GColornn option—Specify a color name

Purpose

GDDMXD/MVS provides a default mapping of GDDM® colors to X Window System colors. Use the GColornn option to override a default color name or to specify a color if a default color name is not available by your X Window System server.

Format


>>-gddmx*GColor--nn--:--c--------------------------------------><

Parameters

nn:: Specifies the GDDM color entry that is mapped.
c: Specifies the X Window System color that is used as the GDDM color.

Usage

Table 1 lists the GDDM colors that GDDMXD/MVS maps to the X Window System.

Table 1. GColors
GColornn	GDDM color	X Window System color
GColor1	Blue	Blue
GColor2	Red	Red
GColor3	Magenta	Magenta
GColor4	Green	Green
GColor5	Turquoise	Turquoise
GColor6	Yellow	Yellow
GColor7	White	White
GColor8	Black	Black
GColor9	Dark Blue	Dark Slate Blue
GColor10	Orange	Orange
GColor11	Purple	Plum
GColor12	Dark Green	Dark Green
GColor13	Dark Turquoise	Dark Turquoise
GColor14	Mustard	Wheat
GColor15	Gray	Gray
GColor16	Brown	Brown

Examples

The following is an example of using a GColornn option to override a default color:

gddmx*GColor3:  Pink

In this example, specifying the GColor3 entry in the user_id.X.DEFAULTS data set maps the GDDM color, magenta, to the X Window System new color of pink.