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From: csvsj@garnet.berkeley.edu (Steve Jacobson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: problem with colormap (X11)
Keywords: colormap focus
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Date: 27 Oct 89 17:26:45 GMT
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In article <8910270827.AA14049@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse) writes:
>>> I create a private colormap for a specific window as follows:
>
>>>    my_cmap = XCreateColormap(display, win, visual, AllocAll);
>>>    XSetWindowColormap(dipaly, win, my_cmap);
>
>> This notifies the window manager that this window should have your
>> private colormap installed when the window gets the input focus.
>
>Oops, is it not permitted for the window manager to separate keyboard
>focus from colormap focus?
>

Finally! I commented about this and posted modifications to twm to seperate
keyboard and color focus and didn't get a single reply or response. Until
24 bit displays rule, seperating keyboard and color focus is the best way
to handle multiple colormaps on 8 bit pseudo color displays. "Technicolor
flash" is eliminated; the colormap focus changes only when the user wants it
to.

Does anyone know of a window manager that optionally seperates keyboard and
color focus?

Steve