setcolor(1) —
NAME
setcolor − set screen color
SYNOPSIS
setcolor [ −brgfopcs ] argument [ ,argument ]
DESCRIPTION
The setcolor utility allows the user to set various parameters on a color display, including foreground and background colors, overscan and reverse video colors, bell characteristics, and hardware scrolling. A range of 16 colors can be used for the foreground color; a range of 8 colors can be used for the background color. Invoking setcolor with no arguments produces a usage message and displays the 16 available colors.
The available colors that can be specified to setcolor are:
| blue | magenta | brown | black |
| lblue | lmagenta | yellow | grey |
| cyan | white | green | red |
| lcyan | lwhite | lgreen | lred |
Arguments:
−b color Set the background to the specified color where color is a string taken from the above list.
−r color [, color]
Set the reverse video characters’ foreground color to the first color. If a second choice is specified, set the reverse video characters’ background to the specified color.
−g color [,color]
Set the graphics characters’ foreground color to the first color. If a second choice is specified, set the graphics characters’ background to the second color.
Set the foreground to the first color. If a second choice is specified,
set the background to the second color.
Set the overscan (screen border) color to the specified color.
−p frequency duration
Set the frequency and duration of the bell. The duration is specified in 1/10th-second increments. The frequency is the period in microseconds.
−c top bottom
Set the top and bottom scan lines of the cursor. Depending on the font being displayed, the size of the cursor could be 8, 14, or 16 scan lines.
−s on/off Set the hardware scrolling feature to be on or off. The display(7) driver provides for hardware-assisted scrolling on CGA, EGA, and VGA displays for better output performance. The standard system is shipped with hardware scrolling turned off. This option to setcolor allows the user to turn hardware scrolling on when desired.
Notes
The setcolor utility functions only on display devices capable of supporting the ANSI escape sequences for color codes. It generally displays the message:
setcolor: unsupported terminal type
when run on unsupported hardware.
SEE ALSO
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This entry, supplied by INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, is an extension of UNIX System V.
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