IBM Asynchronous Color Terminals WS525 - Manual (Page 17)

Installation and Set-Up
1.3 Using Color
1.3 Using Color
You can control the terminals display colors. You may choose color
settings to match your software, to emulate another terminal, or to
suit your preference. Depending on the settings you choose, for each
session you can assign colors for various text uses and defined a map
of 16 colors (8 text and 8 background) from a larger palette of 4096
colors. Changes in color selections become visible upon entering new
text and when the screen is refreshed.
If you want to . . .
From the Color submenu in Set-Up,
choose . . .
Let your application specify
text colors by using ANSI SGR
sequences
Select color mode
☎ ✆
ANSI SGR color.
Use Assign colors . . . to choose the
default text and background colors from a
map of 16 colors. The default background
color is black (00 on the scale).
Use
Define colors . . . to make fine
adjustments to individual colors or
background.
Display text attributes (bold,
reverse, blink, and underline)
in different colors
Select color mode
☎ ✆
Alternate color.
Then, choose Alternate text colors . . . to
assign colors to each combination.
Use
Define colors . . . to make fine
adjustments to individual colors or
background.
Emulate WYSE 325 color ASCII color mode
☎ ✆
Color. Use WYSE
325 keystroke functions,
Ctrl 0
. . .
9
kpd,
to select from the color palette.
Emulate the appearance of a
monochrome ASCII terminal
ASCII color mode
☎ ✆
Mono.
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