Re: XyDOS Window box colours

[Leslie Bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

Myron Gochnauer wrote:'
 
> Can and would anyone explain the interaction between XyWrite's management of
> colour (text, CM, etc.) and WinXP's management of colours in a DOS box? I
> used to think that XyWrite overrode Windows settings (unless you shelled to
> DOS), but now...

Not me. Works fine in full screen--that's all I know.
 
> I browsed around looking for an original, plain-vanilla XyWrite display
> file, but couldn't find one. Can anyone point me to an "original"? My
> disks are hidden somewhere in the basement.

Here's default.dsp. I believe this is the original dsp. file. I could
also attach one called color.dsp. They have the same dates, so I assume
they're both originals. Let me know if you want that one, too.

> Is there a WinXP DOS box setting for "out-of-the-box, default, untweaked DOS
> 6.0 screen colors"?

I have no idea.

--
Leslie Bialler, Columbia University Press
lb136@xxxxxxxx
> http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup

;PR;
;General plan:
; Normal text is gray.
; Italic text is green.
; Underline text is blue.
;
; Bold text is a brighter version (usually) of its counterpart.
;
; Normal background is blue.
; Superscript background is magenta.
; Subscript background is orange or brown.
; Strikethru (Redlining) background is red.
; Insert (Redlining) background is green.
; Reverse (Forms) background is gray.
;
; Select text background is black, or it reverses to another background.

; The DD variable for selecting text is set to 16. Setting to
; a factor of 2 gives the most flexibility.
;
; Establish color settings
; L0 - L4 establish header/menu colors
DF L0=113,71,116,121
DF L1=113,31,78,29
DF L2=27,30,23,14,78
DF L3=19,33,27,26
DF L4=113,71,116,120,64
;
; Window border colors (active,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,labels,triangles,tabs,graphic view mode)
DF BX=31,23,23,23,23,23,23,23,23,23,32,30,23,240
;
; CR x,y,z sets cursor values
; x=standard
; y=edit cursor with dialog box (as spell menu)
; z=mouse cursor
;DF CR=0,112,88
DF CR=0,199,102,4
;
; DD is number used to compute display of defined text
; Defined text does not display in this mode number
DF DD=16
;
; PK is color for visible page breaks
DF PK=23
;
; Display modes
; Normal settings
MD NM=23
MD BO=31
MD UL=19
MD BU=27
MD IT=26
MD BI=30
MD RV=113
MD BR=121
MD SU=87
MD SD=96
;
; Delete modes (Redlining)
MD DN=71
MD DB=79
MD DU=67
MD DI=74
MD DO=78
MD DL=75
MD DS=77
MD DD=76
MD DR=116
;
; Insert modes (Redlining)
MD IN=40
MD IB=47
MD IU=41
MD II=42
MD IO=46
MD IR=114
MD IL=43
MD IV=122
MD IS=37
MD ID=44
;
; Flashing modes (add 128 to mode number)
MD FL=151
MD FU=147
MD FR=241
MD SO=159
;
; Footnotes
MD FN=20
;
; Display modes for which MD numbers must be reassigned. Numbers set equal to themselves are for
resetting when returning from another kind of hardware:
;COLOR
;Italic subscript
MD 207=98
;Italic superscript
MD 215=82
;Redline delete reverse
MD 219=116
;Bold italic underscore
MD 220=62
;Italic underscore
MD 221=58
;Superscript
MD 229=229
;Subscript forms
MD 235=124
;Subscript underscore
MD 237=105
;Bold subscript
MD 238=111
;Superscript forms
MD 243=106
;Superscript underscore
MD 245=81
;Bold Superscript
MD 246=95
;
;MD 1=1
;MD 2=2
;MD 3=3
;MD 4=4
;MD 5=5
;MD 6=6
;MD 7=7
;MD 8=8
;MD 9=9
;MD 10=10
;MD 11=11
;MD 12=12
;MD 13=13
;MD 14=14
;MD 15=15
;MD 16=16
;MD 17=17
;MD 18=18
;MD 19=19
;MD 20=20
;MD 21=21
;MD 22=22
;MD 23=23
;MD 24=24
;MD 25=25
;MD 26=26
;MD 27=27
;MD 28=28
;MD 29=29
;MD 30=30
;MD 31=31
;MD 32=32
;MD 33=33
;MD 34=34
;MD 35=35
;MD 36=36
;MD 37=37
;MD 38=38
;MD 39=39
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;MD 93=93
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;MD 95=95
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;MD 99=99
;MD 100=100
;MD 101=101
;MD 102=102
;MD 103=103
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;MD 108=108
;MD 109=109
;MD 110=110
;MD 111=111
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;MD 113=113
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;MD 115=115
;MD 116=116
;MD 117=117
;MD 118=118
;MD 119=119
;MD 120=120
;MD 121=121
;MD 122=122
;MD 123=123
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;MD 127=127
;MD 128=128
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;MD 136=136
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;MD 150=150
;MD 151=151
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;MD 161=161
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;MD 165=165
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;MD 167=167
;MD 168=168
;MD 169=169
;MD 170=170
;MD 171=171
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;MD 176=176
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;MD 178=178
;MD 179=179
;MD 180=180
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;MD 184=184
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;MD 186=186
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;MD 256=256