From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Jan D." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [d.love@dl.ac.uk: Re: privateColormap X resource] Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:28:05 +0100 (MET) Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200210282125.g9SLPZgu006571@stubby.bodenonline.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035840664 4146 80.91.224.249 (28 Oct 2002 21:31:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 21:31:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 186HTS-00014h-00 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:31:02 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 186HXk-0000sr-00 for ; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:35:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 186HSl-0004KT-00; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:30:19 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 186HRp-0003de-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:29:21 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 186HRn-0003YT-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:29:21 -0500 Original-Received: from stubby.bodenonline.com ([193.201.16.94]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 186HRj-0003T3-00; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:29:16 -0500 Original-Received: from pc35.bodenonline.com ([193.201.16.149]) by stubby.bodenonline.com (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g9SLPZgu006571; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:25:40 +0100 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: from "Richard Stallman" at okt 28, 2002 02:20:30 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL0pre8] Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:8857 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:8857 > > Can someone please try testing whether the privateColormap X resource > works in Emacs? Here is a suggestion for how to test that; > I would not know how to fill in the details and really do it, > but maybe some of you know. > Yes it works for 21.1, RC and CVS. Here is a recipe (for XFree86 at least): Stop X. create a file .xserverrc in your home directory with the line exec Xwrapper :0 -depth 8 ${1:+"$@"} Start X. Start some application that uses some colors, nowdays any desktop system like Gnome qualifies :-). Viewing a colorful image is also OK. It may even be enough that the WM decorations are in color. Start Emacs like this: % emacs -xrm '*privateColormap: true' If the colors flickers as Emacs gets and looses focus, it works. Jan D. > > > I would run it in an 8-bit session, eat up the colourmap with Netrape > > or something, and then see if Emacs gets it own (with resulting > > psychedelics when you switch window focus). There may be a better > > way. > > > > Can you write a precise recipe for doing this? > > I don't think I can do much better. I think it would be clear to > people using 8-bit displays.