paul@cacilj.UUCP (Paul Close) (02/01/89)
I put some images on the screen from the `xim' x image package (from contrib).
When I try to use xmag on a part of the image, I just get black and white and
the occasional extra color--not the 256 or so colors originally used!
What gives? `spy' does the same thing....
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Paul Close paul@cacilj.CTS.COM ...!{uunet, ucsd, crash}!cacilj!paul
The Obi-wan Kenobi method: "Use the Source, Luke" -Jim Fultonrws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (02/02/89)
xmag is broken in that it doesn't attempt to use the visual or colormap of the selected window. If xim selects a new colormap, xmag won't do the right thing. If your problem is something else, try asking again.
paul@cacilj.UUCP (Paul Close) (02/09/89)
In article <8902011901.AA01516@EXPIRE.LCS.MIT.EDU> rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) writes: >xmag is broken in that it doesn't attempt to use the visual or colormap >of the selected window. If xim selects a new colormap, xmag won't do >the right thing. If your problem is something else, try asking again. The problems don't exist on a Sun-4, but they do exist on the Apollo, so I am assuming this is an Apollo-specific bug. This is under SR10.0 with the MIT code. I think I applied the first three patches. This is a server bug. (I've run the sun-4's xmag on the apollo display and it doesn't work.) I tried 'puzzle -picture mandrill.cm' to use the default colormap, and still got the strange colors and lack of depth. I tried 'puzzle -picture mandrill.cm -cm' to make a new colormap (which produces strange colors) and the problem persists. The color numbers xmag talks about are ALWAYS in the range 0-15, and there are usually only four distinct values. [ Is the new colormap problem one of those "hallucinogenic bugs" Dave Rosenthal was talking about? :-] Also (Apollo only), xmag is prone to displaying wide horizontal bands instead of the actual pixels, even on black & white images like xterm. For example, instead of:, sometimes I get: ............................. ............................. ............................. ............................. .....X.........X............. XXXXXXX........X............. .....X.........X.....XX...... .....X.........X..........XX. .....X.........X............. XXXXXXX........X............. .....X.........X.....XX...... .....X.........X..XXXXXXXXXX. .....XXXXXXXXXXX......X...... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...........X. .....X.........X......X...... .....X.........X...........X. .....X.........X......X...... XXXXXXX........X...........X. .....X.........X......X...... .....X.........X...........X. .....X.........X....XXXXX.... XXXXXXX........X..XXXXXXXXXXX ............................. ............................. ............................. ............................. -- Paul Close paul@cacilj.CTS.COM ...!{uunet, ucsd, crash}!cacilj!paul The Obi-wan Kenobi method: "Use the Source, Luke" -Jim Fulton