Re: Can you have black on white standard windows?

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From: Steve Luzynski
Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 22:33

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In article <1993May10.061507.85@news.weeg.uiowa.edu>,
  dkeber@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (David Keber) writes:
>The default color for all windows in OS/2 is white text on a black background.
>I find this very hard on the eyes.  Is there a way to permanently change this
>so every window is opened with black text (or another color) on a white
>background?

The easiest way is to use the PROMPT command to set the colors. The added
advantage there is that the colors get reset at every prompt, so you'll
always have your preferred scheme.

If you're using 4DOS, you can type 'color black on white' to get the same
effect. :)

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Subject: Re: Can you have black on white standard windows?
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