plim@Teknowledge.COM (Pean Lim) (12/20/89)
When running Quick Help in a PM text window using a monochrome VGA monitor any (would-be) green text (e.g., for denoting a function's parameters) does not show up against the black client window's background. There does not seem to be a command line option for specifying colors to be used. Another (less serious) problem: menu items do not get highlighted/ unhilighted correctly as you run the mouse over them. Can anyone suggest solutions to either problem? Thanks. -- Pean
plim@Teknowledge.COM (Pean Lim) (12/25/89)
> When running Quick Help in a PM text window using a monochrome VGA > monitor any (would-be) green text (e.g., for denoting a function's > parameters) does not show up against the black client window's > background. There does not seem to be a command line option for > specifying colors to be used. > > Another (less serious) problem: menu items do not get > highlighted/ unhilighted correctly as you run the mouse over them. Sigh. I found an embarrassingly simple fix. Instead of starting QuickHelp directly and depending on color -> grayscale translation, the following procedure works for my Model 55SX/Tandy monochrome VGA monitor: 1. start an OS/2 command interpreter (in text-window or fullscreen) 2. type "MODE BW80" 3. start QuickHelp Packaging these steps in a .CMD file and adding it to "Start Programs" makes it a painless procedure. Hope this is of help to someone else. -- Pean INTERNET: plim@Teknowledge.COM USENET: {uunet|ucbvax|sun|decwrl}!Teknowledge.COM!plim US MAIL: Pean Lim Knowledge Systems Division Cimflex Teknowledge Corporation 1810 Embarcadero Rd. PO Box 10119 Palo Alto, CA 94303 TEL: (415) 424-0500 x488