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Re: IDL/Linux color table problems [message #33087]

Thu, 05 December 2002 00:41

Bringfried Stecklum is currently offline

Bringfried Stecklum
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Chris wrote:
>
> Can someone point me to some good fixes for dealing with the color
> table problem when running IDL under Linux? (When I load a color table
> into IDL under linux, I only get grey-scaled images unless I grab the
> window - at which time it takes over the color table for the rest of
> the display). FWIW, I'm working with IDL 5.4, on Redhat Linux.
>
> TIA,
>
> Chris

I had the same behaviour since IDL used the DirectColor visual.
Just put "idl.gr_visual: TrueColor" in your .Xdefaults file.
Then it will use TrueColor instead.

regards,

B.St.

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