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SubjectRe: background colors on console
On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 07:47:27AM -0600, Jon Mitchell wrote:

>
> I hope this question makes since to someone. We have a custom application
> that uses what we have been calling high intensity background colors.
> It's what in DOS happens when you turn off blink mode. Another example of
> where it works is if you use Powerterm in vt420 mode, you can achieve
> these colors by turning off blink. The line that would be blinking in our
> app then becomes a more defined color.
>
> Anyways, I'd like to use linux boxs as the dumb terminal to this
> application (which also runs on a linux box), however I can't seem to make
> high intensity background colors work on the linux console. Does anyone
> know what I'm talking about? I can post the color sequences I do know
> about as well as where these sequences would be on a relisys tube for
> comparison if that would help.
>
> Thanks for any assistance!

SVGATextMode will allow you to toggle the bits in the VGA setup to turn
off blink mode (which allows you to use high-intensity background
colours). \033[5m which previously enabled foreground blinking will
then enable high intensity backgrounds.

From /etc/TextConfig on my machine:

---

#############################################################################
#
# The "16color" option changes the default text console from 8 colors plus
# blinking to 16 colors (what used to be blinking is now highlighted)
#

Option "16color"

---

Simon-

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