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From: pds@quintus (Peter Schachte)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: XAllocNamedColor vs. XParseColor
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Date: 23 Feb 89 20:41:17 GMT
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Reply-To: pds@quintus (Peter Schachte)
Organization: Quintus Computer Systems, Inc.
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What's the difference between calling XAllocNamedColor and calling
XParseColor and feeding its output ot XAllocColor?  I know XParseColor
is a little smarter, but is it guaranteed to be compatible?  Can it
EVER get the wrong answer on input XAllocNamedColor works on?

TIA,
-Peter Schachte
pds@quintus.uucp
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