| 24 bit color without connecting to X server [message #18665] |
Fri, 21 January 2000 00:00 |
whdaffer
Messages: 10
Registered: January 2000
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Gentlefolk;
(Dave, I'm CCing this to you because you are the 'color man!')
On a X windows system, does anyone know how to do 24 bit color without
connecting to the X server? All the TVs require true=[1|2|3] and this
keyword only works to 'windows', not the Z buffer.
I have a product I routinely make that requires me to do the following
sort of thing.
tv,image
im=tvrd()
mask 'im' with other images to create a composite image im2
tv, im2
Overplot vector graphics on im2.
final_im=tvrd()
write_jpeg, file, final_im
In order to do all these 'tv's in 24 bit color, I have to connect to
the X server. The Z buffer is only 8 bits deep. I realize that I could
break everything done into its separate r/g/b planes, and then do each
separately in the Z buffer, but that would be a pain for the vector
graphics. I was just wondering if someone had a solution that involved
less drudgery?
My major motivation is the fact that this routine is run out of a cron
job. If I'm not logged in on console when this job runs, the connection
to the X server fails.
So, maybe there's an alternative, a way to connect to the X server
when I'm not logged in on console.
Any help would be appreciated.
William Daffer
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