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Re: graphics window [message #16283 is a reply to message #16178]

Fri, 16 July 1999 00:00

J.D. Smith
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Registered: August 1996

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David Fanning wrote:
>
> Liam Gumley (Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu) responds to
> some gentle fun I was poking at him with this:
>
>> I agree that 24 bit color is the way to go if your graphics hardware
>> supports it. It's just that these old 8-bit Unix boxes take forever to
>> die.
>
> And a good thing, too, or some of us wouldn't be able
> to get any work done answering all the "Device, Decomposed=0"
> questions we would be getting. :-)
>
>> PS You can try starting Netscape with the flag 'ncols' to reduce the
>> number of colors used, e.g.
>>
>> % netscape -ncols 32 &
>
> Thanks for this. I've updated my article on this subject to
> include this piece of advice. Netscape is probably the
> number one reason for color flashing, followed closely
> by running two IDL sessions on the same machine. But in
> any case, the problem can be easily handled by knowing
> more about how (and when) IDL selects its colors:
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/tips/choosing_colors.html

Another option which is use is:

netscape -install

which installs a private colormap for netscape with the full 256
colors. Web pages look good, and idl is happy to run a the same time.
The only drawback is colormap flashing when in netscape, but I just put
it on it's own virtual desktop and fill the screen with it, so it's not
too big of a nuisance.

JD

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		graphics window By: Yang Zhiqiang on Thu, 08 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: davidf on Sat, 10 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: bkrrrrr on Sat, 10 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: davidf on Fri, 09 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: Liam Gumley on Fri, 09 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: davidf on Fri, 09 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: Kristine Hensel on Fri, 09 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: Liam Gumley on Fri, 09 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: Grady Daub on Fri, 09 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: J.D. Smith on Fri, 16 July 1999 00:00
		Re: graphics window By: David Fanning on Fri, 27 May 2011 08:31
		Re: graphics window By: cgguido on Fri, 27 May 2011 08:15
		Re: graphics window By: David Fanning on Wed, 25 May 2011 11:32
		Re: graphics window By: David Fanning on Wed, 25 May 2011 11:18
		Re: graphics window By: Matt[2] on Wed, 25 May 2011 11:01
		Re: graphics window By: David Fanning on Wed, 25 May 2011 10:52
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		Re: graphics window By: Daniel Larson on Wed, 25 May 2011 10:05
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