Fw: ColorMap ColorNames in Database [re-post]

[Kevin S. Lim]

I don't think this message/request got re-broadcasted to the community for
some reason.

----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin S. Lim <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 8:22 PM
Subject: ColorMap ColorNames in Database


> Hi folks,
>
> I've searched through the old mailing list archives and the FAQ and didn't
> find an answer to my question/problem regarding a colormap.
>
> Q. How do I go about finding what color names (i.e. red, blue, etc.) are
> defined in the color database?
>
> The reason I ask is because I'm getting that problem that has been
described
> in past archives where the [setColor: c ToRed: r ToGreen: g ToBlue: b] is
> just giving me the white color.  I know I'm not having problems allocating
> the colors (i.e. display is set to greater than 8 bit color) and based on
> suggestions from the archive, Netscape and other color intensive apps are
> not running during a execution of a Swarm app.  Using the [setColor: c
> ToName: colorName] seems to work fine, so I'm trying to find 18 unique
color
> names -- I'm short 5 besides the traditional common colors! =)  Call it a
> quick fix!
>
> I'm running Swarm 2.0.1 on a Windows 95 and a Windows NT box.  I've
haven't
> tried to see if the problem exists on a Linux box yet (maybe over the
> weekend).  I hope I haven't missed my answer in the archives, but if I
have,
> many apologies for the wasted bandwidth!
>
> Cheers,
> - Kevin
>
> Kevin S. Lim - B.Sc.(Env) - MES Candidate
> Department of Geography - University of Waterloo
> LUCITA ABM @ www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/u/klim
>
>


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