If the code quoted is typical then it could all be replaced by XlookupColorn
which returns the closest and exact colour
XLookupColor(dipslay, colour map, colorname, exact_ef_retrurn,
scrren_def_retrun)
Returns: 0 on mailure, non zero on success .Possible errors are BadName
(invalid colour) and BadColor(invalid colour map). Both return values are
pointers to XColor structures which are
typedef struct {
unsigned long pixel;
unsigned short red, green blue;
char flags;
char [pad;
} XColor;
You can also allocate a named colur, store a named colour in a writable colour
cell, etc, etc. You can pass the returned structure to XAllocColor. Spending
lots of effort to turn a colour into #hhhhhh format with X11 specific code is
silly (the X11 fuctions are better and much less effort to use). Your turuly's
mouse has a 98% fialure mode that makes GUIs hard to use anyway---a place to
tpye a colour name is good for me (and helps me find a decent gold in any
case).
--
Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."
