[bug-gv] [bug #14051] gv unable to select non-default visual

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                 Summary: gv unable to select non-default visual
                 Project: GNU gv
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 08/05/2005 at 20:54
                Category: Graphical User interface
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open

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Details:

I have a graphics card whose default visual is 8bpp PseudoColor but it also
provides multiple 24bpp TrueColor visuals.

Most of color-intense applications like gs or xdvi correctly pick
up a TrueColor visual. Unfortunately, gv seems to work in the 
default (PseudoColor) visual and hence provides poor quality for 
many postscript files.

I tried setting Xdefaults to

gv*depth: 24
(gives BadMatch error)

gv*visual: truecolor
(gives Warning: Cannot find Visual of class truecolor for display :0.0 and
still uses pseudocolor)

and both
(give BadMatch)

Automatic selection of the best visual available on the system, or the ability
to select a user-specifid visual, would be an 
extremely useful feature!







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