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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XAllocColor() doesn't return closest color
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Date: 2 Oct 90 13:21:34 GMT
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    shouldn't XAllocColor() return the closest read-only color value
    available?

It only does this for Static visuals, not dynamic ones.  We could have
long arguments about why this semantics and not the other.  The truth
is that both semantics should have been provided, rather than trying to
choose one.

    Note that O'Reilly claims XAllocColor() should work this way, while the 
    Red Book sort of side steps the issue.  Is the O'Reilly book just wrong?

Yes, although it is an understandable mistake.