| Re: True colors and IDL [message #6147 is a reply to message #6008] |
Tue, 16 April 1996 00:00  |
Phil Williams
Messages: 78
Registered: April 1996
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Jeffrey Newmark wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I am running IDL 4.0.1 on a DEC AlphaStation (Digital UNIX) with
> a 24 bit monitor. I routinely display a large number of 1024x1024
> images from FITS files. These images are displayed using 1 of 4
> color tables we have added to the standard IDL set. I am presently
> setting device,pseudo_color=8 since I haven't found a QUICK
> way to create the TRUECOLOR images on the fly.
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> Anyhow, the trouble I'm having is that the proper color table is
> not being set unless I also bring up XLOADCT. After the color
> table is loaded once I can get rid of XLOADCT and it will still
> use the proper color table for future images in the same IDL session.
> Therefore, once I get the 4 color tables loaded I can get rid of
> XLOADCT but this is a pain not to mention silly.
>
> Does anyone know if this is a feature, bug, or pilot error????
> Is there something I'm not setting in my .Xdefaults??
>
> lost in color.....thanks in advance.
Jeff,
As I have just found out, the order of the statments in your .Xdefaults
file matters. For instance, idl.colors should come before idl.visual.
Hope this helps
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