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Re: selection color under executor



>>>>> "zinc" == zinc  <zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu> writes:

    zinc> it's been a long time since i've asked a question here and
    zinc> this one has piqued my mind enough lately.

    zinc> is it possible to change the color used by programs such as
    zinc> Word or KaleidaGraph for selected text?  on my system the
    zinc> default is a bright yellow which isn't too bad but i usually
    zinc> like more mellow colors.

    zinc> this is with E/L 1.99q7 (ELF) Linux 1.3.70 X-Windows

On a Mac the highlighting color is stored as a 6-byte RGB value at
address 0xDA0.  Executor sets that to R:G:B = 0xFFFF:0xFFFF:0x0000 by
default (bright yellow).  There's no reason that value couldn't be
adjusted, but there's also no code in Executor to let you do that.  I
suppose we could add a command-line switch, but personally I'd rather
not clutter up the list of Executor switches any more.

Someone could probably write a desk accessory to let you change this
value.  Since you're using Linux, I suppose you could change the value
of the memory locations holding the highlight color in gdb.  Heh.

-Mat


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