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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

2161.0. "VTX COLOR CHANGES" by WILKIE::MAY () Mon Jan 29 1990 15:41

    		When I use VTX on my VS2000 the color on my screen
    	changes. If I click on a window that is not running VTX 
    	everything goes back to normal and vice versa if I click
    	back on the window running VTX. Even after I exit from VTX 
    	the colors are wrong. I have tried restoring the last saved
    	settings from the session manager and reseting the terminal window 
    	but have always had to log out of that window and recreate it
    	to get rid of the problem. My terminal window is set to no regis 
    	and no sixel graphics. Is there any way to prevent this from 
    	happening? I am running VMS V5.1 on a 4 plane graphics VS2000.
    
    					Mark
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2161.1Another reference pointWILKIE::MAYMon Jan 29 1990 15:483
    		I just found note 214 in the VWS conference but
    	that provided no solution. Has there been any progress since
    	the last entry, (214.4 15-JUN-89)?
2161.2SITBUL::KLEINSORGEBFMMon Jan 29 1990 16:136
    
    I think V5.3 DECterm allows you to limit the number of colors and has
    some other tweaks for 4-plane systems.
    
    _Fred
2161.3Clear then reset to restore the default colormapHANNAH::MESSENGERBob MessengerMon Jan 29 1990 16:4628
Re: .0

>    	I have tried restoring the last saved
>    	settings from the session manager and reseting the terminal window 
>    	but have always had to log out of that window and recreate it
>    	to get rid of the problem.

You need to Clear Display and then Reset Terminal, from the DECterm Commands
menu.

>	My terminal window is set to no regis 
>    	and no sixel graphics.

That's surprising; I didn't think VTX would change the colormap if you
SET TERM/NOREGIS.

Re: .2

In DECwindows V2 (VMS V5.3) DECterm will use only 4 colors by default out of 16
on a 4 plane system, so there's a good chance that DECterm win't have to
create a private colormap.  You can also go into the Customize Graphics dialog
box and and turn on the Share Colormap Entries feature; this means that DECterm
will use read-only colors from the default colormap.  That means DECterm won't
have to create a private colormap, but some pictures won't have the right
colors (because changing the colormap won't affect things that have already
been drawn).

				-- Bob
2161.4don't have to play around with SET TERMDINSCO::FUSCIDEC has it (on backorder) NOW!Mon Jan 29 1990 22:127
A cludge-around we use is to define a symbol for VTX thus:

$ vtx	:==	vtx/device=vt100/ascii

This will keep VTX from munging your colors.

Ray
2161.5All fixed!WILKIE::MAYWed Jan 31 1990 08:416
    		Thanks for all the help. I am using the Rays .4 
    	solution. Untill I get a V5.3 
    
    					Thanks again,
    					Mark