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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: <None> (twm's colormap windows)
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Date: 22 Oct 90 23:51:45 GMT
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> Unfortunately the default behavior with the XM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS with
> twm is not defined. 

The default is to install the first n colormaps in the list.

> You have to explicitly set some option in your .twmrc
> file to make the colormap switch in and out.

If an application has multiple colormaps per top-level window, twm
implements a policy that allows the user to move the pointer without
the screen going berserk.  You might want a different policy.  

>  I have also found twm to core
> dump when dealing with XM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS (probably in the documentation).

Send a bug report if you can get this to reliably occur.