Using Color - IBM VGB26 Installation And Operating Information

1.3 Using Color

You can control the terminals display colors. You may choose color
settings to match your software, to emulate another terminal, or to
suit your preference. Depending on the settings you choose, for each
session you can assign colors for various text uses and defined a map
of 16 colors (8 text and 8 background) from a larger palette of 4096
colors. Changes in color selections become visible upon entering new
text and when the screen is refreshed.
If you want to . . .
Let your application specify
text colors by using ANSI SGR
sequences
Display text attributes (bold,
reverse, blink, and underline)
in different colors
Emulate WYSE 325 color
Emulate the appearance of a
monochrome ASCII terminal
Installation and Set-Up
1.3 Using Color
From the Color submenu in Set-Up,
choose . . .
Select color mode ANSI SGR color.
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Use Assign colors . . . to choose the
default text and background colors from a
map of 16 colors. The default background
color is black (00 on the scale).
Use Define colors . . . to make fine
adjustments to individual colors or
background.
Select color mode Alternate color.
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Then, choose Alternate text colors . . . to
assign colors to each combination.
Use Define colors . . . to make fine
adjustments to individual colors or
background.
ASCII color mode Color. Use WYSE
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325 keystroke functions,
Ctrl 0
to select from the color palette.
ASCII color mode Mono.
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