screen color

[Nancy Palmquist]

Steven Waters wrote:
> Greetings,
> SCO 5.0.5 - fp 5.0.14 - ANZIO 12.3 - TERM=ansic
> 
> I found a screen in our database that was created in
> October of 1991. When I view the screen I see colors
> all over the place, white text on purple, blue text on cyan, 
> black text on dark yellow, etc.. 
> 
> I read on fptech.net;
> Unix Filepro does not allow you to design a color screen, 
> but it will display a color screen designed under DOS and 
> transferred to Unix.
> 
> Is this statement still true?
> That is, I assume this screen was created in DOS.
> 

It is even weirder than that.  If you are using the color termcap - 
which I see you are - If you set the foreground and background colors 
and reverse text in Unix and then go to define screens, when you update 
the screen the colors currently set are saved as part of the typing.  I 
have used this method to make color screens for my Unix customers. Works 
best if there is not  too much variation in color.

You can make a quick repair to a screen or edit a screen and maintain 
the colors.

Nancy

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