Sunday, March 23, 2003 Idris S Hamid wrote:
You need to specify both background=color and backgroundcolor=darkyellow, AFAIK.
ISH> I just tried this, now I lose the (formerly grey) background band ISH> completey; and there is no effect in the overlay: ISH> ============== ISH> \def\ALAVIband{\midaligned{ ISH> | \vbox{\hsize=15cm ISH> | \setupcolors[state=start] ISH> | \setupbackground[background=color, %%% your change ISH> | foregroundcolor=darkgreen, ISH> | backgroundcolor=darkblue ISH> | ] ISH> | \startbackground ISH> | \hbox{}\vskip14pt ISH> | \midaligned{\tfa THE ALAVI FOUNDATION} ISH> | \stopbackground ISH> | } ISH> | } ISH> | } Looks like a bug in the backgrounds system. In the mean time, what about this? \defineframed[alaviframe][ frame=off, background=color, backgroundcolor=yellow, foregroundcolor=darkgreen, align=middle, foregroundstyle=\tfa, width=15cm, ] \def\ALAVIband{% \alaviframe{\noindent\vskip14pt THE ALAVI FOUNDATION} }