Thread-topic: Font display problem in 256 color mode
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Yes, ximtool is the reason for 256 color mode, and yes, I am using DS9
instead. Ximtool has the advantage of less screen real estate. I guess we
will just live with DS9.
Bruce
On 3/9/07 12:52 PM, "Tommy Grav" <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Mar 9, 2007, at 12:03 PM, David Gohara wrote:
>
>> Hi Bruce,
>>
>>> I just installed IRAF on a new MacPro. The computer has a 23" Cinema
>>> Display and the standard graphics card. IRAF requires 256 color
>>> mode to
>>> function properly. When I set X11 to 256 color mode the fonts in
>>> Xterm
>>> windows are garbled and unreadable. If I switch back to "From
>>> Display" the
>>> fonts are readable. Ant ideas what the problem might be and if it is
>>> fixable?
>>
>
> I am assuming that you are using the ximtool (or is there another 256
> color
> dependency in IRAF). I have been using IRAF and DS9 for several years
> and have been using the standard millions of colors the whole time
> without
> problem.
>
> Cheers
> Tommy Grav, Ph.d
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