The
xinitcolormap
client initializes the X colormap. Specific X colormap entries (pixel
values) are made to correspond to specified colors. An initialized
colormap is required by applications that assume a predefined colormap
(for example, many applications that use Starbase graphics).
xinitcolormap
has the following syntax:
xinitcolormap
[〈options〉]
where the 〈options〉
are:
- -f 〈colormapfile〉
Specifies a file containing a colormap.
- -display 〈display〉
Specifies the server to connect to.
- -c 〈count〉
Only the first count
colors from the colormap file will be used if this parameter is
specified.
- -k
or -kill
Deallocate any colormap entries that were allocated
by a previous run of xinitcolormap.
xinitcolormap
choses a colormap file in the order shown below. Once one is found,
then the other sources aren't searched.
The command line option [-f
〈colormapfile〉].
.Colormap
default value.
The xcolormap
file in /usr/lib/X11.
If no colormap file is found, this default colormap
specification is assumed — black (colormap entry 0), white,
red yellow, green, cyan, blue, magenta (colormap entry 7).
xinitcolormap
should be the first client program run at the start of a session
in order to assure that colormap entries have the color associations
specified in the colormap file. Sometimes you may encounter this
X toolkit warning:
X Toolkit Warning: cannot allocate colormap entry for 94c4d0 |
where "94c4d0" is a color specified in the application running.
If this occurs, it means that you have probably reached the limit
of colors for your graphics card/display combination. Executing
xinitcolormap
may solve the problem.
For more information about xinitcolormap,
refer to its reference page.
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