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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: 2.0 questions
Message-ID: <12345@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 6 Jun 90 04:57:24 GMT
References: <51010@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <51010@ames.arc.nasa.gov> smithwik@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (R. Michael Smithwick -- FSN) writes:
>One problem I've been having with 2.0 is the allocation of the colors
>for the new interface look. The  main background color which is supposed
>to be light, is color 0. Trouble is, color 0 is also used for the
>nether regions of the screen. Hence in Distant Suns, I have a nice black
>stellar display surrounded by a nice BRIGHT gray border. No good! It
>completely ruins the effect since the program is supposed to be viewed
>in a dark room. 
>
>Is there a way to reassign the color used by the overscan regions to map
>the the NewLook BLACK, or is there a way to reassign the colors used 
>by the new graphics so I can put the black back at color 0.

	Well, maybe peter or jimm have better ideas, but I'll give a try.
I would suggest opening a screen of your own, where you can control the
colors.  If you want to keep a good-looking newlook, just specify in your
tags the pens that are to be used for the newlook on your screen.
(SA_something, check intuition/screens.h).

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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