[GEM Development] Today I Learned

[John Elliott]

> I'm thinking that the function-call will (would) have to be made "lower" in=
>  the system, so ALL windows would see the same palette. This implies some  =
> fundamental programming changes with-in GEM.=20
> 
> (Now, let me show my ignorance: this would be changing the call from the AE=
> S to the VDI ?? )

  It's not quite as far-reaching as that. What it involves is rewriting all 
the video drivers, so that they store the palette values in their code segment
(which is common to all programs) rather than their data segment (which gets
duplicated every time a program opens a new graphics workstation).

-- 
John Elliott