On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Michael S. Davis wrote:
> > Don't get discouraged Michael. Basically what you have to do is experiment.
> > You get what you pay for when you use free tools, you just have to get your
> > hands dirt once in a while. Palm programming seems to be going in a
> > different way that most other areas. Most of the apps are written in C and
>
> I'm not discouraged. I've been doing this for a while but I do ask a
> lot of questions, when I get stumped.
i dont see what is so discouraging?
> It has always bugged me, when I ask a question on a developemt group and
> get an answer that is basically "go through the source and figure it
> out", when someone already has the answer.
no.. i meant go through the source if you dont understand how it
works.. i posted some source to help clarify. basically, pilrc does
this:
get r,g,b from bitmap (yes, any bitmap)
find the closest match to the color palette
1bpp, 2bpp, 4bpp, 8bpp etc.
store the match
how much simpler could it get? i posted the source code portions..
> Dev Support is for that purpose. If the answer is mostly going to be
> "go through the source", then for the most part we don't need any dev
> support group, just a posted not to do that.
>
> Anyway, I think it's much easier just to experiment, in this particular
> case than wade through someone else's code.
try putting a 256 color bitmap for each.. you'll see what it does
i dont get paid for developing pilrc, hence, i dont get paid for
explaining how it works. the documentation and source code is
there.. if you need more assistance.. your one your own.
i point you here:
http://www.ardiri.com/index.php?redir=palm&cat=pilrc&subcat=manual#lang_bitmap
note, this (under notes)
----
The inclusion of the bitmap color table is not recommended as it slows
down system performance. PilRC implements a simple color table matching
algorithm to match the bitmaps colortable to the system palette.
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it is right in front of you if you bothered to look - something people
tend to forget to do every now and then.. patience is the key here,
you should try developing for a platform like the helio if you think
palm stuff is hard to find..
i am normally nicer but today you caught me on the "mr. meany" day :P
// az
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