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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

255.0. "Problem with 4 plane color" by DIAGNS::GRUNDSTROM (Carl Grundstrom) Mon Feb 20 1989 17:07

We've recently upgraded our LAVC to VMS and DECW V5.1. With the upgrade has
come a new problem.  My workstation is a 4-plane GPX.  Whenever I switch
from a DECterm window to the session manager window my colors all change.

If I'm in a DECterm window then my Window forground and background are
correct and all other colors are incorrect.  If I'm in the session manager
window then the screen, border, and highlight colors are correct but my
DECterm colors are incorrect.

I know this problem is due to only having four planes of color.  I would
hope, however, that DECwindows could support the four plane systems in a
more robust manner. Any hope of a fix for this?

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255.1Customization and REGISOIWS20::BRYSONMon Feb 20 1989 17:3311
    Have you customized DECwindows to use different colors than the
    defaults in you DECW$*.DAT?  I think I also read that DECterm uses
    16 color slots in the colormap when working with REGIS.  What you are
    seeing is the window manager loading a different colormap since you
    only have 16 color cells in your colormaps.  However, I would have 
    thought that DECterm would only allocate these color cells if a REGIS 
    sequence was received rather than pre-allocating them at the beginning.
    
    David
    

255.2RAGS::GRUNDSTROMCarl GrundstromMon Feb 20 1989 18:464
I checked and I was sending REGIS escape sequences to change the color of my
terminals.  I removed these and it works fine.  I'll stay away from REGIS
colors from now on. Thanks!