| Private vs. shared colormaps in IDL [message #10965] |
Thu, 29 January 1998 00:00 |
bennetsc
Messages: 18
Registered: January 1998
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I'm an IDL novice and need a bit of help. I'm running IDL 5
on a Sun under Solaris 2.5.x and using an HP 735 running HP-UX 9
as the DISPLAY. My problem is that I need idl to use shared color
maps. Right now if I do a plot, for example, idl loads a private
color table, which conceals nearly everything on the screen except
the plot itself, even the window frame. That means I'm fishing in
the dark just to find the button on the frame to change the window
to an icon in order to reactivate the shared map used by all other
applications and the window manager. I have also tried it using
the Sun as the DISPLAY with the same results.
The reference manual has nice descriptions of the advantages
and disadvantages of shared and private colormaps, but doesn't give
a hint of how to force idl to use a shared map. If anyone would
be willing to send me a clue by email, it would be greatly appre-
ciated.
Thanks in advance.
Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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