Re: Mixed up colors

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Carl,

Thanks, this does it: "For any numbered MoDe M, the
Fg color is the remainder after dividing M by 16; and the Bg color is
the quotient."

The crucial point is that what the fg and the bg number will be is
determined by the rgb setting in config.txt--*with the position of that rgb
setting in the sequence determining which rgb setting the remainder and the
quotient will use*.


So, if the first rgb triple is (0,0,0) and a MoDe number has a remainder of
zero, then its foreground will be black, because the first triple
represents VGA color 0.


I struggled. Robert would be pround

Regards,
Harry


> 23:57:21 -0400
>
> Harry,
>
> > On the screen colors, it looks like mode 0 sets the background for
> > both the CMline and MD NM. Any way to pry those apart?
>
> MoDe 0 corresponds to the DOS background color, not necessarily to the
> color of any screen element in XyWrite. But the short answer to your
> question is Yes. In SETTINGS.DFL, play with the first two values of
> default L1, and with the first three values of default L2. (If you
> display the ruler, you may also need to adjust the values of default
> L3.)
>
> For reference, here's a list of the color controls available in
> defaults L0 - L4 (source: Signature: Making the Transition) -- L1, L2
> and, possibly, L3 being the ones that are relevant to your question:
>
> L0 (Menu Bar Color Control)
> df L0=i,h,a,b
> -------------
> i items in menu bar
> h highlighted menu item
> a accelerator character
> b background color of menu bar
>
> L1 (Command Line Color Control)
> df L1=c,t,w,f
> -------------
> c current path
> t text on CMline
> w wildcards
> f functions
>
> L2 (Status Line Color Control)
> df L2=l,m,b,o,s
> ---------------
> l field labels and indicators (path, window number, date, etc.)
> m prompt messages
> b background color of fields (path, window number, date, etc.)
> o color for prompts requiring a user response
> s color for warning prompts
>
> L3 (Ruler Line Color Control)
> df L3=d,c,m,t
> -------------
> d color for dots and numbers on ruler line
> c color for cursor on ruler line
> m tab indicators on ruler line
> t color of dot indicating active column in a table
>
> L4 (Pulldown Menus, Dialog Box, and Help Screen Color Control)
> df L4=i,h,a,d,b
> ---------------
> i color of available items in pulldown menus, dialog boxes, Help
> screens
> h color for highlighted pulldown menu item
> a color for accelerator character in each menu item
> d color for dimmer (unavailable) items in pulldown menu
> b color for highlighted item in list box
>
> Also, for a discussion of the relationship between DOS colors (0-F
> hex), XyWrite MoDes (0-255) and vDos config.txt color settings, see my
> post from 19 November 2015:
>
> http://www.freelists.org/post/xywrite/vDosXy-color-modes,22
>
> --
> Carl Distefano
> cld@xxxxxxxx