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Re: graphics window [message #16269 is a reply to message #16178]

Fri, 09 July 1999 00:00

davidf
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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

Cheers,

David
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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
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		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
		Re: graphics window By: David Fanning on Wed, 25 May 2011 10:46
		Re: graphics window By: David Fanning on Wed, 25 May 2011 10:33
		Re: graphics window By: Daniel Larson on Wed, 25 May 2011 10:05
		Re: graphics window By: David Fanning on Wed, 25 May 2011 09:49
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		Re: graphics window By: David Fanning on Wed, 25 May 2011 09:12
		Re: graphics window By: David Fanning on Wed, 25 May 2011 08:08

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