Difference between revisions of "Term.setTextColor"

Latest revision as of 12:13, 28 June 2015

Function term.setTextColor
Changes the text color of the terminal. For ease of use, it is best to use the color codes provided in the colors API. Note that non-advanced systems only have black and white displays, though the text color may still be set to either of these four colors: black, white, gray and light gray. Also available as term.setTextColour for British spelling. See also: term.getTextColor()
Syntax	term.setTextColor(number color code)
Returns	nil
Part of	ComputerCraft
API	term

Example
Outputs the words "Hello World!" in color green:
Code	term.setTextColor( colors.green ) print( "Hello World! ")

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 {{Function
 |name=term.setTextColor
-|args= [[Colors#Colors|color]] code
+|args= {{type|number}} color code
-|returns=None
+|returns={{type|nil}}
 |api=term
 |addon=ComputerCraft
-|desc=Changes the foreground color of text subsequently written to the screen.  For ease of use, it is best to use the color codes provided in the [[colors (API)|colors API]]. Note that non-advanced systems only have black and white displays, though the text color may still be set to either of these two shades.<br><br>
+|desc=Changes the text color of the terminal.  For ease of use, it is best to use the color codes provided in the [[colors (API)|colors API]]. Note that non-advanced systems only have black and white displays, though the text color may still be set to either of these four colors: black, white, gray and light gray. Also available as '''term.setTextColour''' for British spelling.
+<br>
-See also: [[term.setBackgroundColor|term.setBackgroundColor()]]
+See also: [[term.getTextColor]]()
 |examples=
 {{Example
-|desc=Outputs the words "Hello World!" green:
+|desc=Outputs the words "Hello World!" in color green:
-|code= term.setTextColor(colors.green)
+|code= '''term.setTextColor( [[Colors_(API)|colors.green]] )'''
-  print("Hello World!")
+  [[print]]( "Hello World! ")
 }}
 }}
 [[Category:API_Functions]]