RE: About XPMmer
Yeah, I know. I changed the palette to make it what I thought was nicer,
but introduced several bugs in the process of going from 64 to 70
colors! The generated XPM "None" color code was wrong. 
Also after reading in a file I tried to set the color to black but
instead set it to greeny-yuk color.
I spent some time yesterday trying to find the bugs - and I'm doing a
mod to allow Judith to incorporate it into her wonderful IDE; I will
upload a new version this week - I hope!!
Thanks, Igor, for your samples. I will make the transparent color show
up in the grid by writing a dot in the middle - that OK? I know what you
mean about it being hard to represent a transparent color. I am trying
to think of a better way, but first I want to remove those nasty bugs
that creep in when you're in a hurry!
Anyway, let's see how the next release pans out - and I "look forward"
to your helpful comments!!
Andy
Igor Kachan wrote:
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> posted by: Igor Kachan <kinz at peterlink.ru>
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> Igor Kachan wrote:
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> > Andy Drummond wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hello Igor.
> > >
> > > I got a revised version of XPMmer going over the weekend, I now extract
> > > C-comments OK, handle 48-bit colors OK, handle color names like
> > > SkyBluePink OK. I don't handle 2-character color codes which at least
> > > one of your examples has. But I can read most of them in - 98% anyway.
> > > I have a new palette which is more uniform, and produces quite a good
> > > match with all the icons I have tried. I will upload to RDS later on
> > > today if I can - otherwise Wednesday as I am out tomorrow all day.
> > > Thanks so much for your examples - I didn't realise there were so
> > > many variants. And there are more I can't explain. Does anyone know
> > > where I can get a definition of xpm format rather than just a chatty
> > > description?
> > > Andy
> >
> > Hello Andy,
> >
> > Ok, I'll try it carefully, I've downloaded it already, thanks.
>
> Well, looks great!
>
> But there is some minor bug - you can see it on the 01.bmp picture
> from this .zip:
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> http://www.rapideuphoria.com/russian/colors.zip
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> A story is the next one.
> I run xpmmer, at first, the current color is just black.
> Then I choose the transparent color, and then load the .xpm file.
> See please the background in the little Color window.
> Do you see it becomes something greenny?
> It is not that terrible, just unexpected.
>
> Then, there is a global problem with the transparent color
> at all. No one of known icon editors has a good representation
> for that *none* color.
>
> Andy, let us have it as it is shown on the 02.bmp picture or
> as something similar on your own taste, say, as '+' sign or as
> '-' sign or ... as any good just black sign on the current
> background of the editor window. It is just a black sign of
> the transparent (none) color. See please the examples of those
> 4 transparent pixels in the left down corner of the canvas greed
> (02.bmp).
>
> Ok? For now, that's all ...
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Regards,
> Igor Kachan
> kinz at peterlink.ru
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