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authorBarry Warsaw <barry@python.org>2001-08-23 16:15:21 (GMT)
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Bump to version 1.3. Also document the new behavior of the chip widgets.
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Pynche - The PYthonically Natural Color and Hue Editor
Contact: Barry A. Warsaw
Email: bwarsaw@python.org
-Version: 1.2
+Version: 1.3
Introduction
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ Introduction
changed the name because these days, too many other systems have
the acronym `ICE'.
- Pynche should work with Python 1.5.2, 2.0, or 2.1, using Tk 8.0.x.
- It's been tested on Solaris 2.6, Windows NT 4, and various Linux
- distros. You'll want to be sure to have at least Tk 8.0.3 for
- Windows. Also, Pynche is very colormap intensive, so it doesn't
- work very well on 8-bit graphics cards; 24bit+ graphics cards are
- so cheap these days, I'll probably never "fix" that.
+ Pynche should work with any variant of Python after 1.5.2
+ (e.g. 2.0.1 and 2.1.1), using Tk 8.0.x. It's been tested on
+ Solaris 2.6, Windows NT 4, and various Linux distros. You'll want
+ to be sure to have at least Tk 8.0.3 for Windows. Also, Pynche is
+ very colormap intensive, so it doesn't work very well on 8-bit
+ graphics cards; 24bit+ graphics cards are so cheap these days,
+ I'll probably never "fix" that.
Pynche must find a text database of colors names in order to
provide `nearest' color matching. Pynche is distributed with an
@@ -164,7 +165,12 @@ The Proof Window
color chips. The Selected chip shows you a larger version of the
color selected in the variation strips, along with its X11 color
specification. The Nearest chip shows you the closest color in
- the X11 database to the selected color, giving its X11 color name.
+ the X11 database to the selected color, giving its X11 color
+ specification, and below that, its X11 color name. When the
+ Selected chip color exactly matches the Nearest chip color, you
+ will see the color name appear below the color specification for
+ the Selected chip.
+
Clicking on the Nearest color chip selects that color. Color
distance is calculated in the 3D space of the RGB color solid and
if more than one color name is the same distance from the selected
@@ -176,6 +182,9 @@ The Proof Window
Nearest chip. The other names are "aliases" and they are visible
in the Color List Window (see below).
+ Both the color specifications and color names are selectable for
+ copying and pasting into another window.
+
The Type-in Window