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In article <2576@spray.CalComp.COM> anson@spray.UUCP (Ed Anson) writes:
>In article <352@salgado.stan.UUCP> dce@salgado.UUCP (David Elliott) writes:
>>While this sounds like a useful item, wouldn't it be better to have
>>something (cdev or init?) that allows you do attach a mode to an
>>application?
>
>Wouldn't it be even better if application developers would follow the
>guidlines? That way we wouldn't have to worry about changing modes.
>-- 

In many cases, it's useful to run even programs that DO follow all the
guidelines in a different color mode than you usually do.  Many programs
just do so much screen work that they are much faster when used in
2-color mode rather than 256.

For example, I am using Red Ryder in 2 color mode right now.  When I use
it in 256 color mode, the scrolling is visibly slower, and the screen
clear (when the saved-screens buffer is set above one screen) seems to
take forever.  That's simply because Scott Watson DID follow all of the
guidelines, and supports more than 2 colors.

4th Dimension is another program where the screen updates can take much
too long if you're in a mode over 2 colors.  I sometimes use it in 256
color mode anyway, but that's only when I need to work with the greyscale
graphics that are in one of my databases.

I would VERY MUCH like a cdev that lets me assign a specific color level
to each application, so I don't have to switch all the time.  For now,
I'm using Switch-A-Roo to switch between 2 and 256 colors.  Is that what
the original posting was about?  (I couldn't quite tell from the article
I saw.)

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