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Name

xco - display X11 color names and colors

Synopsis

xco [ -display display ] [ -name name ] [ -title title ] [ -geometry geometry ] [ -help ] [ -scroll number ] [ -show number ] [ -fg foreground ] [ -bg background ]

Description

xco uses the database of standard X11 named colors to display name-color pairs. Appearance is based on the X10 xcolors program. To change the foreground color, click the left mouse button in the color window you want. To change the background color, click the right mouse button in the color window you want. Clicking the middle mouse button sets the colors back to the original foreground and background. You can switch quickly through colors by holding down the left or right button and sliding the cursor through the colored windows. More colors can be seen by clicking on the arrows at the bottom of the screen

Typing a ``q'' will cause the program to exit. Typing a ``r'' will cause the foreground and background colors to be swapped (aka reverse video).

Options

-display display
This option specifies which display to use.
-name name
This option specifies what name should be used for the program when looking up defaults in the resource manager.
-title title
This option specifies what name should be used for the window and icon titles.
-geometry geometry
This option allows for the specification of a geometry string.
-help
This option causes a usage string to be printed.
-scroll number
This option specifies the number of colors to scroll by.
-show number
This option specifies how many colors to show at once.
-fg foreground
This option allows for the specification of a default foreground color.
-bg background
This option allows for the specification of a default background color.

Resources

title
The title used for the window and the icon.
geometry
Geometry string for the window.
scroll
The number of colors to scroll by.
show
The number of colors to show at once.
foreground
The default foreground color.
background
The default background color.

Files

/usr/local/X11R4/lib/X11/rgb.txt

Bugs

It wasn't written using Xt.
It reads the clients copy of the rgb database instead of getting the colors from the server.

Authors

J. T. Korb (jtk@cs.purdue.edu)
R. Bingle (bingle@cs.purdue.edu)


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