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RE: Arrow keys, etc.
- To: cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: RE: Arrow keys, etc.
- From: "Yadin Goldschmidt" <margalit_gold at hotmail dot com>
- Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 09:38:06 EDT
- Cc: ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com, 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. Since you said earlier
that Xwin supports only 256 colors the right setting is x8. 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.
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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