From: aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu (Tony O'Bryan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro datafiles and PCX palettes
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 22:01:36 GMT
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On Wed, 01 Jan 1997 01:22:46 GMT, demandrd AT compusmart DOT ab DOT ca
(Demandred) wrote:

>Is there any reasonably easy way to grab a palette from a PCX file and
>save it as a PALETTE object in an Allegro Grabber datafile?  I'd
>*really* prefer not to have to save the default palette, read in a new
>one from the PCXs, etc...

From within Grabber::

1)  Create a new palette or highlight an existing one.
2)  Read in the PCX file from which you want to take the palette.
3)  Select grab from the floating menu.

The palette object now has the palette from the PCX file you loaded in
step 2.