jka@radar0.larc.nasa.gov (J. Keith Alston) (02/06/91)
Hello,
I am running ISC unix 2.2 on a compaq 386/33 with the
motif(1.0.3) development system. I've written an application
using the motif widgets, and I want to display 16
colors in one window. When I run this application under
the Motif window manager it only displays about 5 colors,
when I run under UWM I get all 16 colors. Anyone have
any idea why this is happening? Is there something I need
to do in the Mwm app-defaults file?
Thanks for any help,
--
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I recommend pleasant"----> Elwood P. Dowd
Lockheed Eng. and Sci. Co./Nasa Larc|J. Keith Alston jka@radar0.larc.nasa.govgaf@uucs1.UUCP (gaf) (02/08/91)
(J. Keith Alston) writes: > When I run this application under > the Motif window manager it only displays about 5 colors, > when I run under UWM I get all 16 colors. The Motif Window Manager (mwm) gobbles colors for its own use. Remember, that 3-D effect is achieved by using 3 colors (highlight, background, shadow) for the window frame with the focus and 3 colors (highlight, background, shadow) for windows without the focus. Then 2 more for active foreground & inactive foreground, for a total of 8. In the 1.0.* releases it gobbles the colormap entries even if it doesn't use them (e.g. if you use black for active & inactive foreground and shadow colors). If you have a 16 cell colormap with an application which needs to display 16 colors simultaneously, you can either use a server with a bigger colormap (we switched from VGA to a Paradise 8514/A) or have the app install its own colormap (which will make other apps' colors look wrong). -- Guy Finney It's that feeling of deja-vu UUCS inc. Phoenix, Az all over again. ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!uucs1!gaf sun!sunburn!gtx!uucs1!gaf
yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) (02/08/91)
In article <1991Feb6.135146.2576@news.larc.nasa.gov> jka@radar0.larc.nasa.gov (J. Keith Alston) writes: |> |> Hello, |> I am running ISC unix 2.2 on a compaq 386/33 with the |> motif(1.0.3) development system. I've written an application |> using the motif widgets, and I want to display 16 |> colors in one window. When I run this application under |> the Motif window manager it only displays about 5 colors, |> when I run under UWM I get all 16 colors. Anyone have |> any idea why this is happening? Is there something I need |> to do in the Mwm app-defaults file? |> Thanks for any help, Try the following resources in your .Xdefaults file. These resource setting will force Mwm to use only black and white. So instead of using the usual 6-8 colors, only two colors would be used. =Mike XLoad*background: White XLoad*foreground: Black XTerm*background: Black XTerm*foreground: White XTerm*cursorColor: Black mwm*armColor: white ! MONOCHROME setup Mwm*cleanText: True Mwm*activeBackground: white Mwm*activeForeground: black Mwm*background: white Mwm*foreground: black Mwm*client*activeBackgroundPixmap: 50_foreground Mwm*client*activeTopShadowPixmap: foreground Mwm*client*activeBottomShadowPixmap: background !Mwm*client*background: white !Mwm*client*foreground: black Mwm*client*backgroundPixmap: 75_foreground Mwm*client*topShadowPixmap: foreground Mwm*client*bottomShadowPixmap: background !Mwm*feedback*background: white !Mwm*feedback*foreground: black Mwm*feedback*backgroundPixmap: 50_foreground !Mwm*feedback*topShadowPixmap: 25_foreground !Mwm*feedback*bottomShadowPixmap: background !Mwm*menu*background: white !Mwm*menu*foreground: black Mwm*menu*backgroundPixmap: foreground !Mwm*menu*topShadowPixmap: foreground !Mwm*menu*bottomShadowPixmap: background !Mwm*icon*background: white !Mwm*icon*foreground: black Mwm*icon*activeBackgroundPixmap: 50_foreground Mwm*icon*activeBottomShadowPixmap: foreground Mwm*icon*backgroundPixmap: 75_foreground -- = Michael K. Yee -- yee@osf.org or uunet!osf.org!yee -- = OSF/Motif Development = "I can't give you brains, but I can give you a diploma." -- The Wizard of OZ
mayer@hplabsz.HP.COM (Niels Mayer) (02/10/91)
In article <403@uucs1.UUCP> gaf@uucs1.UUCP () writes: >(J. Keith Alston) writes: >> When I run this application under >> the Motif window manager it only displays about 5 colors, >> when I run under UWM I get all 16 colors. > > The Motif Window Manager (mwm) gobbles colors for its own use. > Remember, that 3-D effect is achieved by using 3 colors (highlight, > background, shadow) for the window frame with the focus and 3 colors > (highlight, background, shadow) for windows without the focus. Then 2 > more for active foreground & inactive foreground, for a total of 8. mwm does not have to gobble colors. If you are running on a system with limited # of planes, you should set up a "color scheme" in which you decide that you will use color X for all foregrounds of applications, Y for all backgrounds, Z for topshadow colors, and W for bottomshadows... In this way multiple applications and multiple widgets will be sharing color planes. In my experience, this is absolutely necessary for systems with 4our and 6ix planes, but with 8 or more planes, you may let Motif run wild. > In the 1.0.* releases it gobbles the colormap entries even if it doesn't > use them (e.g. if you use black for active & inactive foreground and > shadow colors). Does setting "mwm*makeColors: none" help?? > If you have a 16 cell colormap with an application which needs to display > 16 colors simultaneously, you can either use a server with a bigger > colormap (we switched from VGA to a Paradise 8514/A) or have the app > install its own colormap (which will make other apps' colors look wrong). I don't think you need to do this if you follow the advice above (and below). -------------------- Here are some examples I have from the days when I had a 4 plane display. Some of these resources may be invalid, since I was using Motif 0.7 at the time: -------------------- Mwm*makeColors: none Mwm*foreground: White Mwm*background: BlueViolet Mwm*topShadowColor: LightBlue Mwm*topShadowTile: foreground Mwm*bottomShadowColor: Black Mwm*bottomShadowTile: foreground Mwm*icon*topShadowColor: LightBlue Mwm*icon*bottomShadowColor: Black Mwm*client*foreground: White Mwm*client*background: BlueViolet Mwm*client*topShadowColor: LightBlue Mwm*client*bottomShadowColor: DimGrey Mwm*client*activeTopShadowColor: White Mwm*client*activeBottomShadowColor: Black Mwm*client*topShadowTile: foreground Mwm*client*bottomShadowTile: foreground Mwm*client*activeTopShadowTile: foreground Mwm*client*activeBottomShadowTile: foreground Mwm*makeActiveColors: none Mwm*activeForeground: Yellow Mwm*activeForeground: DarkOrchid Mwm*activeBackground: DarkOrchid Mwm*activeBackground: Pink Mwm*activeTopShadowColor: Wheat Mwm*activeBottomShadowColor: DimGrey Mwm*makeIconColors: none Mwm*iconImageForeground: White Mwm*iconImageBackground: DarkOrchid Mwm*iconImageForeground: White Mwm*iconImageBackground: MidnightBlue Mwm*iconImageTopShadowColor: Black Mwm*iconImageTopShadowTile: foreground Mwm*iconImageBottomShadowColor: LightBlue Mwm*iconImageBottomShadowTile: foreground Mwm*makeMatteColors: none Mwm*matteBackground: DarkSlateGrey Mwm*matteForeground: Yellow -------------------- Incase anybody cares, here's my current mwm settings: # # MWM # Mwm*iconBoxGeometry: 14x1+0+0 Mwm*buttonBindings: ButtonBindings Mwm*keyBindings: KeyBindings Mwm*useIconBox: True Mwm*iconBoxSBDisplayPolicy: vertical Mwm*iconAutoPlace: True Mwm*fadeNormalIcon: True Mwm*iconDecoration: label image activelabel Mwm*iconPlacement: top left Mwm*iconPlacementMargin: 0 Mwm*iconbox*clientDecoration: maximize minimize menu Mwm*iconbox*troughColor: Grey Mwm*iconClick: False Mwm*wMenuButtonClick: True !! if set to true, then double click on window menu kills window. Mwm*wMenuButtonClick2: True Mwm*Winterp*iconImage: /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/wingdogs Mwm*WinterpCtrlPnl*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/scrap-i.h Mwm*xterm*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/term.xbm Mwm*kermitxterm*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/phone Mwm*hpterm*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/term-i.h Mwm*Gnuvo*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuvo-i.h Mwm*CFiles*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuvo-c.xbm Mwm*MailFiles*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuvo-draft.xbm Mwm*LispFiles*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuvo-lsp.xbm Mwm*TextFiles*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuvo-txt.xbm Mwm*TeXFiles*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuvo-TeX.xbm Mwm*Gnuvominibuffer*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuvo-i.h Mwm*Scratch*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuvo-i.h Mwm*Aux*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuvo-i.h Mwm*x11lock*iconImage: /usr/local/X11/x11lock/padlock.bm Mwm*x11emacs*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/gnuemacs-i.h Mwm*datebook*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/datebook-i.h Mwm*xclock*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/clock Mwm*xwebster*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/xwebster-i.h Mwm*clipboard*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/scrap-i.h Mwm*XMan*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/xman-i.h Mwm*Cscope*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/cscope-i.h Mwm*xhexcalc*iconImage: /usr/local/include/X11/bitmaps/calc-i.h Mwm*saveUnder: True Mwm*interactivePlacement: True Mwm*keyboardFocusPolicy: Pointer Mwm*colormapFocusPolicy: Pointer Mwm*limitResize: False Mwm*focusAutoRaise: False Mwm*positionOnScreen: False Mwm*resizeCursors: True Mwm*resizeBorderWidth: 5 Mwm*matteWidth: 0 Mwm*menu*bottomTitleSeparator*separatorType: single_line Mwm*feedback*confirmbox*highlightColor: Red Mwm*XClock*clientDecoration: none Mwm*oclock*clientDecoration: none Mwm*xperfmon*clientDecoration: none Mwm*moniterm*clientDecoration: none Mwm*Gnuvominibuffer*clientDecoration: border Mwm*console*clientDecoration: none Mwm*xckmail*clientDecoration: none Mwm*cutdisp*clientDecoration: none Mwm*client*fontList: hp8.8x16b Mwm*menu*fontList: 6x10 Mwm*icon*fontList: 6x10 Mwm*feedback*fontList: fg-40 # Mwm*makeColors: none !Mwm*foreground: White !Mwm*background: BlueViolet # Mwm*topShadowColor: LightBlue # Mwm*topShadowTile: foreground # Mwm*bottomShadowColor: Black # Mwm*bottomShadowTile: foreground !Mwm*icon*topShadowColor: LightBlue !Mwm*icon*bottomShadowColor: Black Mwm*client*foreground: White Mwm*client*background: BlueViolet !Mwm*client*topShadowColor: LightBlue !Mwm*client*bottomShadowColor: DimGrey # Mwm*client*activeTopShadowColor: White # Mwm*client*activeBottomShadowColor: Black # Mwm*client*topShadowTile: foreground # Mwm*client*bottomShadowTile: foreground # Mwm*client*activeTopShadowTile: foreground # Mwm*client*activeBottomShadowTile: foreground # Mwm*makeActiveColors: none !Mwm*activeForeground: Yellow Mwm*activeForeground: DarkOrchid !Mwm*activeBackground: DarkOrchid Mwm*activeBackground: Pink Mwm*activeTopShadowColor: Wheat Mwm*activeBottomShadowColor: DimGrey # Mwm*makeIconColors: none !Mwm*iconImageForeground: White !Mwm*iconImageBackground: DarkOrchid Mwm*iconImageForeground: White Mwm*iconImageBackground: MidnightBlue # Mwm*iconImageTopShadowColor: Black # Mwm*iconImageTopShadowTile: foreground # Mwm*iconImageBottomShadowColor: LightBlue # Mwm*iconImageBottomShadowTile: foreground # Mwm*makeMatteColors: none # Mwm*matteBackground: DarkSlateGrey # Mwm*matteForeground: Yellow Mwm*menu*background: MidnightBlue Mwm*menu*foreground: White !Mwm*menu*activeBackground: Blue !Mwm*menu*activeForeground: Wheat ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Niels Mayer -- hplabs!mayer -- mayer@hplabs.hp.com Human-Computer Interaction Department Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Palo Alto, CA. *