color map

["Jonathan Callahan" <callahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This email is from Hans Vahlenkamp (hnv@gfdl.gov)

He has an SGI Indigo2 running SGI/Irix 5.x

> Is there any way to make Ferret use a private
> 8-bit colormap rather than sharing colors with
> the root window's colormap?  I understand that
> Ferret will not work with a TrueColor root window,
> but using a private 8-bit colormap would be just
> fine.  I frequently run out of colors so such a
> capability would be most useful.  As you probably
> know, the SGI can have many 8-bit colormaps
> installed simultaneously, so I'm not worried about
> color flashing since there would not be any.
>
> Thanks...





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