aw1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Adam C. Duncan) (07/25/89)
I posted some time ago about my experience with the ReverseScreen INIT. I have had no responses, so I thought I'd bring it up again. I want to write a hack that will allow me to change the windows in the Finder to Black. That is I want to be able to have Black windows with white type. Icons on Black etc.. I would also like to have the chooser window to be white on Black. Note, ReverseScreen does this but it doesn't handle text very well in many instances. You can't read anything in many windows under the current ReverseScreen. I was also thinking of making the windows a shade of grey. I don't like the white windows in the Finder and other places too.(more) Chris Derossi was able to bring color icons into the finder. It seems to me that the windows could be changed as well. I'm not sure how to approach the creation of this type of INIT so any guidlines or suggestions on how to go about it would be great. Thanx for any and all replies. Keep Hacking.. ***************************************************************** * Adam C. Duncan aw1j@andrew.cmu.edu * * Carnegie Mellon University (412)268-5366 * * GSIA Computing Group (412)268-2276 * * * *****************************************************************
Greg@AppleLink.Apple.Com (Greggy) (07/26/89)
In article <gYn7QXy00WB7IMRHAh@andrew.cmu.edu> aw1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Adam C. Duncan) writes: > ...I want to write a hack that will > allow me to change the windows in the Finder to Black. > That is I want to be able to have Black windows with white > type. Icons on Black etc.. I would also like to have the > chooser window to be white on Black. ... Try this: Write a patch to NewWindow or OpenPort or InitPort (I don't know which) that sets the foreground color to white and the background to black (just the opposite of normal). Make it only affect windows when curAppName is 'Finder'. Who knows, maybe this'll work... :-) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Greg Marriott + AppleLink: Greg + + Just Some Guy + + + "My phone is always busy" + Internet: Greg@AppleLink.Apple.Com + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Apple Computer, Inc. + + 20525 Mariani Ave, MS-46z, Cupertino, CA 95014 + + (408)974-busy + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) (07/27/89)
I don't know about now, but I tried this once way back on a 128k Mac ( that's RAM size, not ROM size :-) ), and it didn't work. I didn't go so far as to patch any traps - I just changed existing windows in TMON, and then got them to need updating. On the other hand, maybe I screwed up. Maybe the best way to get inverse video is to just diddle with the signals to the monitor? Anyone know what you would have to do to get this to work? Tim Smith
davidl@intelob.intel.com (David Levine) (07/27/89)
In article <gYn7QXy00WB7IMRHAh@andrew.cmu.edu> aw1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (Adam C. Duncan) writes: > ...I want to write a hack that will > allow me to change the windows in the Finder to Black. > That is I want to be able to have Black windows with white > type. Icons on Black etc.. I would also like to have the > chooser window to be white on Black. ... Here's another suggestion, although I've never tried it myself... Try the Kolor or Colorizer INIT/cdev, which lets you set the color of various parts of your interface (on a color Mac II). I recently saw someone* using a hard disk that normally runs on a Mac II with an SE/30. On the Mac II, his title bars are dark blue with light blue stripes; on the SE/30, they were black with white stripes. (It looked very odd!) If you can convince Kolor to work on your monochrome Mac, you might be able to set the window background color to black. This would affect all applications, not just the Finder. Hope this helps. David D. Levine BBBBBBBBB IIII IIII NNN NNNN TM Senior Technical Writer BBBB BBBB iiii iiii NNNN NNNN BBBBBBBBB IIII IIII NNNNNNNNN UUCP: ...[!uunet]!tektronix!biin!davidl BBBB BBBB IIII IIII NNNN NNNN MX-Internet: <davidl@intelob.intel.com> BBBBBBBBB IIII IIII NNNN NNN ARPA: <@iwarp.intel.com:davidl@intelob.intel.com> * It was Brian Seligmann, if anyone cares...
v6dy@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (07/28/89)
The BCS CD-ROM has an application on it called Reverse Screen, Though I'm
not sure if it is the same as the INIT discussed in the first posting on this
topic. I've used it to lessen eye strain while using my SE, and find that it
produces very readable fonts, even in small sizes. Unfortunately, the
tendancy of lit pixels to bleed into dark ones can cause slight blurriness
in some of the "Thinner" fonts on the Mac.
I can't say anything about using Gray Scales, as the SE on my desk at
work is a pure stock machine.
Will Middelaer
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