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Article #982using QuickHelp with mono-VGA monitor [re: QuickHelp help]
From: Pean Lim
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1989 18:06
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1989 18:06
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> When running Quick Help in a PM text window using a monochrome VGA
> monitor any (would-be) green text (e.g., for denoting a function's
> parameters) does not show up against the black client window's
> background. There does not seem to be a command line option for
> specifying colors to be used.
>
> Another (less serious) problem: menu items do not get
> highlighted/ unhilighted correctly as you run the mouse over them.
Sigh. I found an embarrassingly simple fix. Instead of starting
QuickHelp directly and depending on color -> grayscale translation,
the following procedure works for my Model 55SX/Tandy monochrome VGA
monitor:
1. start an OS/2 command interpreter (in text-window or fullscreen)
2. type "MODE BW80"
3. start QuickHelp
Packaging these steps in a .CMD file and adding it to "Start
Programs" makes it a painless procedure. Hope this is of help to
someone else.
-- Pean
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