Re: Colours...

[Peter Zelezny <pzel dodo com au>]

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:48:55 +0100
Ian Molton <spyro armlinux org> wrote:

> > I think you can also use the colormap of your widget when allocating
> > the color, rather than creating a new one.
> >
> > colormap = gtk_widget_get_colormap (widget);
> > gdk_colormap_alloc_color (colormap, &colour, TRUE, TRUE);
>
> that wouldnt compile, but this did, although it didnt work any better
> than the previous code...
>
>         backgroundgc = gdk_gc_new(pixmap);
>         gdk_color_parse("004000", &colour);
>         colourmap = gdk_drawable_get_colormap(pixmap);
>         gdk_colormap_alloc_color(colourmap, &colour, FALSE, TRUE);
>         gdk_gc_set_foreground(backgroundgc, &colour);
>
> I get a 'muddy orange', when I am sure it should be a darkish green...

I think you need "#004000" (with the hash).

Instead of gdk_color_parse, I always use:

colour.red = 0x0000;
colour.green = 0x4000;
colour.blue = 0x0000;
gdk_colormap_alloc_color(...);


-- 
Peter.