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Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 14:01:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: Colour.
To: gem-list@world.std.com
In-Reply-To: <memo.248348@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.87.9405311443.B24733-0100000@undergrad>
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On Tue, 31 May 1994, Andre Willey wrote:
>
> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9405302027.C18554-0100000@undergrad>
>
> In <Pine.3.87.9405302027.C18554-0100000@undergrad>,
> millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu wrote:
>
> > Other options include things like automatic palette handling. When
> > a window is topped, the manager would assign the current palette to
> > the window that used to be on the top...
>
> Good idea, that way any colour changes that the user has made to the
> current window (e.g. via the control panel) will be saved and restored
> each time they top that window.
>
> Andre
>
The manager could pull the palette out of the hardware (using VDI, of
course), so the app doesn't need to go through the manager (necessarily)
to change the palette. This will make the standard work for apps that
don't conform.