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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

221.0. "Change DECterm color, flicker to black" by DIODE::CROWELL (Jon Crowell) Wed Feb 15 1989 20:50

    
    Is this a known problem;
    
    I have four DECterm windows up. I use the color.com command procedure
    to set the colors diffrently in each window (regis).  If I drag any window
    around I see several rectangles flicker in a dark color and revert
    to normal when I stop draging the window.
    
    GPX, 16Mb, V5.1 SDC, DECW

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
221.1	Use CHILD.. (again :-))	AXEL::FOLEY	Rebel without a Clue	`Wed Feb 15 1989 23:24`	29
	I reported this in the DECterm conference a while back.. I think it's the way DECterm deals with changes made by COLOR.COM and such color changers.. Myself, I use CHILD and create ALL my DECterms with seperate setup files for each DECTerm. Everything comes up the way I want it with all the colors and attributes I want.. I'll post that section of my DECW$LOGIN.COM at the end of this reply. mike $! $ CHILD/image=sys$system:loginout.exe/detach/nopass/pause - /SHRINK/ITITLE="Stuff"/TITLE="General Stuff"/process="Stuff" - /x=300/y=210/page=40/nobroad/insert/setup=[foley.decw]stuff_setup.dat $! $! $ CHILD/image=sys$system:loginout.exe/detach/nopass/pause=5 - /SHRINK/ITITLE="1"/TITLE="DECterm 1" - /x=210/y=240/page=30/nobroad/insert/setup=[foley.decw]decterm1_setup.dat $! $! $ CHILD/image=sys$system:loginout.exe/detach/nopass/pause=5 - /SHRINK/ITITLE="2"/TITLE="DECterm 2" - /x=320/y=240/page=24/nobroad/insert/setup=[foley.decw]decterm2_setup.dat $!
221.2	Issue of color resources, and maybe bugs	DECWIN::FISHER	Burns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23	`Thu Feb 16 1989 11:42`	11
	Color.COM no doubt depends on ReGIS commands to change the color. When you use ReGIS (in my experience) on a 24-plane 3120 (Firefox), in my experience you can kiss the emulator window goodbye. If you do it on a 4-plane GPX, it will create a new colormap and install it, thus causing all your other applications to loose their correct colors (regainable by clicking on another window, but then the terminal colors go away). If you do it on an 8-plane system, you will not immediately notice a problem, but you will be using up 16 colormap entries for each terminal. Burns
221.3		ASIA::MCLEMAN	Ars Longa Vita Brevis...	`Thu Feb 16 1989 12:13`	8
	re: -1 Hmmm.. Uhhh. Burns, The firefox is a 3520/3540, not a 3120. Jeff
221.4	Firefox = Firefox	DECWIN::FISHER	Burns Fisher 381-1466, ZKO3-4/W23	`Thu Feb 16 1989 12:16`	5
	Ah...right. Damn numbers anyway. My Firefox just say "Firefox" on the front panel, so I couldn't double check there. Burns
221.5		STAR::THOMAS	Ben Thomas	`Thu Feb 16 1989 17:52`	3
	I use a COM file to change the colors of the terminal via terminal defaults file. It works quite well on the Firefox where REGIS won't.