Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!paperboy!yee From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif Subject: Re: Black and White monitors Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 90 17:22:16 GMT References: <56348@XAIT.Xerox.COM> <1990Sep7.004117.15235@cs.columbia.edu> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Followup-To: comp.windows.x.motif Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 26 In-reply-to: sen@cs.columbia.edu's message of 7 Sep 90 00:41:17 GMT In article <1990Sep7.004117.15235@cs.columbia.edu> sen@cs.columbia.edu (Soumitra Sengupta) writes: | I am a newcomer to the Motif world. What is the simplest way to get mwm | to recognize a black and white monitor and adjust accordingly so that borders | and buttons do not look like a bad negative of a picture? Is there a single | option (or a single set of options) some place to set instead of -fg | and -bg and -bd options in each and every program? I was trying RS/6000 | AIXWindows mwm from a black and white Sun-2 monitor => unknown but limited | pixel depths, I am sure :-( | Mwm and the Motif toolkit should default to reasonable defaults, whether a monochrome, static gray, or color monitor. Try running without any 'Mwm' resources set. The defaults should not appear "like a bad negative". What version of mwm are you running (i.e. 1.1 or 1.0)? | Thanks | sen | (sen@cs.columbia.edu) =Mike -- = Michael K. Yee -- yee@osf.org or uunet!osf.org!yee -- = OSF/Motif Senior SW Engineer = "I can't give you brains, but I can give you a diploma." -- The Wizard of OZ