Better description of gdk_rgb_set_min_colors. Stric pointed out that

the previous documentation suggested using 256 to request a private
colormap, which is currently broken. This was making Mozilla crash.

diff --git a/docs/reference/ChangeLog b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
index 85cb8eb31d3c75b78ea39273984bb08d62943950..1cb588853c551ff916796fc1feda5ae52f0dda3c 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/reference/ChangeLog
+++ b/docs/reference/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Mar 14 14:17:46 2000  Raph Levien  <raph@acm.org>
+
+       * gdk/tmpl/rgb.sgml: Better explanation of gdk_rgb_set_min_colors.
+       Thanks to Stric for spotting it.
+
 2000-03-07  Damon Chaplin  <damon@helixcode.com>
 
        * gtk/tmpl/gtkclist.sgml: fix to gtk_clist_set_reorderable(). It

diff --git a/docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/rgb.sgml b/docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/rgb.sgml
index 9fb49ec5bb36f6dec970f0bd027440d704303fcd..9d7beab23039f2fcefdb3992b325ea81a0fd2991 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/rgb.sgml
+++ b/docs/reference/gdk/tmpl/rgb.sgml
@@ -58,11 +58,15 @@ gdk_rgb_set_min_colors (). The default is 5x5x5 (125). If a colorcube
 of this size or larger can be allocated in the default colormap, then
 that's done. Otherwise, GdkRgb creates its own private colormap.
 Setting it to 0 means that it always tries to use the default
-colormap, and setting it to 256 means that it always creates a private
-one. Note, however, that setting it to 0 doesn't let you get away with
-ignoring the colormap and visual - a colormap is always created in
-grayscale and direct color modes, and the visual is changed in cases
-where a "better" visual than the default is available.
+colormap, and setting it to 216 means that it always creates a private
+one if it cannot allocate the 6x6x6 colormap in the default. If you
+always want a private colormap (to avoid consuming too many colormap
+entries for other apps, say), you can use gdk_rgb_set_install(TRUE).
+Setting the value greater than 216 exercises a bug in older versions
+of GdkRgb. Note, however, that setting it to 0 doesn't let you get
+away with ignoring the colormap and visual - a colormap is always
+created in grayscale and direct color modes, and the visual is changed
+in cases where a "better" visual than the default is available.
 </para>
 
 <example>