---
name: "display-palemu"
section: "7ggi"
platform: "linux"
package: "libggi-target-emu"
version: "1:2.0.1-2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/display-palemu/7ggi"
---

# display-palemu(7ggi)

Emulate palettized modes on visuals of other mode schemes

## NAME

display-palemu - Emulate palettized modes on visuals of other mode schemes

## SYNOPSIS

**display-palemu** **:** \[ **-parent=***mode* \]  *target-spec*

## DESCRIPTION

Emulates palettized modes (**GT\_PALETTE**) on another target which can only do truecolor/greyscale/text modes or palettized modes of higher depth.

## OPTIONS

- **-parent=***mode*

  Force the parent target to use a specific mode, specified as a standard  LibGGI mode string.

- *target-spec*

  Specifies the target which to draw on (the \`parent' target). This defaults to automatic selection (just like using **ggiOpen**(**NULL**) when **GGI\_DISPLAY** is not set).

## FEATURES

DirectBuffer never supported.

Unaccelerated.