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From: dshr@SUN.COM (David Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: CLX question
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Date: 22 Jul 88 20:27:14 GMT
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> In CLX, how does one determine whether a screen is monochrome or color?
> The trick I've seen used in Xlib is to check how many colors the default
> colormap will hold, but I can't find the equivalent accessor in CLX.  Or
> is there some other test that is preferred?

Test is wrong.  You need to check the DefaultVisual(dpy,scr)->class
to see if it is {Pseudo,Direct,True}Color.  This is the only way to
find out if the image you display is in color.

	David.