On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, jim wrote:
>
> 1. At least some X applications that I've encountered over the years
> don't accept color specifications with spaces in them. From thens
> cometh "Slate Grey", "slategray", etc.
This reinforces my point that consistency helps avoiding compatibility issues.
>
> 2. If rgb.txt must be sorted, it probably makes more sense to sort it
> on the values rather than the text (ie, it makes more sense to me
> for "off white" and "old lace" to appear between "white" and
> "yellow" than between "orange" and "purple".
This is what I intended to suggest in the first place.
>
> 3. showrgb dumps the table. If you don't like the output,
> perl/sed/awk/grep/cut are your friends. TTWWDTIU.*
Sure, I wonder why whoever made the table wasn't friends with them.
If I had root permissions I'd probably use these tools to change the table
except for I don't feel it's worth it when I'm only doing it on my sytem.
That's the responsability of the person who made up the table. If I ever
will need to make a table be reassured that it will look nice.
>
> 4. This isn't exactly the right forum for discussing the organization
> of X color name to value mapping. rgb.txt and showrgb are part of
> X, not fvwm; last I looked, fvwm2 ran fine on a mono server.
OK, I just could not find anything on the colors in man fvwm, that's all.
My own room is a complete mess, and I couldn't care less, but I do believe
in keeping Unix neat and tidy. ;-)
Best Regards,
Neil
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Received on Sat Jun 06 1998 - 16:26:23 BST