Figuring out the terms used in the documentation

Sleep ireallyhatespam at yandex.com
Sun Jun 7 20:47:14 UTC 2020


>>     what is 8 bit color depth visual's format?
> 
> If it's a PseudoColor visual, which is the most common type for 8-bit,
> then it's an index of an entry in the Colormap.
This was my biggest difficulty yet it was under my nose this whole time, 
thank you very much, Alan.


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