> X also allows applicatons to use their own colormaps, and switch them
> with X's colormap when they want to. However, if two programs use
> different colormaps, their colors will map differently, so gray in one
> will be purple in another, which is what GIMp is doing. This is
> perfectly normal, and longtime X-on-displays-that-can-only-do-256-color
> s users have pretty much gotten used to it
Right. And the technical term for this is "colormap flashing". "Technicolor"
is another.
Jeff
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