Text.WhatColor

OpenTuring

Text.WhatColorPart of Text module

Syntax   Text.WhatColor : int

Description   The Text.WhatColor function is used to determine the current text (foreground) color, ie., the color used for characters that are output using put. The alternate spelling is Text.WhatColour.

Example   This program outputs the currently-active color number. The message is also given in the currently-active color.

        View.Set ("graphics")
        …
        put "This writing is in color number ", Text.WhatColor

Details   The screen should be in a "screen" or "graphics" mode. See View.Set for details.

Status   Exported qualified.

This means that you can only call the function by calling Text.WhatColor, not by calling WhatColor.

See also   the Text.Color procedure, which is used to set the color. See also Text.ColorBack and Text.WhatColorBack.