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Re: 24 bit colors under E/D



>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Wurcer <Scott.Wurcer@analog.com> writes:

    Scott> The original poster said that he had a Linux machine w/1Meg
    Scott> of vram and a 24bit card available. Does XFree86 + E/L
    Scott> support truecolor, hence 256 grays?

Yes.  Executor internally can still only do 8-bit graphics, but if you
run it on a system with a 16-bit or 24-bit X server, Executor maps its
internal pixels to the X server's RGB pixels as they are displayed.
This means that the accuracy of the pixel colors is limited only by
the accuracy of your card's RGB colors.

You can also run Executor in "-privatecmap" mode even on 8-bit X
servers, which should give you 8-bit colors as accurate as the X
server provides.  I'd guess that XFree86 does a good job of using
8/8/8 DACs where available.

-Mat


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