[rescue] X11 (was NeWS. Heck, maybe still is.)

[gw]

>On Wednesday 18 January 2006 11:34, gw wrote:
>> >> Got any screenshots?
>> >
>> >Easy enough to make, as it happens; I have a program that snapshots
>> > the framebuffer, below the level of X.  (xwd -root does not work
>> > very well for this server; I conjecture it's got something to do
>> > with the 8bpp/24bpp mismatch.  Never bothered me enough to make me
>> > track the
>> >
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>> I got your screen shot. I thought you didn't like reverse video? This
>> gif is white text on a black background.
>
>"Reverse video" is dark text on a light background, ie the opposite of 
>what you typically get with a serial terminal.

Yep. Funny how I've completely internalized black text on a light background as 
being "normal".

>
>Pat
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