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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Color changing
Message-ID: <2055@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 11:27:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2055
Posted: Mon Jun 29 11:27:01 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 30-Jun-87 06:43:00 EDT
References: <8706200021.AA20205@cogsci.berkeley.edu> <1609@stb.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1609@stb.UUCP> michael@stb.UUCP (Michael) writes:
>In article <8706200021.AA20205@cogsci.berkeley.edu> bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt) writes:
>><esc>[43m
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>>40-47 sets the background color (numbers 44-47 wrap back to the same 4 colors)
>>30-37 sets the character color.
>
>I tried this, and discovered some things...
>
>1. If you only set the background color, it only changes the background where
>characters are displayed.
True, by design the console.device only writes where you tell it to :-)
Easiest way to put the screen into the new color is to clear it.
(control-L will do it)
It brings up new lines of background color when it scrolls so
this works well.

>2. If you change the forground color, then it puts a blank line of the
>background color on the line before anything is printed.
I don't see this...if I change the foreground color it seems to
take effect immediately.
>
>Anyone at commodore care to comment why? (I'm just curious)
>			Michael
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