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TEXTCOLORS(1G)  —  Silicon Graphics

NAME

textcolors − set the colors used by a text window

SYNOPSIS

textcolors textc backgroundc highlightc cursorc

DESCRIPTION

There a four color indexes associated with each text window.  textcolors sets the color index to be used for printed text, the background, highlighted text, and the cursor.  The color indexes given must be between 0 and 255. 

EXAMPLE

textcolors 0 7 4 4

Let’s assume that color index 0 is black, 7 is white and 4 is blue.  This command will make text print black on a white background.  Highlighted text and the cursor will be displayed in blue. 

Version 2.5r1  —  October 29, 1986

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