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Date:	Sat, 17 Aug 2002 02:40:43 PST7
From:	leganii@surfree.com
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Changing the colors of Commandline Text Rexx

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> Message: B0000364260.MSG # in packet :#21.
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:19:28 PST7
> From: Harry Chris Motin
> Reply-To: scoug-help@scoug.com
> To: scoug-help@scoug.com
> Subject: SCOUG-Help: Changing the colors of Commandline Text Re
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You can get some more info on this on pages 211-214 (Chap. 13) of
'Down To Earth Rexx' by William F. (Bill) Schindler.
(~p. 207 of the earlier edition, 'Teach Yourself Rexx in 21 Days')

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> .................
>
> Does anyone know how to change the colors of the characters in a REXX
> driven commandline session (or know where to get this info)? I'm
> interested in having a REXX script run from the commandline. The script
> will present the user with instructions and a set of choices. I want the
> various choices to be selectable by the user typing in the appropriate
> character. He, or she, selects the right character from a set of
> characters, in the instructions, that are of a different color.
>
> For example, usually the text is white (on a black background) in
> commandline sessions. I would like to select commandline REXX-driven
> options, by selecting from characters that are blue (maybe).
>
>
> Continuing: I know that you can set 2 variables as follows:
>
> White_On_Cyan = "1B"x || "[1;37;45m"
> Ansi_Off = "1B"x || "[0m"
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> .............................
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Regards,
Dallas E. Legan II / leganii@surfree.com / dallasii@kincyb.com

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