 @@ for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 		file=$DIR"/"`basename $dir`"."$LCODE".po"
 		if [ -f $dir"/"$LCODE".po" ]; then
 			if [ $(($u+$f)) == 0 ]; then
-				echo -e "\E[32mFile is translated."; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"File is translated."; tput sgr0
 				if [ -f $DIR"/"`basename $dir`"."$LCODE".po" ]; then
-					echo -e "\E[32mRemoving from $DIR."; tput sgr0
+					echo -e $GREEN"Removing from $DIR."; tput sgr0
 					rm -f $file
 				fi
 			else
 				if [ -f "$DIR/"`basename $dir`".$LCODE.po" ]; then
-					echo -e "\E[34mMerging:"; tput sgr0
+					echo -e $BLUE"Merging:"; tput sgr0
 					$MSGMERGE -U -v $file $dir"/"`basename $dir`".pot"
 					rm -f $file~
 				else
-					echo -e "\E[31mCopying:"; tput sgr0
+					echo -e $RED"Copying:"; tput sgr0
 					cp $dir"/"$LCODE".po" $file
 				fi
 			fi
 		else
 			if [ ! -f $file ]; then
-				echo -e "\E[31mNo po file in repository. Running msginit."; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"No po file in repository. Running msginit."; tput sgr0
 				echo "$dir"
 				$MSGINIT -i "$dir/`basename $dir`.pot" -o $file
 			else
-				echo -e "\E[31mNo po file in repository. Found file in workspace."; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"No po file in repository. Found file in workspace."; tput sgr0
 			fi
 		fi
 		echo ""
 	done
 done
-echo -ne "\E[32mFinished."; tput sgr0; echo " "
+echo -ne $GREEN"Finished."; tput sgr0; echo " "
diff --git a/variables b/variables
index dafa4d5..000908a 100644
--- a/variables
+++ b/variables
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ TRUNK="trunk" # "trunk" or ""
 
 # Options
 LCODE="lt" # Language code. Only 1 language is supported.
-GIT=1 # Enable (1) or disable (0) git-svn.
+GIT=0 # Enable (1) or disable (0) git-svn.
 
 #Paths
 MDIR="mo"
@@ -38,3 +38,9 @@ TAR=`which tar 2> /dev/null`
 BZIP2=`which bzip2 2> /dev/null`
 DIFF=`which diff 2> /dev/null`
 GITSVN=`which git-svn 2> /dev/null`
+
+#Colors
+RED="\033[0;31m"
+GREEN="\033[1;32m"
+BLUE="\033[1;34m"
+ENDCOLOR="\033[0m"
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