Document $DefaultColor

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Dianne Skoll
2020-01-16 18:53:30 -05:00
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@@ -1898,6 +1898,22 @@ This variable can be set only to "/" or "-". It holds the character
used to separate portions of a date when \fBRemind\fR prints a DATE or
DATETIME value.
.TP
.B $DefaultColor
This variable can be set to a string that has the form of three
space-separated numbers. Each number must be an integer from 0 to
255, or all three numbers must be -1. The default value of
\fB$DefaultColor\fR is "-1 -1 -1", which suppresses default coloring
of MSG-type reminders. If you set \fB$DefaultColor\fR to any other
value, then all MSG-, MSF- and CAL-type reminders are effectively
converted into SPECIAL COLOR reminders whose color value is specified
by \fB$DefaultColor\fR.
.RS
.PP
Unlike other system variables, the value of \fB$DefaultColor\fR is
\fInot\fR preserved between calendar iterations; rather, it is reset
to "-1 -1 -1" at the start of each iteration.
.RE
.TP
.B $DefaultPrio
The default priority assigned to reminders without a \fBPRIORITY\fR
clause. You can set this as required to adjust the priorities of
@@ -3734,7 +3750,7 @@ iterations. On the next iteration, the commands are skipped, since
initialized has remained defined. Thus, time-consuming operations that
do not depend on the value of \fBtoday()\fR are done only once.
.PP
System variables (those whose names start with '$') are automatically
Most system variables (those whose names start with '$') are automatically
preserved between calendar iterations.
.PP
Note that for efficiency, \fBRemind\fR caches the reminder script