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From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: 16 colors with MWM
Message-ID: <YEE.91Feb7173630@katana.osf.org>
Date: 7 Feb 91 22:36:30 GMT
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In-reply-to: jka@radar0.larc.nasa.gov's message of 6 Feb 91 13:51:46 GMT

In article <1991Feb6.135146.2576@news.larc.nasa.gov> jka@radar0.larc.nasa.gov (J. Keith Alston) writes:
|> 
|> Hello,
|>     I am running ISC unix 2.2 on a compaq 386/33 with the
|>     motif(1.0.3) development system. I've written an application
|>     using the motif widgets, and I want to display 16
|>     colors in one window. When I run this application under
|>     the Motif window manager it only displays about 5 colors,
|>     when I run under UWM I get all 16 colors. Anyone have
|>     any idea why this is happening? Is there something I need
|>     to do in the Mwm app-defaults file?
|> 	                  Thanks for any help,

	Try the following resources in your .Xdefaults file.  These resource
	setting will force Mwm to use only black and white.  So instead of
	using the usual 6-8 colors, only two colors would be used.

	=Mike


XLoad*background:		White
XLoad*foreground:		Black

XTerm*background:		Black
XTerm*foreground:		White
XTerm*cursorColor:		Black

mwm*armColor:			white

! MONOCHROME setup

Mwm*cleanText:				True

Mwm*activeBackground:	 	white
Mwm*activeForeground: 		black
Mwm*background:		 	white
Mwm*foreground: 		black

Mwm*client*activeBackgroundPixmap:	50_foreground
Mwm*client*activeTopShadowPixmap:	foreground
Mwm*client*activeBottomShadowPixmap:	background

!Mwm*client*background:		 	white
!Mwm*client*foreground:	 		black
Mwm*client*backgroundPixmap:		75_foreground
Mwm*client*topShadowPixmap:		foreground
Mwm*client*bottomShadowPixmap:		background

!Mwm*feedback*background:		white
!Mwm*feedback*foreground:	 	black
Mwm*feedback*backgroundPixmap:		50_foreground
!Mwm*feedback*topShadowPixmap:		25_foreground
!Mwm*feedback*bottomShadowPixmap:	background

!Mwm*menu*background:			white
!Mwm*menu*foreground:			black
Mwm*menu*backgroundPixmap:		foreground
!Mwm*menu*topShadowPixmap:		foreground
!Mwm*menu*bottomShadowPixmap:		background

!Mwm*icon*background:		 	white
!Mwm*icon*foreground:	 		black
Mwm*icon*activeBackgroundPixmap:	50_foreground
Mwm*icon*activeBottomShadowPixmap:	foreground
Mwm*icon*backgroundPixmap:		75_foreground
--
= Michael K. Yee		-- yee@osf.org or uunet!osf.org!yee --
= OSF/Motif Development
= "I can't give you brains, but I can give you a diploma." -- The Wizard of OZ