From: Marcus Sundberg <e94_msu@elixir.e.kth.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:54:11 +0200

Re: LibGGI colormapping

> BTW, can we guaranteed that LIBGGI_PIXFMT(vis) will be set up by the
> target _before_ loading any sub-libraries (like generic-color) ?  I want
> the GGIdlinit of generic-color to convert the pixel format masks (for
> truecolor modes) into some shift values (stored in vis->colorpriv) so
> that the generic ggiMapColor/ggiUnmapPixel (etc) will be fast.

I'm not sure we gain anything by guarantee this for _all_ sub-libraries
right now. (Some future target may use a sub-libary to set up 
LIBGGI_PIXFMT...) I simply suggest that generic-color may assume
it's set up, and that we document this.

//Marcus