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Re: All I get is gray scale (and IDL 5.5) [message #29168 is a reply to message #29071]

Fri, 01 February 2002 06:55

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning (david@dfanning.com) writes:

> Anyway (I've lost my train here), Direct Color visuals
> were designed to give you a 24-bit dynamic (as opposed
> to static) color table. That is, they were 24-bit, but
> you can change the numbers loaded in them. The best of
> all worlds.

I am feeling particularly jumbled this morning.
(There was a cow licking me all night long, and
my hair is going in every possible direction this
morning. I *look* like Albert Einstein, even if I
don't think like him.)

The thing about Direct Color visuals that made them
attractive (to some people), was not only that they
were 24-bit and color tables could be loaded, but
that when you loaded your new color tables, your
graphics windows updated automatically, as they
do on an 8-bit display. After working with 24-bit
displays for awhile now, I'd consider this a disadvantage,
but for someone coming directly from 8-bit displays,
this did seem like heaven on earth.

Cheers,

David

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		Re: All I get is gray scale (and IDL 5.5) By: Ruediger Kupper on Fri, 01 February 2002 05:15
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		Re: All I get is gray scale (and IDL 5.5) By: David Fanning on Fri, 01 February 2002 06:55
		Re: All I get is gray scale (and IDL 5.5) By: David Fanning on Fri, 01 February 2002 06:27

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