HP T5145 TeemTalk 7.0 User Manual - Page 75

Changing the Screen Background Colour, Changing Text Foreground and Background Colours

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Display Attributes characters normally displayed with the underline attribute to be displayed without the underline, select the Underline (UL) option in the Screen Element list box then uncheck the Underline (UL) option under Active Attribute. The Sample Text box is used to show how the attribute settings currently applied to the selected screen element will appear on the display. The Preferences list box enables you to select additional display options, some of which are terminal emulation specific. For example, the AutoColour Mode option is only applicable to DEC VT terminal emulations and when selected will cause displayed characters to be colour coded according to type (numeric, alphabetic, etc.). Changing the Screen Background Colour To change the colour of the screen background: 1 Select Screen Background in the Screen Element list box. The Sample Text box will show the current colour assigned. 2 Click on the desired colour in either the Foreground or Background colour palettes. The Sample Text box will show the new colour selection. Changing Text Foreground and Background Colours To change text foreground and background colours: 1 In the Screen Element list box, select Normal Text or one of the character with attributes(s) options such as Underline (UL) or IN+UL for inverse+underline (see note below). The Sample Text box will show the current colours assigned. 2 Click on the desired colour for the text character in the Foreground colour palette, and click on the desired colour for the character cell background in the Background colour palette. The Sample Text box will show the new colour selection. Note: Each character attribute and attribute combination has its own colour foreground and background setting. The Normal Text option will only affect text with no attributes. The Attributes Dialog 59

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Display Attributes
The Attributes Dialog
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characters normally displayed with the underline attribute to be
displayed without the underline, select the
Underline (UL)
option in
the
Screen Element
list box then uncheck the
Underline (UL)
option
under
Active Attribute
.
The
Sample Text
box is used to show how the attribute settings
currently applied to the selected screen element will appear on the
display.
The
Preferences
list box enables you to select additional display
options, some of which are terminal emulation specific. For
example, the
AutoColour Mode
option is only applicable to DEC VT
terminal emulations and when selected will cause displayed
characters to be colour coded according to type (numeric,
alphabetic, etc.).
Changing the
Screen Background
Colour
To change the colour of the screen background:
1
Select
Screen Background
in the
Screen Element
list box. The
Sample Text
box will show the current colour assigned.
2
Click on the desired colour in either the
Foreground
or
Back-
ground
colour palettes. The
Sample Text
box will show the new
colour selection.
Changing Text
Foreground and
Background
Colours
To change text foreground and background colours:
1
In the
Screen Element
list box, select
Normal Text
or one of the
character with attributes(s) options such as
Underline (UL)
or
IN+UL
for inverse+underline (see note below). The
Sample Text
box will show the current colours assigned.
2
Click on the desired colour for the text character in the
Fore-
ground
colour palette, and click on the desired colour for the
character cell background in the
Background
colour palette. The
Sample Text
box will show the new colour selection.
Note:
Each character attribute and attribute combination has its
own colour foreground and background setting. The
Normal Text
option will only affect text with no attributes.