Sunday, 06/01/2008  Paul Sherman

    Patch by Philip Heuer:
    This patch fixes several compilation issues with 
    gcc v4.3. Two additional include statements were
    required, and the exit() calls needed to be changed 
    to __builtin_exit(). This patch also fixes several 
    deprecation warnings.


2005/09/09  Paul Sherman

  accounted for Slackware's inittab value of 4
  for graphical logon.
  
  Here is an extended changelog:
  
  Stuck in a global string to take command for 
  xgamma, in case ATI's prop. driver is present.
  
  Redesigned the color section of Monica, hoping to 
  make color tweaking easier. The old "ramps" just 
  didn't lend themselves to fine adjustments :)
  
  I also put in lots of extended tooltips and 
  updated the "info" to include a brief, but 
  I feel useful, How To.
  
  I made buttons on the end of the slider 
  adjusters with which to fine-tune the gamma.
  They move in increments of .01.
  
  Tweaked the scaling of the widgets, resizing 
  what is useful (the sliders) but not all the rest. 
  Other controls merely stretch out or reposition
  like before.
  
  The color patches I tested as carefully as I could.
  If anyone finds any discrepencies, please let me 
  know. The "Black Point" has an inset of 7%...
  which would fit into a 15-step ramp. Not terribly 
  precise, but I thought it was the best compromise,
  knowing many folks who need monitor calibration do
  so because their monitor is losing some punch, and 
  most of us have to put up with more glare and 
  smearing, etc. than is optimal. I know my monitor is 
  fairly good, but I had trouble seeing 5% during the 
  day. So if I erred a bit, it was on the side of 
  caution.
  If you cannot see the 7% patch in the black square,
  even when the ambient light is low, then leave the 
  brightness up and just go from there.
  Maybe save up for a new monitor :)
