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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

1203.0. "Color Map Reserved by System ?" by TKTV20::TSURUMI (SWEET BASIL) Mon Jul 31 1989 08:23

  On 8-plane VAXstation II/GPX, VAX Workstation Softoware reserves 
6 hardware color map entries for system. So, generally we can use 
250 colors at the same time. Exactly speaking, one more color map is 
reserved when we try to change one of the display colors.

  On the other hand, which color map entries are reserved in DECwindows?
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From costomization menu, at least 8 color maps must be needed, I suppose.
That is,  
        Customize Window
          1. Screen Foreground Color
          2. Screen Background Color
          3. Window Foreground Color
          4. Window Background Color
          5. Window Highlight  Color 
          6. Window Border     Color

        Customize Pointer
          7. Pointer Foreground Color
          8. Pointer Background Color
                                     
        And may be, one more color map is reserved for the pallet to change
        display colors.

Thanks in advance for any help.

And if you can, please tell me concrete numbers of each color maps, and
a case of 4-plane system.

Toshiyuki Tsurumi,

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1203.1not specified, and you can't depend on itPSW::WINALSKIMeetings are our most important productMon Jul 31 1989 11:018
Which color map entries, if any, are reserved by the server, window manager,
session manager, or other standard components varies from implementation to
implementation.  Differences in both hardware and in software affects this.
You can't count on any specific entries in the default color map being either
always reserved or always available.

--PSW