| a problem with IDL 3.6.1.a? [message #2607] |
Thu, 11 August 1994 07:03  |
pan
Messages: 6
Registered: February 1992
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We just upgraded our IDL from version 2.3.2 to 3.6.1.a on our DEC 5000
ultrix system. One thing bothers me with the new version is the fonts
and background color shown in the help menu (by typing ?) and in the
color table (by typing xloadct) don't seem to be right. In specific,
the color bar (using xloadct) is too long that it even shows an
uncontrollable black bar attached to the color bar. The old version IDL
did not have this problem. Does anyone have the same problem or Am I
missing something? Thanks for your time.
Tin-Su Pan
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| Re: a problem with IDL 3.6.1.a? [message #2612 is a reply to message #2607] |
Thu, 11 August 1994 12:35  |
pan
Messages: 6
Registered: February 1992
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> (Tin-Su Pan) wrote:
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We just upgraded our IDL from version 2.3.2 to 3.6.1.a on our DEC 5000
ultrix system. One thing bothers me with the new version is the fonts
and background color shown in the help menu (by typing ?) and in the
color table (by typing xloadct) don't seem to be right. In specific,
the color bar (using xloadct) is too long that it even shows an
uncontrollable black bar attached to the color bar. The old version IDL
did not have this problem. Does anyone have the same problem or Am I
missing something? Thanks for your time.
> I'm afraid it isn't entirely clear from your post, but what you seem
> to be seeing is that DECwindows Motif is not giving you the full 256
> colors, but rather some smaller number (check by: print, !d.n_colors)
> after subtraction of the color table locations of the colors reserved to
> the Window Manager.
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> J.B. Gurman / Solar Physics Branch/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/
I was not clear in my original message. In fact, I believe the whole
color bar was displayed. However, because the fonts in the table were
so big that the color bar was appended with some junk (black or color
0). This problem did not happen in running the old version IDL 2.3.2.
Any pointer will be appreciated.
TinSu
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| Re: a problem with IDL 3.6.1.a? [message #2615 is a reply to message #2607] |
Thu, 11 August 1994 11:26 |
gurman
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Registered: August 1992
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In article <32db4a$n93@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, pan@quip.eecs.umich.edu
(Tin-Su Pan) wrote:
> We just upgraded our IDL from version 2.3.2 to 3.6.1.a on our DEC 5000
> ultrix system. One thing bothers me with the new version is the fonts
> and background color shown in the help menu (by typing ?) and in the
> color table (by typing xloadct) don't seem to be right. In specific,
> the color bar (using xloadct) is too long that it even shows an
> uncontrollable black bar attached to the color bar. The old version IDL
> did not have this problem. Does anyone have the same problem or Am I
> missing something? Thanks for your time.
Tin-Su -
I'm afraid it isn't entirely clear from your post, but what you seem
to be seeing is that DECwindows Motif is not giving you the full 256
colors, but rather some smaller number (check by: print, !d.n_colors)
after subtraction of the color table locations of the colors reserved to
the Window Manager.
We don't have any Ultrix systems anu more, but a typical number for
OpenVMS AXP and OSF/1 AXP is 235, rather than 255, colors available.
Hope this helps,
Joe Gurman
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J.B. Gurman / Solar Physics Branch/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/
Greenbelt MD 20771 USA / gurman@uvsp.gsfc.nasa.gov
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