QD for Basic and other editors

[Tinyfpga]

For various (actually lots of) reasons my entire compiled QD, help system and Liberator setup that I use write BASIC programs
became unusable so I decided to start again and re-install all the components that, in combination, create my kind of SMS/IDE.

It was not easy and the various manuals I read for this re-install were not particularly useful and so I thought I would place some
of my problems into the capable hands of this forum.

My first question is very simple. I want to distinguish between the 4 QDs I want to use by with different main screen colours
selected via an option 8 in the config system titled "Editor paper colour".

No number that I place here selects a colour I find acceptable, and I have tried many.

How can I determine what number will select which colour?

[desin]

Hello Tinyfpga

QCP.png (10.09 KiB) Viewed 1488 times

https://dilwyn.theqlforum.com/graphics/qcp160.zip

Greetings from Switzerland
Markus

[Tinyfpga]

Thank you for suggesting qcp160 it solved my problem. At first I was unable to UNZIP it because the UNZIP algorithm I use needs the toolkit Qerr_bin, that I had not included in my re-install.

My next two questions are as follows:-

My new QDs have a, barely visible, light blue flashing cursor. My original QD has a bright red one. How can I change the colour of QD's cursor?

Where can I find out more about SMSQE's colour codes, names, etc ?

[desin]

Hello Tinyfpga
take a good look at Marcel`s site
https://www.kilgus.net
colours
https://www.kilgus.net/qpc/QPC_Concepts.pdf
https://www.kilgus.net/smsqe/gd2-high-colour/

Greetings from Switzerland
Markus

[BSJR]

Thank you for suggesting qcp160 it solved my problem. At first I was unable to UNZIP it because the UNZIP algorithm I use needs the toolkit Qerr_bin, that I had not included in my re-install.

My next two questions are as follows:-

My new QDs have a, barely visible, light blue flashing cursor. My original QD has a bright red one. How can I change the colour of QD's cursor?

Where can I find out more about SMSQE's colour codes, names, etc ?

There is an update version of QCP on my site:
https://home.hccnet.nl/b.spelten/ql/qcp.html

QCoCo, also there, can be used to check/change the System Palettes.
But QD has a few places (e.g. F9 - Replace menu) where the old Colour Ways prevail, that need to be fixed.
Finding the right mix of background and cursor colour can be a challenge as the latter seems to be fixed in QD and doesn't change with the System Sprites.

BSJR

[RalfR]

The actual version of QD has no "F9" menu, Replace is in "F3".

[Derek_Stewart]

QD will use tge WMAN2 colour setup, which can be changed in a boot file.

Documentation on this is very sparce, but Marcel did two files with QPC2 to show how to change the co,ours oin a GD2 environment.

[Tinyfpga]

BSJR posted:-Finding the right mix of background and cursor colour can be a challenge as the latter seems to be fixed in QD and doesn't change with the System Sprites.

Are you suggesting that the colour of QD's cursor can not be changed or that it is difficult to do?

Derek posted:- QD will use tge WMAN2 colour setup, which can be changed in a boot file.
Documentation on this is very sparse, but Marcel did two files with QPC2 to show how to change the colours in a GD2 environment.

Are you willing to elaborate?
Where can I find the two files?

[Derek_Stewart]

Here you are:

Colourway.zip

Sample SBASIC programmes to alter WMAN2 Colours

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Just EX the basic programme or merge into boot file.

I may of added these in the Q68 software Distro.

I did not write these programmes, so can claim any credit.

I do not know how to change the colour of the Cursor in SMSQ/E, maybe configure SMSQ/E cursor as a Sprite and use a custom sprite for the cursor.

[desin]

have you tried this ?
https://www.kilgus.net/soft/fading-cursor.zip

Greeetings from Switzerland
Markus