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From: kent@gnomee.pa.dec.com (Christopher A. Kent)
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Subject: Re: X double buffering
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Date: 19 Oct 89 22:31:37 GMT
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The alternative is to grab an array of pixels in the default colormap and repeatedly do StoreColors there. That's how clover works. Changing colormaps is pretty slow with a compliant window manager.

Chris Kent	Western Software Laboratory	Digital Equipment Corporation
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