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  Inverse video is a display mode where text and graphics on a display are presented as a negative of their original appearance.\\ \\   Inverse video is a display mode where text and graphics on a display are presented as a negative of their original appearance.\\ \\ 
 ==== Inverse Video Text ==== ==== Inverse Video Text ====
-//by Jon Ripley, May 2006//\\ \\  To read the current foreground and background text colours use the following code:\\ \\ +//by Jon Ripley, May 2006//\\ \\  To read the current foreground and background text colours use the following code: 
 + 
 +<code bb4w>
         fgcol% = @vdu%?70         fgcol% = @vdu%?70
         bgcol% = @vdu%?71         bgcol% = @vdu%?71
-Here **fgcol%** and **bgcol%** are normalised values in the range 0 to 15 representing the logical colour used.\\ \\  To invert the colours of the text display use the following code:\\ \\ +</code> 
 + 
 +Here **fgcol%** and **bgcol%** are normalised values in the range 0 to 15 representing the logical colour used.\\ \\  To invert the colours of the text display use the following code: 
 + 
 +<code bb4w>
         COLOUR bgcol%         COLOUR bgcol%
         COLOUR 128+fgcol%         COLOUR 128+fgcol%
-Now any text you **PRINT** will be in inverse video.\\ \\  To restore the original foreground and background text colours use the following code:\\ \\ +</code> 
 + 
 +Now any text you **PRINT** will be in inverse video.\\ \\  To restore the original foreground and background text colours use the following code: 
 + 
 +<code bb4w>
         COLOUR fgcol%         COLOUR fgcol%
         COLOUR 128+bgcol%         COLOUR 128+bgcol%
-\\ +</code> 
 ==== Inverting the whole window ==== ==== Inverting the whole window ====
-//by Richard Russell, May 2006//\\ \\  You can invert all the existing colours in the output window (or in the graphics viewport, if one is defined) as follows:\\ \\ +//by Richard Russell, May 2006//\\ \\  You can invert all the existing colours in the output window (or in the graphics viewport, if one is defined) as follows: 
 + 
 +<code bb4w>
         GCOL 4,128         GCOL 4,128
         CLG         CLG
 +</code>
 +
 This will affect both text and graphics. Executing this code twice will restore the original colours. This will affect both text and graphics. Executing this code twice will restore the original colours.
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