Can you have black on white standard windows?

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4 total messages Started by David Keber Mon, 10 May 1993 06:15

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Author: David Keber
Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 06:15

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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?

Sorry if this is a FAQ,
Dave

Re: Can you have black on white standard windows?

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

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Author: Steven Hayes
Date: Mon, 10 May 1993 23:33

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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?

You can use ANSI escape codes to change the colour of the prompt and the text
in the window, although changing the colour of normal text may only completely 
update the screen if you type 'cls'. 

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

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Author: David Charlap
Date: Wed, 12 May 1993 00:29

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In article <1993May10.061507.85@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> david-keber@uiowa.edu 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?

Replace your PROMPT statement in config.sys and autoexec.bat to read:

SET PROMPT=$e[0;30;47m$p$g

Or something similar (replace the "$p$g" part with your favorite
prompt text).

Note that you'll need ANSI support active.  This is by default for
OS/2 windows.  For DOS boxes, include a

	DEVICE=\OS2\MDOS\ANSI.SYS /X

in your config.sys.

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