Colormap flashing is a phenomenon that typically happens when a number of different X applications try to allocate colors in the colormap. As a result, the colors displayed in the windows may change abruptly as you move the pointer among the different X windows.
MAE offers two options for dealing with colormap flashing, available in the Options dialog box (click the Options button in the Monitors control panel). The default option, "Reduce colormap flashing" reduces, but does not eliminate, the likelihood of colormap flashing, sometimes at the expense of performance. The other option, "Use standard Macintosh colors (colormap may flash)" increases the likelihood that the colormap will flash, in exchange for somewhat better MAE performance.
Refer to Appendix C "Reducing colormap flashing" in the MAE User's Guide for more details.
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