1) since monitors vary, I think some to match colors into an existing
preallocated cube is OK. Presumably we can figure out how much slop is
tolerable. I don't think rws would be too upset (nor am I), if we
can come up with a defensible description of what we're doing. It is
unpredictable action that seems really wrong to me.
2) the size of the cube allocated should probably be settable when the
server starts. We've lived with similar situations with Netscape in the
past, and I think we'll survive in the future this way.
3) do we have any idea how many times things fail if static color is
made the default? I've certainly occasionally run into such servers,
but not recently, and therefore don't have a feel as to how often things break.
4) presumably, we could make it optional how much slop to tolerate; this
interacts with the amount of space left unallocated in some fashion. Some
amount of unallocated space is needed for antique apps that use writable entries
to run at all without flashing.
- Jim
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Jim Gettys
Cambridge Research Laboratory
Compaq Computer Corporation
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