acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) (05/13/91)
i finished putting a menubar inside my window and would like to know how to change the color of the apple. chances are i can't get the multi-color apple but a color besides the default (which i think is purple or the like) would be nice. albert
dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) (05/14/91)
In article <3558@kluge.fiu.edu> acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes: >i finished putting a menubar inside my window and would like to know how to >change the color of the apple. chances are i can't get the multi-color apple >but a color besides the default (which i think is purple or the like) would >be nice. > >albert There's no option for recoloring the standard "@" Apple menu title. The funky colors come from the Menu Manager playing with the SCBs of the first several scan lines, making them use color tables other than number zero. When you have an Apple menu in some other menu bar, it's getting drawn with 640-mode color 1, which shows up as purple (in the standard [dithered] color table). If you want a black Apple, you can use character $14 instead of "@"...this is a small solid-Apple character in Shaston 8. Unfortunately, it isn't nearly as big or pretty as the Menu Manager's Apple symbol. -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II System Software Engineer | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie:DAVE.LYONS CompuServe:72177,3233 Internet:dlyons@apple.com My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (05/16/91)
In article <3558@kluge.fiu.edu> acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes: >i finished putting a menubar inside my window and would like to know how to >change the color of the apple. chances are i can't get the multi-color apple >but a color besides the default (which i think is purple or the like) would >be nice. > >albert As Dave already said, the Apple menu symbol is always drawn in color #1, and the Menu Manager changes color #1 at the top of the screen so the Apple logo looks correct. However, this can mask a more subtle problem -- there really should be only one Apple menu per desktop. It's a special menu, and I've seen people really really confused by WriteIt!, which has the Apple menu in the DA window. They wanted to know what the difference was between the two menus, and why was one one color, and what happened to DAs they opened with the WriteIt! menu when they closed WriteIt!, and why they needed two of them. The answer to the last one is "You don't need two of them." CK just put it in to see if it was possible, and he left it in because he didn't want to take it out. CK describes himself as having the human-interface savvy of a defense department manual, and will happily point out that you should _not)_ follow his lead on human interface matters. -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Developer Technical | The opinions expressed herein are Support, Apple Computer, Inc. | not those of Apple Computer, and Personal mail only, please. Thanks. | shame on you for thinking otherwise. ============================================================================
acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) (05/21/91)
In article <52938@apple.Apple.COM> mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) writes: ]In article <3558@kluge.fiu.edu> acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes: ]]i finished putting a menubar inside my window and would like to know how to ]]change the color of the apple. chances are i can't get the multi-color apple ]]but a color besides the default (which i think is purple or the like) would ]]be nice. ]] ]]albert ] ]As Dave already said, the Apple menu symbol is always drawn in color #1, and ]the Menu Manager changes color #1 at the top of the screen so the Apple logo ]looks correct. ] ]However, this can mask a more subtle problem -- there really should be only ]one Apple menu per desktop. It's a special menu, and I've seen people really ]really confused by WriteIt!, which has the Apple menu in the DA window. They ]wanted to know what the difference was between the two menus, and why was one ]one color, and what happened to DAs they opened with the WriteIt! menu when ]they closed WriteIt!, and why they needed two of them. ] ]The answer to the last one is "You don't need two of them." CK just put it ]in to see if it was possible, and he left it in because he didn't want to ]take it out. CK describes himself as having the human-interface savvy of ]a defense department manual, and will happily point out that you should _not)_ ]follow his lead on human interface matters. ] ]-- ]============================================================================ ]Matt Deatherage, Developer Technical | The opinions expressed herein are ]Support, Apple Computer, Inc. | not those of Apple Computer, and ]Personal mail only, please. Thanks. | shame on you for thinking otherwise. ]============================================================================ yes, matt, you're completely correct. however, the situation will never arise where i have two apples since i don't even use the system menu bar for my SYS application. albert
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (05/22/91)
In article <3598@kluge.fiu.edu> acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes: > >yes, matt, you're completely correct. however, the situation will never >arise where i have two apples since i don't even use the system menu >bar for my SYS application. > >albert Window menu bars but no system menu bar? Ack. This doesn't sound very friendly to me. Why are you doing this? -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Developer Technical | The opinions expressed herein are Support, Apple Computer, Inc. | not those of Apple Computer, and Personal mail only, please. Thanks. | shame on you for thinking otherwise. ^^^^^^^^ Technical questions are not personal. Please post them instead. ============================================================================