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Article #1850Re: What is special about recenter
From: Alan M. Carroll
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1991 16:50
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1991 16:50
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In article <RUTT.91Aug15191459@aztec.asd.sgi.com>, rutt@aztec.asd.sgi.com (John Ruttenberg) writes: > It seems to be the only way I can make screen color changes take effect. > You'd thing that flash-screen would do it, but no. Only recenter seems to fix > things after: It's not recenter per se, but redisplaying the screen. Unfortunately, flash-screen simple calculates a bit mask based on the current foreground / background colors, and xors that with the contents of the screen twice. It doesn't actually redisplay anything. If you change colors and move the cursor, you'll notice the characters you go over change. -- Alan M. Carroll <-- Another casualty of applied metaphysics Epoch Development Team Urbana Il. "I hate shopping with the reality-impaired" - Susan
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc7ee,2884f359167bea1b X-Google-Attributes: gidfc7ee,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-08-16 12:31:40 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!wupost!m.cs.uiuc.edu!uiucdcs!carroll From: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll) Newsgroups: gnu.epoch.misc Subject: Re: What is special about recenter Message-ID: <1991Aug16.165036.8663@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 16 Aug 91 16:50:36 GMT References: <RUTT.91Aug15191459@aztec.asd.sgi.com> Sender: news@m.cs.uiuc.edu (News Database (admin-Mike Schwager)) Distribution: gnu.epoch.misc Organization: Technophiles Inc. - Engineers with Attitude Lines: 16 Nntp-Posting-Host: ash.cs.uiuc.edu