(mgp-users 00427) %newimage stomps on colormap with 8-bit display

[Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>]

I am using magicpoint-1.07a.                                                    
    
I notice that colours in the colormap are allocated before the first            
page is displayed.  If I use the %newimage command to load an image,            
the colormap entries get stomped on by the colours in the image.  The           
-colors option does not appear to affect the result.  (I have plenty of         
spare entries in the colormap).  This affects 8-bit displays only.              
It appears to work OK on 16-bit and 24-bit displays.                            

I grabbed the 20001016 snap, but a quick browse did not show any                
obvious changes.  I am yet to compile and test it.                              
    
Some questions:                                                                 
    
        - Is this a known bug?                                                  
        - Is there a list of known bugs?                                        
        - Is there a list of changes in the snapshots?  CVS repository?         
        - Anyone have ideas before I go tramping through code?                  

Comments appreciated.                                                           
    
	-- Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>