[Openicc] new version of xcalib

[Roland Mainz]

Jonas Gall wrote:
> > X11:
> >         In theory a Direct Color Visual lets you set the RAMDAC values by setting
> >         the colormap values, and handle up to 16 bits per component. In practice
> >         this interface seems rather oriented to individual applications, rather
> >         that setting global screen parameters, so the XVidModeExtension seems
> >         a more appropriate path, and XF86VidModeSetGammaRamp() apparently handles
> >         up to 16 bits per color component.
> Pseudocolor visuals can do 16bits per color component, too (most
> popular consumer seems to be Xprint which does 12bit for Postscript
> printers if I read https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299
> right).

... and if you look closer on my patch you'll see that the "deep
visuals" are not enabled yet in the normal Xorg version of the Xprint
server (Xprt) - but that's on my todo list for X11R6.9.0 to get
everything ported back to Xorg (as there seems to be some demand in
higher-precision color printing) ...

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Bye,
Roland

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