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Date:Mon Feb 29 21:39:05 2000 
Subject:Re: XpwSetColor 
From:Aaron Sloman See text for reply address 
Volume-ID:1000229.01 

hs@inferno.nirvananet (Hartmann Schaffer) writes:

> Date: 27 Feb 2000 12:06:31 -0500
>
> > The only cure then was to re-start the X server, which can be a pain
> > if you are in the middle of too many things.
>
> i haven't used X i 256 color mode for quite a while, but isn't there a
> way to specify a private colormap for an apllication?

Yes, it can be done with Netscape and for the rc_array facility in
the popvision library. Information about this is in the help file
for rc_array
    http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/popvision/help/rc_array

There is also information in the pop-11 X documentation directory in
REF XColormaps

accessibe here if you don't have poplog:
    http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/poplog/doc/popxref/XColormaps

Aaron
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