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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Help wanted: Number of colors?
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Date: 13 Apr 91 02:06:30 GMT
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>> [...] If you really need all 256 colors, you should create a new
>> colormap.  Use the ICCCM procedure to have it installed.

> I recall seeing a discussion on this topic earlier.  The ICCCM states
> that the client should let the window manager install its colormaps,
> but if there is no window manager running, this will have no effect.
> (yes, I know, the user _should_ be using a window manager... :-) )

Yes.  Would you also maintain that all clients should be capable of
resizing themselves, because there might be no window manager running
when the user wants to resize windows?  Colormap installation is just
as much a window manager function as moving and resizing windows; if
there's no window manager running, it just doesn't work.

That said, I should perhaps mention that my programs often have a
-install option that tells them to do colormap installation themselves.
This is self-defense against window managers that haven't caught up to
the ICCCM yet...perhaps in a few years I'll eliminate it.

					der Mouse

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