diff --git a/compile.sh b/compile.sh
index 088a3f1..7a80558 100755
--- a/compile.sh
+++ b/compile.sh
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 source variables
 
 if [ ! $MSGFMT ]; then
-	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgfmt utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgfmt utility."$ENDCOLOR
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
-	echo -e "Repository: $BLUE$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
+	echo -e "Repository: $BLUE$BRANCH"$ENDCOLOR
 	DIR="$PREFIX-$BRANCH"
 	if [ ! -e "$MDIR/$BRANCH" ]; then
 		mkdir -p "$MDIR/$BRANCH"
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 	done
 done
 
-echo -ne $GREEN"Finished."; tput sgr0; echo " "
+echo -e $GREEN"Finished."$ENDCOLOR
diff --git a/pack.sh b/pack.sh
index 74bd2ec..9bc2427 100755
--- a/pack.sh
+++ b/pack.sh
@@ -18,24 +18,24 @@
 source variables
 
 if [ ! $DIFF ]; then
-    echo -e $RED"This program needs the diff utility."; tput sgr0
+    echo -e $RED"This program needs the diff utility."$ENDCOLOR
     exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $TAR ]; then
-    echo -e $RED"This program needs the tar utility."; tput sgr0
+    echo -e $RED"This program needs the tar utility."$ENDCOLOR
     exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $BZIP2 ]; then
-    echo -e $RED"This program needs the bzip2 utility."; tput sgr0
+    echo -e $RED"This program needs the bzip2 utility."$ENDCOLOR
     exit 1
 fi
 
 counter=0
 
 for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
-	echo -e "Branch: $BLUE$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
+	echo -e "Branch: $BLUE$BRANCH"$ENDCOLOR
 	DIR="$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 $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"OK"$ENDCOLOR
 				counter=$(($counter+1))
 			else
-				echo -e $BLUE"Skipping"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $BLUE"Skipping"$ENDCOLOR
 			fi
 		else
 			mkdir -p "$LCODE-temp/$d"
 	        	cp "$file" "$LCODE-temp/$d/$LCODE.po"
-			echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
+			echo -e $GREEN"OK"$ENDCOLOR
 			counter=$(($counter+1))
 		fi
 	done
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 	fi
 done
 
-echo -ne $GREEN"Finished."; tput sgr0; echo " "
+echo -e $GREEN"Finished."$ENDCOLOR
diff --git a/statistics.sh b/statistics.sh
index ce951e9..8041e10 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 $RED"This program needs the msgfmt utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgfmt utility."$ENDCOLOR
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $ISUTF8 ]; then
-	echo -e $RED"This program needs the isutf8 utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the isutf8 utility."$ENDCOLOR
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
-	echo -e "Repository: $BLUE$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
+	echo -e "Repository: $BLUE$BRANCH"$ENDCOLOR
 	DIR="$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 $RED"FAILED; non UTF-8 charset declaration for UTF-8 content"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"FAILED; non UTF-8 charset declaration for UTF-8 content"$ENDCOLOR
 				echo "$file: non UTF-8 charset declared for UTF-8 content; expect to see 'charset=UTF-8'." >> $ERRORS
 			else
-				echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"OK"$ENDCOLOR
 			fi
 		else
 			if echo $charset | grep -qi "UTF-8"; then
 				has_errors="yes"
-				echo -e $RED"FAILED; non UTF-8 content for UTF-8 charset declaration"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"FAILED; non UTF-8 content for UTF-8 charset declaration"$ENDCOLOR
 				echo "$file: UTF-8 charset declared for non UTF-8 content; expect to see a non UTF-8 charset." >> $ERRORS
 			else
-				echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"OK"$ENDCOLOR
 			fi
 		fi
 	
 		echo -n "Checking $file for odd characters... "
 		if grep -nH $ODD_CHARS $file >> $ERRORS; then
 			has_warnings="yes"
-			echo -e $RED"FAILED; odd characters found"; tput sgr0
+			echo -e $RED"FAILED; odd characters found"$ENDCOLOR
 			echo "$file: one or more odd character from the '$ODD_CHARS' set found." >> $ERRORS
 		else
-			echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
+			echo -e $GREEN"OK"$ENDCOLOR
 		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 $RED"FAILED"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"FAILED"$ENDCOLOR
 			else
-				echo -e $GREEN"OK"; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"OK"$ENDCOLOR
 			fi
 		fi
 		r=0; rf=0; ru=0; t=0; u=0; f=0; rt=0
@@ -570,23 +570,23 @@ html>body #footer {
 	done
 	
 	if [ "$npo" -eq 0 ]; then
-		echo -e $RED"No '${PO}.po' file under '$DIR'."; tput sgr0
+		echo -e $RED"No '${PO}.po' file under '$DIR'."$ENDCOLOR
 		exit 0
 	fi
 	
 	if [ "$nerror" -gt 0 ]; then
 		echo -n -e $RED"Fatal errors found. See '"
 		tput smso; echo -n "$ERRORS"; tput rmso
-		echo -ne "' for details."; tput sgr0
+		echo -ne "' for details."$ENDCOLOR
 		echo ""
 	else
-		echo -ne  $GREEN"No fatal errors found."; tput sgr0
+		echo -ne  $GREEN"No fatal errors found."$ENDCOLOR
 		echo ""
 	
 		if [ -s "$ERRORS" ]; then
 			echo -n -e $RED"  See '" 
 			tput smso; echo -n "$ERRORS"; tput rmso
-			echo -ne "' for warnings."; tput sgr0
+			echo -ne "' for warnings."$ENDCOLOR
 			echo ""
 		else
 			rm -f $ERRORS
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ html>body #footer {
 	fi
 	
 	if [ "$npo" = "$nerror" ]; then
-		echo -en $RED"All files have fatal errors."; tput sgr0
+		echo -en $RED"All files have fatal errors."$ENDCOLOR
 		echo ""
 	else
 		sum=$((${nt} + ${nf} + ${nu}))
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index d714338..3b8f3ac 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -18,27 +18,27 @@
 source variables
 
 if [ ! $SVN ]; then
-	echo -e $RED"This program needs the svn utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the svn utility."$ENDCOLOR
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $MSGFMT ]; then
-	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgfmt utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgfmt utility."$ENDCOLOR
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $MSGMERGE ]; then
-	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgmerge utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msgmerge utility."$ENDCOLOR
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ ! $MSGINIT ]; then
-	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msginit utility."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"This program needs the msginit utility."$ENDCOLOR
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 if [ $GIT -eq 1 ] && [ ! $GITSVN ]; then
-	echo -e $RED"git-svn is unavailable. svn will be used."; tput sgr0
+	echo -e $RED"git-svn is unavailable. svn will be used."$ENDCOLOR
 	GIT=0
 fi
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if [ $GIT -eq 1 ] && [ $GITSVN ]; then
 	SVN="$GITSVN clone"
 fi
 
-echo -e "Language: $RED$LCODE"; tput sgr0
+echo -e "Language: $RED$LCODE"$ENDCOLOR
 echo ""
 
 if [ ! -z $TRUNK ]; then
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ done
 for BRANCH in $TRUNK $BRANCHES; do
 	SVNDIR=$BRANCH
 	DIR="$PREFIX-$BRANCH"
-	echo -e "Merging: $BLUE$BRANCH"; tput sgr0
+	echo -e "Merging: $BLUE$BRANCH"$ENDCOLOR
 	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 $GREEN"File is translated."; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $GREEN"File is translated."$ENDCOLOR
 				if [ -f $DIR"/"`basename $dir`"."$LCODE".po" ]; then
-					echo -e $GREEN"Removing from $DIR."; tput sgr0
+					echo -e $GREEN"Removing from $DIR."$ENDCOLOR
 					rm -f $file
 				fi
 			else
 				if [ -f "$DIR/"`basename $dir`".$LCODE.po" ]; then
-					echo -e $BLUE"Merging:"; tput sgr0
+					echo -e $BLUE"Merging:"$ENDCOLOR
 					$MSGMERGE -U -v $file $dir"/"`basename $dir`".pot"
 					rm -f $file~
 				else
-					echo -e $RED"Copying:"; tput sgr0
+					echo -e $RED"Copying:"$ENDCOLOR
 					cp $dir"/"$LCODE".po" $file
 				fi
 			fi
 		else
 			if [ ! -f $file ]; then
-				echo -e $RED"No po file in repository. Running msginit."; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"No po file in repository. Running msginit."$ENDCOLOR
 				echo "$dir"
 				$MSGINIT -i "$dir/`basename $dir`.pot" -o $file
 			else
-				echo -e $RED"No po file in repository. Found file in workspace."; tput sgr0
+				echo -e $RED"No po file in repository. Found file in workspace."$ENDCOLOR
 			fi
 		fi
 		echo ""
 	done
 done
-echo -ne $GREEN"Finished."; tput sgr0; echo " "
+echo -e $GREEN"Finished."$ENDCOLOR