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authorjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2012-02-10 23:55:24 (GMT)
committerjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2012-02-10 23:55:24 (GMT)
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proposed fix for bug-3486474
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@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ to use to display the color. Each \fIR\fR, \fIG\fR, or \fIB\fR
represents a single hexadecimal digit. The four forms permit
colors to be specified with 4-bit, 8-bit, 12-bit or 16-bit values.
When fewer than 16 bits are provided for each color, they represent
-the most significant bits of the color. For example, #3a7 is the
-same as #3000a0007000.
+the most significant bits of the color, while the lower unfilled
+bits will be repeatedly replicated from the available higher bits.
+For example, #3a7 is the same as #3333aaaa7777.
.PP
.VS 8.1
\fBTk_AllocColorFromObj\fR returns a pointer to