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VirSim Setup
visual
The visual determines if the system can use color or shades of gray,
and if the colors are fixed (read-only) or changeable (read-write).
VirSim uses the default visual defined by the X server.
colormap
The colormap designates the colors available on a display. In most
color systems, the colormap contains up to 256 color cells, each of
which may contain a unique color. Each application you run typically
uses up some of the available color cells. When all color cells have
been used up, the VirSim application creates a custom colormap. The
custom colormap created by VirSim minimizes the technicolor effect
for applications that do not use the current colormap. Because most
systems support only a single colormap, you may need to switch color
maps when moving between applications.
Switching Color Maps
The method used to switch between color maps depends on which
window manager is used. The following is a summary of the mwm
and olwm window managers.
Switch Color maps with mwm
The mwm supports several methods of switching between different
color maps. We recommend setting the mwm resource as follows:
Mwm*colormapFocusPolicy: explicit
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