On 2009-07-29 13:24-0700 Alan W. Irwin wrote:

> Thanks for your bringing up the possibility of an 8-bit representation for
> the command-line value of alpha.  That would certainly work, but I prefer
> the command-line values be consistent with the cmap0 related PLplot commands
> which use 8-bit representations of rgb, and a floating representation of the
> alpha value.

Now implemented (revision 10189).  So to check device drivers for proper
handling of semitransparent background colours, you don't have to edit
cmap0 palette files any more.  Instead, just use the -bg option with alpha
specified, e.g., -bg 0000FF_0.1

Alan
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(lbproject.sf.net).
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