Re: dos colors

["Francisco A. Barrau" fbarrau@xxxxxxxx]

Me too, if posible. Thanks very much.
    Francisco Barrau

----- Original Message -----
From: J. R. Fox 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: dos colors


> cld@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Quoting "J. R. Fox" :
> >
> > > There are a lot of color settings that can be changed within Xy itself
. . .
> > > or are we talking about a laptop, where there may be much less control
over
> > > this?
> >
> > VPT offers fine control over colors that Xy/DOS lacks, yet the two
coexist
> > peacefully. What you do is establish basic color settings (B&W or close
to it)
> > in Xy, then knock yourself out in VPT. When you arrive at a color
scheme that's
> > satisfactory, VPT will save it to disk as a 49-byte file which can be
loaded
> > from the DOS prompt or the CMline. You can have customized schemes for
> > different users, lighting conditions or personal moods. When I'm
feeling
> > nostalgic I issue VPT GREEN for good ol' phosphorescent green
text on a
> > black ground, with splashes of red and white on the CMline just because
I can.
> > (The VPT CMline interface isn't in the public U2, but I'll post the
frame if
> > anyone is interested. If anyone wants my Xy ;PR; color settings, I'll
send
> > those as well.) Although VPT was designed for CRTs, I've used it to
pleasing
> > effect with laptop screens as well.
>
> Good info to have. Thanx, Carl.  And yes, I too would be interested in
that VPT
> helpframe, and in seeing your PR color settings, at least for comparison.
>
> Jordan
>