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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: Colour control on 256 colour platform under KDE 2.x
From:       Matthew Clark <matt () eee ! nott ! ac ! uk>
Date:       2001-06-04 15:08:35
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Kyle,

Thanks for your post but I have either misunderstood or things
aren't that simple......

How do you put KDE into locolour mode? This doesn't appear to be
an option on the control center on my system.

I have removed the hicolour directory (following the advice
below) /usr/local/kde2/share/icons and restarted and this has no
effect on the number of free colour slots.  Running my own
application to see how many private colour slots are available
under KDE returns 50 free slots with nothing running except
Konsole and the control panel.  I need at least 64 free colour
slots to work effectively.


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> By putting KDE in locolor mode, you do restrict the kde desktop /
> window manager to use only 40 colors.  The problem is the icons and
> then other applications.  I removed the hicolor icon directory
> (/usr/share/icons)
> and then made a link to the locolor icon directory and called it hicolor.
> I'm
> not sure if this is necessary but I wanted to make sure hicolor is not used
> and if I just deleted the hicolor directory, I would not get any icons.  I
> do not know why.
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> I then remvoed the 32x32 and 22x22 in the locolor icon directory and I
> also removed gnome off the menu since they are using hicolor pixmaps.
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> After doing the above kde uses only 60 colors after login.  After bringing
> up apps, the available colors will go away.  Netscape will use up most
> of them but it can also be started with a -install option and it will
> allocate
> a private colormap.  Acrobat reader is another program that will eat up
> the colors.
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> Note, because I got rid of the 32x32 icons, the desktop icons are quite
> small but I don't care.  I guess I could slowly add in the 32x32 icons
> that I need but have not gone through that pain.
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> Kyle
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> Matthew Clark <matt@eee.nottingham.ac.uk> on 06/04/2001 07:27:19 AM
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> Please respond to kde-user@lists.netcentral.net
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>  To:      KDE User List <kde-user@lists.netcentral.net>
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>  cc:      (bcc: Kyle S Hoyt/STP/Raytheon/US)
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>  Subject: Re: Colour control on 256 colour platform under KDE
>           2.x
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> I need to restrict the number of colours used by KDE to
> ensure there are at least 64 colour slots left for
> applications (to prevent switching to a private map).
> I had one reply previously but it didn't seem quite right.
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> Also a stupid question but were did the controls go that allow
> you to redefine the behaviour of the window frame buttons
> (dor/square/X for minimize/maximize/kill) I want windows to
> maximize vertically only.....
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> Is there a way to limit KDE2s colour usage, the  reply below
> doesn't seem relevant.
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> On Thu, 31 May 2001, Georg Golombek wrote:
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> > Am Donnerstag, 31. Mai 2001 20:33 schrieb Matthew Clark:
> > > Dear list,
> > >
> > > I wish to restrict the number of colours KDE uses ...
> >
> > Hello Matthew,
> >
> > there is a point in Control-center, appearance, symbols
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> > with low-color Desktop
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> > reg. gg
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> On my system there is control-center:lookandfeel:colours and
> then no mention of low colour usage.
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> Any thoughts ? thanks matt
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