Re: [Freedos-user] Using nansi.sys vs ansi.sys under 4dos

2007-07-23 Thread Larry Alkoff
Problems with nansi and 4dos solved: The problem of getting colorized prompts and directory listings under 4dos has been completely solved with nansi 4.0d. Additionally, I now get black letters on a bright white background with nansi 4.0d using the patch below: c:>debug nansi.sys > -e 6a2 >

Re: [Freedos-user] Using nansi.sys vs ansi.sys under 4dos

2007-07-08 Thread Larry Alkoff
Hello Eric and thank you for your attention. The debug patch below worked perfectly and my dosemu has a nice white background all over the screen. Goodbye ansi. Gratefully, Larry Eric Auer wrote: > Hi Larry, > > black on white is an interesting problem. You cannot get a bright > background in

[Freedos-user] Using nansi.sys vs ansi.sys under 4dos

2007-07-07 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Larry, black on white is an interesting problem. You cannot get a bright background in normal hardware setting - you would get a blinking one instead. The ansi escape sequence selects "reverse blinking" or "black on white blinking", because NORMAL background colors are not bright... The "bold"

[Freedos-user] Using nansi.sys vs ansi.sys under 4dos

2007-07-07 Thread Larry Alkoff
I would like to use a dosemu screen with black letters on a bright white background. I run dosemu 1.2.2.8 under Kubuntu linux (Feisty Fawn version) using 4dos as my command processor. This allows me to use my old favorite dos programs like SuperCalc, WordStar, Q&A and 4dos. Personally I date back