COLORVIEW(1)							  COLORVIEW(1)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     colorview - display list of X11 colors and	show selected color

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     colorview [ -browse ] [ -display dpy ] [ -geometry	geom ]
	       [ -name name ] [	-text ]	[ file | - ]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     Colorview is an X11 program that displays a color ``patch'' and a list of
     color names from an X11 rgb database. The color for a name	is displayed
     by	clicking the left mouse	button over the	color name.

     Command-line arguments are:

     -browse   only lists the colors; the Accept and Apply buttons are not
	       displayed.

     -display dpy
	       specifies the X server to contact; see X(1).

     -geometry geom
	       specifies the preferred size and	position of the	window;	see
	       X(1).

     -name name
	       specifies the application name under which resources are	to be
	       obtained, rather	than the default executable file name.

     -text     indicates the specified file is a text file containing color
	       names and/or X #rgb color specifications, with 1	name per line.

     file      specifies the name the rgb database. The	database must be in
	       ndbm(3B)	format unless -text is specified.  With	-text, the
	       database	is read	from standard input if file is ``-''.

     Colorview has three buttons when not invoked with -browse:

     Accept    Print the selected color	name on	the standard output and	exit.

     Apply     Print the selected color	name on	the standard output.

     Cancel    Exits the program.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     To	display	only unique colors from	the default rgb	database:

	  showrgb | sort -u +0 -3 | awk	'{print	$4,$5,$6,$7}' \
	      |	sort | colorview -text -







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COLORVIEW(1)							  COLORVIEW(1)



     To	display	a list of colors from a	file:

	  colorview -text mycolors.txt


     To	display	a list of colors using the X #rgb color	specification:

	  colorview -text - << _END_
	  #f0f
	  #7171c6
	  #8E3855
	  _END_

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/lib/X11/rgb	      default rgb ndbm(3B) database

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     rgb(1), showrgb(1), X(1)


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