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These functions are used to modify colormaps. A colormap is an object that contains the mapping between the color values stored in memory and the RGB values that are used to display color values. In general, colormaps only contain significant information for pseudo-color visuals, but even for other visual types, a colormap object is required in some circumstances.
There are a couple of special colormaps that can
be retrieved. The system colormap (retrieved
with gdk_colormap_get_system()
) is the default
colormap of the system. If you are using GdkRGB,
there is another colormap that is important - the
colormap in which GdkRGB works, retrieved with
gdk_rgb_get_colormap()
. However, when using GdkRGB,
it is not generally necessary to allocate colors
directly.
In previous revisions of this interface, a number
of functions that take a GdkColormap parameter
were replaced with functions whose names began
with "gdk_colormap_". This process will probably
be extended somewhat in the future -
gdk_color_white()
, gdk_color_black()
, and
gdk_color_change()
will probably become aliases.