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    From RickV@VERT to All on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 11:23:22
    Hello everybody!

    I want to change the color of the message body when reading mail using ddMsgReader. I see the "msgbodycolor" in the Defaulttheme.cfg, with a color of "nw" Is there a key to the color definitions to use?


    Thanks,
    RickV


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  • From Dan Clough@VERT to RickV on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 11:42:31
    RickV wrote to All <=-

    I want to change the color of the message body when reading mail using ddMsgReader. I see the "msgbodycolor" in the Defaulttheme.cfg, with a color of "nw" Is there a key to the color definitions to use?

    Pretty sure those follow the "Ctrl-A" code definitions. "nw" means
    "normal white". "hw" would be "high (bright) white".

    Look at the "Colors" and "Attributes" sections of this page:

    https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:ctrl-a_codes




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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to RickV on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 11:14:08
    Re: DDMsgReader question
    By: RickV to All on Wed Jan 21 2026 11:23 am

    I want to change the color of the message body when reading mail using ddMsgReader. I see the "msgbodycolor" in the Defaulttheme.cfg, with a color of "nw" Is there a key to the color definitions to use?

    Those are the color/attribute codes used in Synchronet attributes. You can see a list of them on the Synchronet wiki:

    https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:ctrl-a_codes

    "nw" would be normal, then white.

    Nightfox

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  • From RickV@VERT to Nightfox on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 14:14:04
    Hello Nightfox!

    19 May 70 16:18, you wrote to me:

    Re: DDMsgReader question
    By: RickV to All on Wed Jan 21 2026 11:23 am

    I want to change the color of the message body when reading mail
    using ddMsgReader. I see the "msgbodycolor" in the
    Defaulttheme.cfg, with a color of "nw" Is there a key to the
    color definitions to use?

    Those are the color/attribute codes used in Synchronet attributes.
    You can see a list of them on the Synchronet wiki:

    https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:ctrl-a_codes

    "nw" would be normal, then white.

    Nightfox

    Thanks, that was what I needed.

    Thanks,
    RickV


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  • From RickV@VERT to Dan Clough on Wednesday, January 21, 2026 14:14:35
    Hello Dan!

    22 Mar 70 17:56, you wrote to me:

    RickV wrote to All <=-

    I want to change the color of the message body when reading mail
    using ddMsgReader. I see the "msgbodycolor" in the
    Defaulttheme.cfg, with a color of "nw" Is there a key to the
    color definitions to use?

    Pretty sure those follow the "Ctrl-A" code definitions. "nw" means "normal white". "hw" would be "high (bright) white".

    Look at the "Colors" and "Attributes" sections of this page:

    https://wiki.synchro.net/custom:ctrl-a_codes


    Yes, that's what I needed.

    Thanks,
    RickV


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