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- From: blean@rwb.esd.sgi.com (Bob Blean)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.graphics
- Subject: Re: 24-bit Motif visual?
- Message-ID: <vbai7h8@zola.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:04:15 GMT
- References: <1993Jan10.191012.6213@bitrot.in-berlin.de> <uoeeoas@zola.esd.sgi.com>
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- In article <uoeeoas@zola.esd.sgi.com>, joel@jellotrees.esd.sgi.com (Joel Tesler) writes:
- |>
- |> In article <1993Jan10.191012.6213@bitrot.in-berlin.de>, thomas@bitrot.in-berlin.de writes:
- |> > Maybe I am just too dense to see the obvious, but how can I have a Motif
- |> > application come up with a 24-bit shell? I need a 24-bit DrawingArea, and
- |> > I can't use a GLX widget because that would be nonportable.
- |> >
- |>
- |> install the Motif overlay demos and then look at
- |> /usr/src/X11/motif/overlay_demos/README. While it concentrates on
- |> overlays, what it says applies to all non-default visuals.
- |>
- |> Joel Tesler
- |> joel@sgi.com
- |> 415-390-3048
-
- Also:
- * Pay attention to the README that will be installed when you follow
- Joel's advice. It is quite useful for understanding dealing with
- non-standard visulas in general from Xt, not just Motif.
-
- * see Section 4.8 "Programming with Nondefault Visuals" in the
- IRIX/Motif Programming Notes pamphlet.
-