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- From: hstroyan@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Howard Stroyan)
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:47:38 GMT
- Subject: Re: colormaps
- Message-ID: <7320059@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
- References: <1993Jan7.191450.6131@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov>
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- In comp.windows.x, main@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov (John Main) writes:
-
- > I can now load these pictures in the background, but then all of my
- > applications that I pull up after that scream about not being able to allocate
- > colors. I guess my question is: how do I load an image into the background
- > without changing the default colormap.
-
- Use the xv "-ncols" option to restrict the number of colors used to
- display the gif. This will reduce the realism of the background image,
- but will also save colormap entries for your other applications.
-
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- Howard Stroyan
- Hewlett-Packard hstroyan@fc.hp.com
- Systems Technology Division
-