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From: twb@cbnewsh.att.com (thomas.w.beattie)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Menu colors with GIF/etc. viewers
Keywords: Cshow, Vpic, VUimg, VGA, GIF, ???
Message-ID: <1990May29.165308.3829@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 29 May 90 16:53:08 GMT
References: <1990May25.190151.939@cbnewsh.att.com> <468@ra.MsState.Edu>
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <468@ra.MsState.Edu> pam1@ra.MsState.Edu (Phillip A. McReynolds) writes:
>In article <1990May25.190151.939@cbnewsh.att.com> twb@cbnewsh.att.com (thomas.w.beattie) writes:
>>I have a problem with various GIF/etc. viewers (CSHOW, VPIC, VUIMG, ...).
>>After an image is displayed the menu colors are altered and frequently
>
>I have had a similar problem, but only when starting cshow from a reconfigured
>pallette.  For example, if I start cshow after running VPal (which allows me
>to load my own pallette), the colors are skewed upon exiting a GIF.  However,
>I have *not* experienced this problem when running from the original pallette.
>(I should note that even if I reinstall the default pallette, I get this
>problem.)  Have you tried running cshow from a clean machine (i.e., one which
>has never had its pallette changed since cold boot)?
>
>pam1@ra.msstate.edu <or> sop@athena.ee.msstate.edu <or> dbeattie@msstate.bitnet

Now we are getting somewhere.
I tried using CSHOW immediately after a cold boot and it seems to
work correctly! (the menu colors are unaffected by the viewed image :-).
If I alter the palette at all (even to set the default colors) the problem
returns.

Why?
Is there some way to return to the default behavior?
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Tom Beattie
att!hoqaa!twb
t.w.beattie@att.com