nanogui: proposed change to microwindows color values
Subject:
Re: proposed change to microwindows color values
From:
Alan Cox ####@####.####
Date:
14 Oct 1999 21:27:06 -0000
Message-Id: <E11bsFB-0003n6-00@the-village.bc.nu>
> : Its not a colour table, its a table of colour numbers - indexes into the main
> : table. For example it might be that white is colour 0 on an LCD and
> : STDCOLOR_BLACK is 1. If so then colors[STDCOLOR_BLACK]= 0.
> :
> Yes. That's what I was trying to say. So - should we
> build this table from scratch, or just link in one that will work?
> Also, do you believe we should do this just to keep "simple" palette
> indices working, or move to RGB for user programs?
How much will the overhead of looking up the RGB->color be for fixed palette
systems - any iea ?