A list of available palettes is in the upper left section
of the screen-click on the desired palette to see it take
effect.
Below that are two arrays of colored buttons, representing
the dynamically allocated color cells for normal and shadow
colors. To find out what resources are being affected by a
color cell, click and hold the arrow button next to it. As
a shortcut, you can click on the screen facsimile in the
upper right corner of the dialog box. If the portion you
click on is colored by one of resource values controlled by
the customizer, the popup for the appropriate color button
will be displayed.
To modify a single color cell, click on the corresponding
color button. A colormix widget will pop up, and, as
you modify the color, you will see these modifications
reflected in your workstation environment. Use the colormix
widget reset button to return to the starting color at any
time. You can also change the color cell you are modifying
by clicking on a different color button while the colormix
widget is displayed.
The automatic shadowing option causes shadow and select
colors to be automatically updated when their corresponding
background colors are changed. The standard Motif shadowing
algorithms are used for these calculations.
Use the File menu to modify, add, and delete color palettes
as follows:
o To modify an existing palette, select the palette,
change to the desired colors, and choose Save Palette
from the File menu.
o To add a new palette to the list box, select an existing
palette, modify the colors as necessary, and choose Save
Palette As... from the File menu. A message box prompts
you for the name of the new palette.
o To delete a palette, select the palette in the listbox
and choose Delete Palette from the File menu.
Changes made through the File menu will automatically
update the file that contains the resource defaults,
CUSTOM.DAT.
The File menu Exit button causes the customizer application
to exit. A warning dialog is displayed first. Note that the
color cells allocated by the customizer (and used by the
currently running applications) will be freed. After the
customizer exits, if the colors of the currently running
applications are not correct, the applications will need to
be restarted to restore normal colors. Normally, there is
no need to exit the color customizer-it is typically kept
running all the time, like the Session Manager.