Hello Robert,

On Apr 16, 1998 at 22:36, Robert Bull wrote to Kim Lykkegaard:

 RB> I'm looking at the manual from MSGED41M.ZIP.  Is that the
 RB> latest?

 RB> For mono colours, the manual says try

That manual is in dire need of updating, Robert.  The following is part of the
color scheme documentation for Msged 4.30 but it'll work with the betas:

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; Msged 4.30 Color Scheme  (by Jack Smith)  [Uses HIGH Background Colors]
; Note that you can't use this configuration as-is unless you are able to
; set your system colors to use high-intensity background colors instead
; of blinking (in 4DOS, you can use SETDOS /B1).  Failure to do this will
; result in plenty of blinking (if you use this file). (-:
;
; This color scheme file defines ALL of the areas available in Msged 4.30.
;
;                                Format
;                                ------
; Color     This keyword
; ("Colour" can also be used) defines the colors of the various screen
; areas when Msged is running.  See the included color scheme files
; (SCHEME.*) for other examples of defining screen colors.
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;   The colors are:
;
;   Foreground      Background
;
;   Black           _Black
;   Blue            _Blue
;   Green           _Green
;   Cyan            _Cyan
;   Red             _Red
;   Magenta         _Magenta
;   Brown           _Brown
;   LGrey           _LGrey
;   DGrey           _DGrey
;   LBlue           _LBlue
;   LGreen          _LGreen
;   LCyan           _LCyan
;   LRed            _LRed
;   LMagenta        _LMagenta
;   Yellow          _Yellow
;   White           _White
;   Intense         _Blink
;
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; The main window (edit and reader mode):
;
; MainNorm       - Normal message text.
; MainQuote      - Quoted message text.
; MainKludge     - Control (kludge) line information message text.
; MainTempl      - Template message text.
; MainInfo       - Status bar.
; MainDivide     - Divider line between header and message text.
; MainHeader     - The header titles (From: etc).
; MainHdrTxt     - The header text.
; MainBlock      - A selected block.
; MainEdit       - Fields being edited in the header.
; MainNetInf     - Network information (area/address).
; MainWarn       - Warnings.
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Color MainNorm     Black    _White
Color MainQuote    Blue     _White
Color MainKludge   Red      _White
Color MainTempl    Green    _White
Color MainInfo     Yellow   _Blue
Color MainDivide   Blue     _LGrey
Color MainHeader   Red      _LGrey
Color MainHdrTxt   Black    _LGrey
Color MainBlock    White    _LBlue
Color MainEdit     Yellow   _LGrey
Color MainNetInf   Yellow   _LGrey
Color MainWarn     Yellow   _Red

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

BTW, thanks for the netmail!

Cheers,

 -Jack
 ogre{at}nashville.com

... Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
--- Msged/386 4.30 beta 1