Dirk Stöcker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Matthias Julius wrote:
>
>>> Now one could say this is an effect of the color reduction, but when I
>>> look into the image, then I find multiple color entries with the same 
>>> value, so
>>> there must be an error somwhere in the processing chain which should be
>>> found and fixed.
>>
>> You are probably right and if it is a bug it is probably in pngnq.
>
> Then it is a major bug. I would agree that in certain situations the 
> colors may change, but when I find multiple entries with exact same color 
> in the PNG file, then there is a real bug. Because there is no sense in 
> modifying colors when the table is not yet fully used.

Right.  pngnq is coming up with the color palette so I am blaming pngnq.

>
>> I have plans and a partial implementation to use a color quantization
>> algorithm that ensures that all colors that are defined in the
>> osmarender styles and symbols remain unchanged.
>
> How did you implement this? In pngnq? Because something like a "Don't try 
> to modify following colors" option would not only be a useful idea for 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

While it might be a useful option for pngnq I would like to got away
from using external executables.  So I have implemented that stuff in
perl using a couple of methods from GD.

I have not even looked at pngnq's source.  I am afraid it is written
in C ...

Matthias

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