text_whatcolor

#Text.WhatColor

##Syntax Text.WhatColor : int

##Description The Text.WhatColor function is used to determine the current text (foreground) color, ie., the color used for characters that are output using put. The alternate spelling is Text.WhatColour.

##Example This program outputs the currently-active color number. The message is also given in the currently-active color.

    View.Set ("graphics")
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    put "This writing is in color number ", Text.WhatColor

##Details The screen should be in a "screen" or "graphics" mode. See View.Set for details.

##Status Exported qualified.

This means that you can only call the function by calling Text.WhatColor, not by calling WhatColor.

##See also the text_color.html procedure.html, which is used to set.html the color.html. See also text_colorback.html and text_whatcolorback.html.