Re: Custom GdkColormap from X Colormap

[Naofumi Yasufuku <naofumi yasufuku net>]

At Mon,  5 Aug 2002 12:26:38 -0400 (EDT),
Owen Taylor wrote:
> 
> 
> Naofumi Yasufuku <naofumi yasufuku net> writes:
> 
> > At Mon,  5 Aug 2002 01:03:36 -0400 (EDT),
> > Owen Taylor wrote:
> > > 
> > > Issue of gdx_colormap_get() is tracked in:
> > > 
> > >  http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85697
> > > 
> > > The first idea about a replacement I had was:
> > > 
> > >  GdkColormap *gdk_x11_colormap_foreign_new (Display *display,
> > >                                             Visual   visual, 
> > >                                             Colormap colormap);
> > > 
> > 
> > I see. Do you think to fix it in future 2.0.x release?
> 
> No, no new functionality will be added in any feature 2.0.x release.
> (I'm hoping that 2.0.7 will be the last 2.0.x release, actually)
> 
> A tested patch would probably help it get into GTK+-2.2.

Is there any person who have been working on it?

>  
> > > Why would you want gdk_colormap_sync(), gdk_colormap_add()
> > > to be exported?
> > > 
> > 
> > I think if the internal functions would be exported, I could implement
> > custom GdkColormap in a way of something hack until
> > gdk_x11_colormap_foreign_new() is provided.
> 
> If the internal functions were exported, we'd have added _two_
> new API calls we'd have to support forever rather than one clean API call.
>  

I understand.  I'm going to put off working on custom GdkColormap in
my OpenGL extension library until gdk_x11_colormap_foreign_new() is
supported.

Regards,
--Naofumi