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<span id="Colors-and-Styles-1"></span><h2 class="chapter">13 Colors and Styles</h2>
<p>You can choose to highlight parts of Info’s display, such as
cross-references and search matches, using a variety of styles,
including colors, boldface and underline. Here are the variables that
are available to do this:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>link-style</code>
<span id="index-link_002dstyle"></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Used for cross-references and menu entries.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>active-link-style</code>
<span id="index-active_002dlink_002dstyle"></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Used for a cross-reference or menu entry when typing <tt class="key">RET</tt> would
have the effect of following said cross-reference or menu entry.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>match-style</code>
<span id="index-match_002dstyle"></span>
</dt>
<dd><p>Used for matches from a search command. (See <a href="Searching-Commands.html">Searching Commands</a>.)
</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>Each of these is given in the <samp>.infokey</samp> file just as the variables
in the previous chapter. Their values are a comma-separated list of
values in the following table:
</p>
<dl compact="compact">
<dt><code>black</code></dt>
<dt><code>red</code></dt>
<dt><code>green</code></dt>
<dt><code>yellow</code></dt>
<dt><code>blue</code></dt>
<dt><code>magenta</code></dt>
<dt><code>cyan</code></dt>
<dt><code>white</code></dt>
<dd><span id="index-Colored-foreground"></span>
<p>Use the color specified for text.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>nocolor</code></dt>
<dt><code>nocolour</code></dt>
<dd><p>Turn off any color that was in effect, using the terminal’s default color.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>bgblack</code></dt>
<dt><code>bgred</code></dt>
<dt><code>bggreen</code></dt>
<dt><code>bgyellow</code></dt>
<dt><code>bgblue</code></dt>
<dt><code>bgmagenta</code></dt>
<dt><code>bgcyan</code></dt>
<dt><code>bgwhite</code></dt>
<dd><span id="index-Colored-background"></span>
<p>Use the color specified for the background.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>bgnocolor</code></dt>
<dt><code>bgnocolour</code></dt>
<dd><p>Use the terminal’s default background color.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>underline</code></dt>
<dt><code>nounderline</code></dt>
<dd><span id="index-Underlined-text"></span>
<p>Turn text underline on or off.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>standout</code></dt>
<dt><code>nostandout</code></dt>
<dd><p>Turn ‘standout mode’ on or off. Standout mode entails the use of appearance
modes that make text stand out, and varies between terminals.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>bold</code></dt>
<dt><code>regular</code></dt>
<dt><code>nobold</code></dt>
<dd><span id="index-Bold-text"></span>
<p>Turn boldface on or off.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>blink</code></dt>
<dt><code>noblink</code></dt>
<dd><span id="index-Blinking-text"></span>
<p>Make the text blink, or not.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Here is an sample excerpt from an <samp>.infokey</samp> file:
</p>
<div class="example">
<pre class="example">#var
link-style=yellow
active-link-style=yellow,bold
match-style=underline,bold,nocolor
</pre></div>
<p>With this, cross-references are all yellow, and active
cross-references are additionally displayed in bold. Any search
matches will be shown in bold, and underlined. Moreover, if there is a
search match inside a cross-reference, the ‘<samp>nocolor</samp>’ rendition
style will cancel the yellow color, leaving the text in the match the
terminal’s default color. (Note, however, that the rendition styles for
active cross-references take priority over those for search matches,
so search matches there will still be displayed in yellow.)
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