From: Marcus Sundberg <e94_msu@elixir.e.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 00:49:17 +0200

Re: palettes, etc

> i've finally got GGI stable cvs working on my system, its very cool, very
> fast.. i've only got the X target (as i havent had the courage to try and
> patch the kernel) so...

Great that you like it! New users are always good news.

> i'm a bit confused with the palette system... if i'm using a 16bit resolution
> (say 640x480x16bpp), do i HAVE to build a palette?
> i've developed with Allegro (a DOS/DJGPP graphics/games lib, really cool), and
> you only need to work with palettes when using a 8bpp res, not in 16bpp+... is
> this the case with libGGI?

No, it's not even possible to set/build a palette on a 16-bit mode.
What are you trying to do that makes you think you have to set
a palette?

//Marcus