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From: rds95@leah.Albany.Edu (Robert Seals)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: How to keep screen normal in GL
Keywords: gl
Message-ID: <3722@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 11 Oct 90 13:31:40 GMT
Organization: The University at Albany, Computer Services Center
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Hello,
I'm trying to learn gl, and there is one thing that is most
bothersome. When opening a new window with "winopen", the
palette of the entire screen changes to whatever is in
GL's palette. Is there a way to avoid this? I've tried
to read the current colormap before opening a window, but
that causes a coredump.

I've tried to find a list of 'sacred' map entries (i.e., those
that shoulnd't be screwed with) in info, but no luck.

I'd really like to have a 256-grayscale palette, but unless I
open the window to be the entire screen, the window manager (of
course) turns into the null and void.

anks,
rob
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