curfmanm@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Matthew Curfman) (12/16/90)
A couple of questions:
(1) Is there any sort of init that would allow me to change the default
background colors of the desktop. I know about the Desk Color NDA,
but I want to change the actual pallette, and get rid of those
yucky dithered colors. I want just black, white, the dark blue
like the border color, and yellow. This should be possible, and
I don't care what it might do to the color apple menu. I would like
to have the background the dark blue color, like SNOWTERM does,
but with all of my software.
(2) A school that I am consulting for has a network of GS's. They would
like to use Twilight Companion, which blanks the text screen. Is
there any way to make Twilight Companion to check to see if the old
280x192 graphics mode is on and blank that as well. They use
a lot of the old MECC software, and would like to have the screen
blanked when the students leave the lab for any duration. My under-
standing is that the Twilight CDEV only blanks the GS specific graphics
modes, and Twilight Companion blanks only text screens.
I would appreciate any insight on the above problems!
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Matt Curfman Technovelty. Inc.
curfmanm@prism.cs.orst.edu Oregon State University
OSU says what it says. I say what I say. We don't say the same thing.toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (12/16/90)
curfmanm@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Matthew Curfman) writes: >(1) Is there any sort of init that would allow me to change the default > background colors of the desktop. I know about the Desk Color NDA, > but I want to change the actual pallette, and get rid of those > yucky dithered colors. I want just black, white, the dark blue > like the border color, and yellow. This should be possible, and > I don't care what it might do to the color apple menu. I would like > to have the background the dark blue color, like SNOWTERM does, > but with all of my software. Heh, heh.. I already have an NDA that turns the main desktop to gray scale (no dithering, just four gray levels) but _only_ when you select it. Writing an init or something that works automatically is not too tough but I haven't actually done it before. Mail me so we can discuss the details. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Joel Sumner) (12/20/90)
In article <1990Dec16.071328.6991@usenet@scion.CS.ORST.EDU>, curfmanm@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (Matthew Curfman) writes: > (1) Is there any sort of init that would allow me to change the default > background colors of the desktop. I know about the Desk Color NDA, > but I want to change the actual pallette, and get rid of those > yucky dithered colors. I want just black, white, the dark blue > like the border color, and yellow. This should be possible, and > I don't care what it might do to the color apple menu. I would like > to have the background the dark blue color, like SNOWTERM does, > but with all of my software. There is a program that allows you to change the desktop pattern for the Finder. There is a CDEV (CDEV.COLOR) that will change the background for all programs to whatever you want (pattern or picture). I currently have my desktop set to all BLUE (yep, like snowterm). Works like a charm. > > (2) A school that I am consulting for has a network of GS's. They would > like to use Twilight Companion, which blanks the text screen. Is > there any way to make Twilight Companion to check to see if the old > 280x192 graphics mode is on and blank that as well. They use > a lot of the old MECC software, and would like to have the screen > blanked when the students leave the lab for any duration. My under- > standing is that the Twilight CDEV only blanks the GS specific graphics > modes, and Twilight Companion blanks only text screens. > Question: Are they running MECC software from GS/OS? (i.e. Do they boot into GS/OS then run the MECC programs from the Finder?) If so, Twilite Companion could be modified to do it with little problem. (I wrote it <grin>) Twilite CDEV only works for GS/OS desktop programs so it can't do it and can't be modified to do it. Let me know. (It might be a while. I won't have a way to get into my mailbox until at least Dec 29th, maybe longer, starting tomorrow) > I would appreciate any insight on the above problems! -- Joel Sumner GENIE:JOEL.SUMNER These opinions are q4kx@cornella.ccs.cornell.edu q4kx@cornella warranted for 90 days or q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu q4kx@crnlvax5 60,000 miles. Whichever .................................................... comes first. Never test for an error condition that you can't handle.