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║ Review of COLORS - From File COLORS.REV ║
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║ PAF Review - Edition 93.4 - June 1993 ║
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I have repeatedly heard frustration expressed by PAF users over
one particular configuration issue, the changing of screen colors.
As it comes, PAF is setup to work with a monochrome screen. This
makes a lot of sense, since this setup will work fine on any kind
of screen. However, most users with color screens prefer to take
advantage of the colors. For example, my eyes seem to prefer
white letters on a blue background. The CONFIG program allows
these colors to be specified, along with many other choices. It
might take a little experimentation to find the combination that
is right for you.
Lets assume that after having completed the CONFIG program, PAF is
running just the way you want it to. A few months may pass, then
along comes a need to change some configuration parameter. A
couple of personal examples: I sometimes change to a different
printer for a time; and I usually have the temple ordinance fields
displayed and printed but sometimes need to work for a few days
with these fields not displayed.
Here is where the problem appears. When you run CONFIG to change
some parameter, the others are preserved; except for the colors!
For some reason, it was decided that these should be reset to the
default each time CONFIG is run. After a 10 or 15 minute session
to try all the color combinations and pick one that works well,
it's disconcerting to lose the results when all you wanted to do
was start using your new laser printer! Of course, you could
write this perfect color combination down and enter it each time.
I guess genealogists have too much else to write down. In any
event, many don't write down the color codes and have to work
through the combinations again.
This is a rather long way to state the problem. The answer is
given in a simple little file called COLORS.TXT (or COLORS.ZIP in
archived format) prepared by Larry Elliston of the Orange County
Genealogical Society and the Orange California Family History
Center. I read through the file and found a good description of
how to preserve your colors permanently. It seems the authors of
PAF allowed for this to be done after all. We just needed Larry
to tell us how.
This adds an extra step to the CONFIG process, but is not
complicated. I followed Larry's instructions exactly. It
required only that I write down the color codes desired, then
enter them in a modified definition of the particular computer
being selected. I can see that a few slips of the fingers,
though, and your PAF may never work again. This could happen if
you change some of the other codes that are available when you
edit the definition of a computer. Like all new procedures or
programs relating to PAF, try this out on a copy of PAF first.