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RE: Arrow keys, etc.
- To: <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: Arrow keys, etc.
- From: "Suhaib Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 09:49:43 -0400
- Cc: <yadin at pitt dot edu>
> The depth x8 or x16 is not the resolution of the monitor but
> determines the
> number of colors: 256 for 8 bits, 65536 for 16 bits.
Well, yes i know
> Since you
> said earlier
> that Xwin supports only 256 colors the right setting is x8.
True, 256 colors are supported,, though it should work with 16 and 32 bit
to, but with a bit strange colors.
>When I use
> 'xsetroot -solid blue' with x16 I get a red color. When I use it
> with x8 I
> get the correct blue color.
16, 24, 32 support is there, but buggy, that is why. Hopefully future
releases will have it fixed.
Suhaib
> Yadin.
>
>
> >From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi@inspirepharm.com>
> >To: "Yadin Goldschmidt" <margalit_gold@hotmail.com>,
> ><cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com>
> >CC: <yadin@pitt.edu>
> >Subject: RE: Arrow keys, etc.
> >Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:18:52 -0400
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com
> > > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Yadin
> > > Goldschmidt
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:10 PM
> > > To: cygwin-xfree@sources.redhat.com
> > > Cc: yadin@pitt.edu
> > > Subject: RE: Arrow keys, etc.
> > >
> > >
> > > Just a little update:
> > > 1. If I change the line in startxwin.bat to
> > > start XWin -screen 0 800x600x8 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0
> > > with emphasis on x8, then 'xsetroot -solid blue' works correctly and
> > > similarly other colors. So why is the depth set originally to 16?
> >
> >for my monitor. I assume end-users might be able to write simple batch
> >files. I
> >cannot possibley provide all the possible command lines for all the
> >possible
> >monitors and end use prefered resolutions. Sorry!
> >
> >Suhib
> >
> > > 2. Since the supplied xedit does not work, I compiled xedit myself. It
> > > compiled without a hitch and works perfectly including arrow keys and
> > > the cursor. I still don't know why arrow keys don't work within nedit.
> > > I think S. Siddiqi is doing a great job. Keep it up!
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> > > Yadin.
> > >
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