From: vischne AT ibm DOT net Subject: Re: ntxlib alpha 2 5 Jan 1998 19:42:31 -0800 Message-ID: <199801060328.DAA05682.cygnus.gnu-win32@out4.ibm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com > Arlindo da Silva (arlindo AT niteroi DOT gsfc DOT nasa DOT gov) > Mon, 5 Jan 1998 10:57:17 -0500 (EST) >This is fantastic! It works like a charm. I have a couple of questions: > > 1. How would would you implement XCheckMaskEvent()? I was looking at > XNextEvent(), but since I am pretty ignorant about win32 events > I din't get very far. > > 2. When I fill rectangle I get these pathetic (color) patterns instead > of nice solid colors (as I get with the real thing). Do you know of > any way around this? > Part of the problem with ntxlib the way it stands at present is that it doesn't have a database of named X-colors, the kind you get from a proper initialization file. A `true' X-windows system boots up from its base system, building its own palette of named colors and its list of X-fonts in the process. If you take the approach of linking individual X-apps to a Windowized X-library, then it makes some sense to insert code that initializes a palette of named colors and makes some pretense of setting up X-alisases for Windows fonts. At the moment, ntxlib has a grayscale color database with no names. Call it work to be done.  - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".