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Date:	Sat, 17 Aug 2002 11:37:14 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
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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Thanks,

I have that book and I overlooked it!
HCM
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leganii@surfree.com wrote:
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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')
>
> >
> > .................
> >
> > 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"
> >
> > .............................
> --
>
> Regards,
> Dallas E. Legan II / leganii@surfree.com / dallasii@kincyb.com
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