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| author | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com> | 2022-10-07 18:00:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com> | 2022-10-13 16:22:28 -0700 |
| commit | af3f9bd84de98baff8df88cf51fe2750829254c0 (patch) | |
| tree | 1d9bd5334a8d775391372bd74f767b8486308357 | |
| parent | fd561bf3a80a9a23c130f11d26e93a4fded6d464 (diff) | |
README: provide more information on --with-rgb-db-type
Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@oracle.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@ X color name database +--------------------- This package includes both the list mapping X color names to RGB values -(rgb.txt) and, if configured to use a database for color lookup, the -rgb program to convert the text file into the binary database format. +(rgb.txt) and programs to read and write the color database. The "others" subdirectory contains some alternate color databases. +The configure script accepts --with-rgb-db-type=(text|dbm|ndbm) to specify +the type of database to use for the color name data. The default is "text". + +If the dbm or ndbm format are chosen, this package also builds the +rgb command to build the database in that format from rgb.txt. + +Regardless of format, this package builds the showrgb command to show +the contents of the database, from whichever of dbm, ndbm, or text file +was chosen by the --with-rgb-db-type option when building. + All questions regarding this software should be directed at the Xorg mailing list: |