[GRASS-dev] Background Colours

[Hamish]

Paul Kelly wrote:
> 
> > I would prefer to add a background color option to d.histogram, with
> > a default of DEFAULT_BG_COLOR and an option of "none".
> 
> So using the "none" option means the transparency settings are
> respected?  I suppose that's enough then, as long as that
> functionality is there. I  was just thinking of some possible
> application where you might want to  display the histogram
> transparently in some kind of widget box and you  didn't know in
> advance what colour it would be, so need it transparent.

It should, insofar as it just draws new things to the screen without
blanking it first. But I haven't tested it with the g.pmncomp, just
overlaying it over already drawn maps in the xmon.


Hamish