Re: [Xpert]X default fg and bg colors
On Fri, Jan 26, 2001 at 09:43:01PM -0500, twoerner@ica.net wrote:
> On Thursday 25 January 2001 23:53, ha shao wrote:
> > A user reported that on arm710 platform, the default foreground
> > color of an window is not set. Only background color is set.
>
> what do you mean by "foreground colour ... is not set"? it would have
> to be *something* even if it is garbage. is it "not set" or is it that
> both foreground and background colours are set to white?
>
His description is that 'text draw without set the foreground
color will not show.' I take it that the foreground color is
the same as the background color for a new window.
> my first exposure to X was using a product called MachTen several years
> ago, which was (is) a BSD-based system. i noticed then that my
> foreground and background colours would start off being set to white.
>
Something like this.
> > Either the default foreground should be set or not is not important.
> > But this inconsistent behavior is very confusing both to users and
> > programmers.
>
> although well known, most programmers don't normally rely on global
> variables in c being zeroed. regardless of what the docs say, if you
> want a foreground of black and a background of white it's probably
> always safer to set them explicitly.
>
It's true. But it is still confusing when an unsuspected user
see the same application works on one architect but not on another
one. In this case, the user spent a lot of time on X font, font
server, endianness, alignment...to find a clue.
Either the default is set or not, the behavior should be consistent,
for all Xfree86 system or Debian system. I want to know where this
is set and if it is Debian specific.
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Best regard
hashao
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