MAKEMAP(1G)                                           MAKEMAP(1G)



     NAME
          makemap - make the default color map

     SYNOPSIS
          makemap

     DESCRIPTION
          The frame buffer of the IRIS-4D contains values which are
          translated into RGB values by a color map. The default map
          is created by makemap. makemap maps the lowest eight colors
          in the color map to the default eight colors in the Graphics
          Library.  It then reads color mapping commands from a file
          in your home directory called ~/.desktop.

          Color mapping commands contain the numbers of colors to be
          mapped and red, green, and blue values.  If ~/.desktop is
          not found, makemap uses default values.  makemap then maps a
          gray scale, followed by an ordered color map for dithering.
          If there are more than eight planes, makemap makes a random
          color map from colors 64 to 127, and another ramp from 128
          to 255, followed by another ordered color map.  makemap maps
          the remaining colors to red.

     SEE ALSO
          savemap(1G), savedesktop(1G), showmap(1G),

     AUTHOR
          Vince Uttley

     FILES
          ~/.desktop

     ORIGIN
          Silicon Graphics, Inc.





















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