Initializing The Colormap With Xinitcolormap - HP b2600 Administration Manual

Initializing the Colormap with xinitcolormap

The xinitcolormap client initializes the X colormap. Specific X colormap entries (pixel values) are made
to correspond to specified colors. An initialized colormap is required by applications that assume a
predefined colormap (for example, many applications that use Starbase graphics).
xinitcolormap has the following syntax: xinitcolormap [<options>]
where the <options> are:
-f <colormapfile>
Specifies a file containing a colormap.
-display <display>
Specifies the server to connect to.
-c <count>
Only the first count colors from the colormap file will be used if this parameter is specified.
-k or -kill
Deallocate any colormap entries that were allocated by a previous run of xinitcolormap.
xinitcolormap choses a colormap file in the order shown below. Once one is found, then the other
sources aren't searched.
1. The command line option [-f <colormapfile>].
2. .Colormap default value.
3. The xcolormap file in /usr/lib/X11.
4. If no colormap file is found, this default colormap specification is assumed - black (colormap
entry 0), white, red yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta (colormap entry 7).
xinitcolormap should be the first client program run at the start of a session in order to assure that
colormap entries have the color associations specified in the colormap file. Sometimes you may
encounter this X toolkit warning:
X Toolkit Warning: cannot allocate colormap entry for 94c4d0
where "94c4d0" is a color specified in the application running. If this occurs, it means that you have
probably reached the limit of colors for your graphics card/display combination. Executing
xinitcolormap may solve the problem.
For more information about xinitcolormap, refer to its reference page.
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