Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Nov 1999 12:51:46 -0500 | From | Simon Kirby <> | Subject | Re: background colors on console |
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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:
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############################################################################# # # 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"
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Simon-
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