z/VM: CP Commands and Utilities Reference - z/VM - IBM

Usage Notes
Examples
DEFault
specifies the color you want to assign to an area of your screen. The choice of
colors are:
v BLUe
v TURquois
v RED
v PINk
v GREen
v WHIte
v YELlow
v DEFault (green and white)
exthilight
NONe
specifies the extended highlight value you want to assign to an area of your
screen. The exthilight value can be:
Value Meaning
BLInk Blinking
REVvideo
Reverse video
UNDerlin
Underlining
NONe No extended highlighting
1. If you enter the SCREEN command from a display that does not support
extended color or extended highlighting, CP still sets the values you specify for
the virtual machine console. If you disconnect from that display and logon at a
display that does support extended color or extended highlighting, the values
you set are in effect for your virtual machine after the reconnection. These
values remain in effect for the duration of the current session unless you alter
them with another SCREEN command.
2. You cannot specify a particular area operand more than once on the same
SCREEN command line.
3. Since the command is not device dependent, you may enter the SCREEN
command from any IBM-supported terminal or from a PROFILE EXEC.
However, the terminal controller must have the extended color feature installed
for the SCREEN command to have an effect on your display.
4. If you enter the SCREEN command for a particular area and you specify only
the extcolor or default option, the exthilight remains unchanged from its previous
setting. Likewise, if only the exthilight or NONE option is specified, the extcolor
remains unchanged from its previous setting.
5. If CPOUT uses the default color, then incoming MSGs, WNGs, and MSGNOHs
will be displayed in white. If you change the CPOUT color, then incoming
MSGs, WNGs, and MSGNOHs are displayed in the CPOUT color you specified.
If you enter
screen outarea red none inarea blink green statarea pink underlin
SCREEN
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