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Michael Natterer 5bb20a62c6 Pre 1.2 Version 4 with some fixes for the path documentation from Andy
2000-12-24  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>

	* Pre 1.2 Version 4 with some fixes for the path documentation
	from Andy Thomas.
2000-12-24 16:14:17 +00:00

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><TITLE
>Display Settings</TITLE
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><H1
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>Display Settings</A
></H1
><A
NAME="AEN2971"
></A
><DIV
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><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN2973"
>Transparency</A
></H2
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><H3
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><A
NAME="AEN2975"
>Transparency Type</A
></H3
><P
> By default <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GIMP</SPAN
> has a checker bord
pattern built up of mid tone gray checks. You can however
change that in the drop down menu.
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><P
> That white, black and gray only checks disables checks and
the transparency will be shown as a solid black, white or
gray color.
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></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="AEN2981"
>Check Size</A
></H3
><P
> The size of the checks in the pattern that indicates
transparency.
</P
><DIV
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><P
></P
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> If you have set the checker type to white, gray or black
only then then the size will have no effect what so ever.
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><H2
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><A
NAME="AEN2986"
>8-Bit Displays</A
></H2
><DIV
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><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="AEN2988"
>Install Colormap</A
></H3
><P
> If you are working on an 8-Bit display, the GdkRGB subsystem
of GDK will automatically figure out if it needs to install an
own colormap or not. However since
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GIMP</SPAN
>'s plug-ins are all separate
processes with their own instances of GdkRGB if may happen
that <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GIMP</SPAN
> and some of it's Plug-Ins
choose different colormaps, resulting in color flickering.
</P
><P
> If you encounter such behaviour, you can activate
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Install Colormap"</SPAN
> in order to force
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GIMP</SPAN
> and it's Plug-Ins to use the
same colormap.
</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT3"
><H3
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
NAME="AEN2996"
>Colormap Cycling</A
></H3
><P
> If you are working on an 8-Bit display, you can display the
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Marching Ants"</SPAN
> which show the current selection
by means of a rotating colormap instead of re-drawing them all
the time.
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