[mgp-users 00960] Re: fore no longer works with EPS-images

[Christoph Dalitz <christoph.dalitz@hs-niederrhein.de>]

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 20:37:30 -0500
Clem Pryke <pryke@focus.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
> I think this is related to a difference I've noticed between magicpoint 1.07 
> and 1.09 which has so far prevented me from using the newer version.
> 
> Both behave the same when displaying a truly mono eps image - the image is 
> made transparent with the foreground color controlled by %fore.
> 
> But for a color eps image the behavior is different. 1.07 displays the image 
> with the original background color. 1.09 makes the background transparent. I 
> had an image which looked mono, but the system thought was color. In this case 
> the foreground color is fixed as original regardless of %fore - perhaps this 
> is what happened for you?
> 
Have you tried the option "-colors 0" with %newimage and mgp 1.09?
As far as I understand, this setting should suppress transparency in any case.

Christoph