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For example: I have this program called ShowFiles (sf), I want to output file links in green color to the console, so I use pen 2 to do so if the user uses ANSI colors. But if the user uses System Pens, it outputs links in white color (instead of green), which is wrong. Instead my code should detect...

@tonyw Okej.. but I'm looking for a way of doing the other way around... I want to get (from my C code), if a user have set the Console palette to "System Pens" or "Full ANSI colors". Being able to read/get what kind of palette the user have chosen in the Console, allows my code ...

@tonyw

Nice

Hmm, what I got was that Hyperion got the Filer application from OpenAmiga.org and now controls it too, no?

@thomasrapp

Thanks for the pointers onto that Console_Device amigaos wiki page, very good info on that page


@tonyw

Thanks

Hi, sometimes (not very often, but annoying when it happens) when I start AmiUpdate it is stuck waiting for the server/internet, so it can perform a Self-Update check... So I suggest... * A timeout variable (maybe it already exists?) (that is perhaps set in the preferences), that waits/reconnects n ...

(While I'm at it) I suggest an optional HomePage/HelpPage link for applications (that a prog's developer sets), that is accessible from Info on each update in AmiUpdate, thanks.

When AmiUpdate tries to update an application but gets stuck loading the update from the application update location... * I suggest a timeout variable kicks in for applications as well. * An optional alternative-download-location for applications, that a prog's developer sets. (when timeouted this U...

In Filer, since we are running Workbench, I suggest changing the "folders" string in status to "drawers", please.

Hi, I wonder if it's possible (how) to easily detect (in C code), if the palette in Console is set to "System Pens" or ANSI colors? In other words, I want to Get/Read the Console palette setting, from my C code/program? If it's "System Pens" or "Full ANSI colors" or oth...