From: e-mail DOT address AT end DOT of DOT text (Mike Collins)
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Subject: Background colour for text using Allegro
Date: 16 Apr 1998 13:16:15 GMT
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I am trying to use Allegro to write a simple typing tutor.

Initially, the screen is white with black text on it that has to be 
read and typed. To show at what speed a line should be typed, a 
coloured bar moves along the text line making a background for the 
text, changing the original white background to, for example, 
green. I would like to do this without rewriting the text, but 
everything I have tried simply hides the text under my colour bar.

What's the method? How should I be doing it?

Thanks,

Mike.
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