Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!ogre!mr From: mr@ogre (Michael Regoli) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Color Schemes (was Re: best colors set up?) Message-ID: <9311@cica.cica.indiana.edu> Date: 2 Jan 91 15:10:51 GMT References: <9126@cica.cica.indiana.edu> Sender: news@cica.cica.indiana.edu Lines: 29 In tony@mantis.co.uk (Tony Lezard) writes: >mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli) writes: >>While we're at it, why don't we share some of our own "schemes?" >>For example, here's one of mine: >> >>MR=80,408000,FFFFFF,0,FFFFFF,0,804000,408080,FFFFFF,808080,808040,0,818181 >> >>It's loosely based on the "Ocean" scheme... >> >>To install it, place the line into your \windows\control.ini under the >>[color schemes] section. (You'll have to quit Windows and restart to >>be able to select it from the control panel/colors menu.) >No you don't! I was able to install it simply by swiping the mouse over the >line above and editing control.ini in another window and pasting the text. >As soon as the file is written the scheme is available from the control panel. >Hmm... not too bad... Not too bad at all. Sorry about misleading everyone. I just *assumed* Windows behaved in normal non-dynamic DOS brain-damaged ways. (I guess you can tell I've been using DOS too, too long... :-) -- michael regoli mr@cica.cica.indiana.edu regoli@iubacs.bitnet ...rutgers!iuvax!cica!mr