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From: wes@uf.msc.edu (Wes Barris)
Subject: Re: WANTED: 24 bit viewer
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 15:06:31 GMT
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In article <5731@seti.inria.fr>, deniaud@cartoon.inria.fr (Gilles Deniaud) writes:
|> Hello,
|> 
|> Thanks to the people who helped me with the problem of
|> displaying 24 bit images. All the viewers like xli,
|> xloadimage and display are converting the 24 bit images
|> to 8 bit before display them on the screen.
|> 
|> What I really want is a viewer with make use of the 24 bit
|> frame/screen buffer (in our case, the Parallax one).

Both xli and xloadimage will display in 24 bit color if a 24 bit visual
is available.  Check the output of xdpyinfo to see if one is.

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