'*H' Control Screen Colours

Definition

Format

'*H' =colour_codes$

Where:

colour_codes$

String of 8 characters representing screen colours for program listings.

The following ASCII colour codes are supported:

	0  Black*	4  Blue	8  Dark Gray	<  Dark Blue
	1  Red	5  Magenta	9  Dark Red	=  Dark Magenta
	2  Green	6  Cyan	:  Dark Green	>  Dark Cyan
	3  Yellow	7  White	;  Dark Yellow	?  Dark Gray

Each colour code position represents different elements:

1:	Background colour for highlighting *[...] searches 0 to 7 for standard background colours 8 to ? for bright/foreground colours R for Reverse Video
2:	Colour for variables
3:	Colour for literals
4:	Colour for remarks
5:	Colour for error lines
6:	Colour for mnemonics
7:	Colour for statement numbers or labels
8:	Colour for operators (e.g. + - ( ) * / )
For positions 2 to 8, the colour codes are 0 to 7 for standard foreground colours and 8 to ? for dim/background colours. The command mode scanning feature uses Highlight=Yellow.

Description

Use '*H' (asterisk H) to define colours in a displayed listing for the LIST directive and LST( ) function. Default settings are shown in the example below.

See Also

LIST List Program Statements
LST( ) Return List Form of Statement
'CS' Coloured Syntax

Example

mnemonic '*H'=";4:>1=;9"