Subject: screen is black w. white letters

From: Anne Whitefield <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 14:10:16 -0500 (EST)

I prefer a white screen with black letters.  How can I effect this change?

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 19:35:57 -0500

> I prefer a white screen with black letters.  How can I effect this change?

    Your question doesn't really have anything to do with Pine at all. 
Pine does not do anything to affect the physical appearance of your
display.  That is totally controlled by the hardware and software of
whatever you are using.  Considering that there are at least 49,230,156
possible combinations :-) of display hardware and software, we can't
really help you much without detailed information on your setup, and
again, it doesn't really have anything to do with Pine.  If you are
affiliated with an organization, institution, or school, I would
suggest checking with the help desk or computing center, if there is
one.

Paul                             <[email-masked]>
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From: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: 25 Nov 1996 15:08:57 -0500

>I prefer a white screen with black letters.  How can I effect this change?

Well, it looks like you're using Pine from a Linux box, so you can use this
shell command if you're at the console:

setterm -inversescreen on

Most remote terminals won't understand what to do with that, but you can try
it anyway.  Other than that, it depends on the settings that might be in the
terminal or emulator you're using to log in.

HTH
-- 
Troll Patrol, Interim Signal Officer

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From: Thomas Jess Bowers <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 15:55:05 -0500

> I prefer a white screen with black letters.  How can I effect this change?

I had the same problem but in reverse.  Assuming you're dialing-in from
home and depending on your communications program this might work for you. 
Change the terminal emulation mode to VT100.  Also try some other modes. 
Usually the change will not take place untill the next time you logon.  If
you find something else that works please let me know. 

Hope this helps, 

T. Jess Bowers
GSU College of Law
[email-masked]