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(Misc Variables): Add example for setting EMACSCOLORS on MS-DOS.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 03 Mar 2001 22:14:27 +0000
parents 3f0def4a4210
children ea96fad2da67
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470 The value of this variable should be the two-character encoding of the 470 The value of this variable should be the two-character encoding of the
471 foreground (the first character) and the background (the second 471 foreground (the first character) and the background (the second
472 character) colors of the default face. Each character should be the 472 character) colors of the default face. Each character should be the
473 hexadecimal code for the desired color on a standard PC text-mode 473 hexadecimal code for the desired color on a standard PC text-mode
474 display. 474 display. For example, to get blue text on a lightgray backgraound,
475 specify @samp{EMACSCOLORS=17}, since 1 is the code of the blue color and
476 7 is the code of the lightgray color.
475 477
476 The PC display usually supports only eight background colors. However, 478 The PC display usually supports only eight background colors. However,
477 Emacs switches the DOS display to a mode where all 16 colors can be used 479 Emacs switches the DOS display to a mode where all 16 colors can be used
478 for the background, so all four bits of the background color are 480 for the background, so all four bits of the background color are
479 actually used. 481 actually used.