ARPUS/ce, Version 2.6.2 (03/14/05) (SCCS 1.8) _______________________________________________________________________________ wdc <n> <background color> <foreground color> "window default color" DESCRIPTION: This command defines a series of background/foreground color combinations that are cycled through as new ce windows are created. 'wdc' commands are placed in your key definitions file (even though the 'wdc' commands are not really key definitions). <n> must be an integer between 1 and 12. An example set of wdc commands might look like this: wdc 1 navy seagreen1 wdc 2 lightblue black wdc 3 white black wdc 4 brown wheat wdc 5 midnightblue wheat wdc 6 '#6F4EB7' white wdc 7 '#4B006000E200' white wdc 8 gray20 GreenYellow wdc 9 TekHVC:265.0/20.0/35 wheat # Hue 0-360, Value 0-100, Chroma 0-100 wdc 10 '#730039' wheat wdc 11 '#2F005A0041A5' white wdc 12 firebrick white Color names with embedded blanks must be enclosed in quotes. Color values specified in hexadecimal must be preceded with a pound sign and enclosed in quotes. Not all numbers in the 1 to 12 sequence need be present and gaps in the numbers are allowed. When the list is used, unused slots are squeezed out. If either or both colors are omitted from the command, the default of white or black is used for that color. The wdc command with no arguments dumps the current color list to the output message window. Color specifications provided on the command line or via an X resource override wdc specifications. If the wdc command does not appear to be working, use the shell command "xrdb -q" to display the current X resources if they were loaded with "xrdb -load <file>". Look for any resources of the "form *.foreground : color". If these are found, change your .Xdefaults file to contain "Ce.background : " and "Ce.foreground : ". These lines will provide null values for these resources in Ce and allow wdc to work. On HP machines the resources are found in $HOME/.vue/sessions/home/vue.resources. NOTE: The wdc color information is in a property hung off the Root window of your display. Every 'wdc' command appends to this property. Thus if you are playing around executing 'wdc' commands, and then do a 'wdc' with no arguments to see what you have, you will see some lines multiple times. The last instance of a line shown is the one used. Also, to clear out all the wdc's, execute 'wdc -1'. RELATED HELP FILES: bgc (Background Color) fgc (Foreground Color) fl (Font Load) geo (Window Geometry) lineno (Line Numbers) rs (Refresh Screen) rw (Refresh Window) wdf (Window Default Geo) commands (List of Commands) keyboard (common keys) xresources (X resources & args) support (customer support) _______________________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 2005, Robert Styma Consulting. All rights reserved.