// merge float channels
  bool mergeOCPToImage::apply(const matrix<float>& c1,
                              const matrix<float>& c2,
                              const matrix<float>& c3,
                              image& img) const {

    point p;              // coordinates
    float r,g,b;          // unnormed RGB channels
    float RG, BY, WB;     // opponent colour channels

    if ((c1.size() != c2.size()) || (c1.size() != c3.size())) {
      setStatusString("sizes of channels do not match");
      return false;
    }

    img.resize(c1.size(),rgbPixel(),false,false);

    for (p.y=0;p.y<img.rows();p.y++) {
      for (p.x=0;p.x<img.columns();p.x++) {

	RG = c1.at(p);
	BY = c2.at(p);
	WB = c3.at(p);

        b = BY*0.666666666667f;
        //
	r = WB + RG - b;
	g = WB - RG - b;
	b = WB + BY*1.3333333333333f;

	// truncate r,g and b if the value is not in intervall [0..1]
	// can happen due to rounding errors in split operation
	if (r<0.0f) {
          r=0.0f;
        } else if (r>1.0f) {
          r=1.0f;
        }

	if (g<0.0f) {
          g=0.0f;
        } else if (g>1.0f) {
          g=1.0f;
        }

	if (b<0.0f) {
          b=0.0f;
        } else if (b>1.0f) {
          b=1.0f;
        }

	img.at(p).set(static_cast<ubyte>(255.0f*r),
                      static_cast<ubyte>(255.0f*g),
                      static_cast<ubyte>(255.0f*b),
                      0);
      }
    }

    return true;
  };
  // split image into 8-bit channels
  // N.B.: when casting the transformation result to unsigned shorts
  // (8-bit channel), major rounding errors will occur.
  // As a result, the merging operation might
  // produce negative values or values > 1,  which are truncated subsequently.
  // When accurate X, Y and Z channels are required, prefer float channels!
  bool splitImageToxyY::apply(const image& img,
                              channel8& c1,
                              channel8& c2,
                              channel8& c3) const {
    point p;       // coordinates
    rgbPixel pix;          // single Pixel Element in RGB-values...
    float Y;               // channels
    float X, XYZ;          // help variables

    // make the channels size of source image...
    c1.resize(img.rows(),img.columns(),0,false,false);
    c2.resize(img.rows(),img.columns(),0,false,false);
    c3.resize(img.rows(),img.columns(),0,false,false);

    for (p.y=0;p.y<img.rows();p.y++)
      for (p.x=0;p.x<img.columns();p.x++) {
        // take pixel at position p
        pix = img.at(p);

  // see Gonzales & Woods for explanation of magic numbers
        X   = (((float)(pix.getRed())) *0.412453f +
               ((float)(pix.getGreen())) *0.357580f +
               ((float)(pix.getBlue())) *0.180423f)/255.0f;   // x
        Y   = (((float)(pix.getRed())) *0.212671f +
               ((float)(pix.getGreen())) *0.715160f +
               ((float)(pix.getBlue())) *0.072169f)/255.0f;   // y
        XYZ = (((float)(pix.getRed())) *0.644458f +
               ((float)(pix.getGreen())) *1.191933f +
               ((float)(pix.getBlue())) *1.202819f)/255.0f;   // Y

        if (XYZ>0.0f) {
          c1.at(p) = (ubyte)(X/XYZ*255.0f);  // x
          c2.at(p) = (ubyte)(Y/XYZ*255.0f);  // y
        }
        else {
          c1.at(p) = 0;   // x
          c2.at(p) = 0;   // y
        }

        c3.at(p) = (ubyte)(Y*255.0f);     // Y
      } // loop
    return true;
  }
  bool brightRGB::getAverage(const image& img,dvector& dest) const{

    const rgbPixel transColor = getParameters().transColor;
    dvector avg(3,0.0);
    image::const_iterator it = img.begin();
    // check for empty image
    if (img.columns()==0 || img.rows()==0) {
      setStatusString("image empty");
      dest.resize(0);
      return false;
    }
    if(getParameters().transparent) {
      int counter = 0;
      while(it != img.end()) {
	if(*it != transColor) {
	  avg.at(0) += (*it).getRed();
	  avg.at(1) += (*it).getGreen();
	  avg.at(2) += (*it).getBlue();
	  ++counter;
	}
	it++;
      }
      // check for completely transparent image
      if (counter==0) {
        setStatusString("only transparent pixels");
        dest.resize(0);
        return false;
      }
      avg.divide(counter);
    } else { // no transparent color
      while(it != img.end()) {
	avg.at(0) += (*it).getRed();
	avg.at(1) += (*it).getGreen();
	avg.at(2) += (*it).getBlue();
	it++;
      }
      avg.divide(img.columns()*img.rows());
    }
    // values between 0 and 1
    dest.divide(avg, 255.);
    return true;
  };
  /*
   * create XImage
   */
  void fastViewer::createImage(const image& img) {
    int screen;
    display_info_s& di = display_info;
    XWindowAttributes win_attributes;
    bool resizeWin = false;

    if ((di.height != img.rows()) ||
        (di.width != img.columns())) {
      resizeWin = true;
    }

    di.height = img.rows();
    di.width = img.columns();

    if (di.win == 0) {
      createWindow();
    }

    if (resizeWin) {
      XResizeWindow(di.display,di.win,di.width,di.height);
    }

    screen = DefaultScreen(di.display);
    XGetWindowAttributes(di.display, di.win, &win_attributes);
    di.depth  = win_attributes.depth;

    // TODO: maybe screen->root_depth is more precise than win_attr.depth
    //       We should try it.

    // check if the X-Server has a 32 bit interface
    if (di.depth < 24) {
      throw exception("Error: Fast Viewer works only with 32 bit depth!");
    }

    if (useShareMemory) {
      //
      // Shared Memory Setup
      //

      di.shmimage = XShmCreateImage(di.display,
                                    DefaultVisual(di.display, screen),
                                    di.depth, ZPixmap, NULL, &shminfo,
                                    di.width,
                                    di.height);

      if(isNull(di.shmimage)) {
        throw exception("fastViewer::shmimage == NULL:");
      }

      int sharedMemSize = di.shmimage->bytes_per_line * di.shmimage->height;

      shminfo.shmid = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE,
                             sharedMemSize,
                             IPC_CREAT | 0777);

      if(shminfo.shmid < 0) {
        std::string str;
        str = "fastViewer::shmget failed:";
        str += strerror(errno);

        throw exception(str);
      }

      shminfo.shmaddr = (char *) shmat(shminfo.shmid, (void *) 0, 0);
      if (shminfo.shmaddr == 0) {
        std::string str;
        str = "fastViewer::shmmat failed:";
        str += std::strerror(errno);

        throw exception(str);
      }

      di.shmimage->data = shminfo.shmaddr;

      XShmAttach(di.display, &shminfo);
      data.useExternData(di.height,di.width,(rgbPixel*)di.shmimage->data);
      data.fill(img);
    } else {
      //
      // without shared memory
      //
      const int blockSize = img.rows()*img.columns()*4;
      remoteData = new char[blockSize];
      data.useExternData(di.height,di.width,(rgbPixel*)remoteData);
      data.fill(img);

      di.shmimage = XCreateImage(di.display,
                                 DefaultVisual(di.display, screen),
                                 di.depth, ZPixmap, 0,
                                 remoteData,
                                 di.width,
                                 di.height,8,0);

      if(isNull(di.shmimage)) {
        throw exception("fastViewer::shmimage == NULL:");
      }
    }
  }
  bool brightRGB::getMedian(const image& img,dvector& dest) const{


    // image empty?
    if (img.empty()) {
      setStatusString("image empty");
      dest.resize(0);
      return false;
    }

    const rgbPixel transColor = getParameters().transColor;
    dest.resize(3);
    ivector hist0(256,0);
    ivector hist1(256,0);
    ivector hist2(256,0);
    image::const_iterator it = img.begin();
    if(getParameters().transparent) {
      while(it != img.end()) {
  	if(*it != transColor) {
	  ++hist0.at((*it).getRed());
	  ++hist1.at((*it).getGreen());
	  ++hist2.at((*it).getBlue());
	}
	it++;
      }
      const int counterHalf = hist0.sumOfElements()/2;
      // check for complete image transparent
      if (counterHalf==0) {
        setStatusString("only transparent pixels");
        dest.resize(0);
        return false;
      }

      int i,s;
      i=-1,s=0;
      while(++i<256 && s<counterHalf) {
	s += hist0.at(i);
      }
      dest.at(0) = i-1;
      i=-1,s=0;
      while(++i<256 && s<counterHalf) {
	s += hist1.at(i);
      }
      dest.at(1) = i-1;
      i=-1,s=0;
      while(++i<256 && s<counterHalf) {
	s += hist2.at(i);
      }
      dest.at(2) = i-1;
    } else { // no transparent color
      while(it != img.end()) {
	  ++hist0.at((*it).getRed());
	  ++hist1.at((*it).getGreen());
	  ++hist2.at((*it).getBlue());
	it++;
      }
      const int counterHalf = img.columns()*img.rows()/2;
      int i,s;
      i=-1,s=0;
      while(++i<256 && s<counterHalf) {
	s += hist0.at(i);
      }
      dest.at(0) = i-1;
      i=-1,s=0;
      while(++i<256 && s<counterHalf) {
	s += hist1.at(i);
      }
      dest.at(1) = i-1;
      i=-1,s=0;
      while(++i<256 && s<counterHalf) {
	s += hist2.at(i);
      }
      dest.at(2) = i-1;
    }

    // normalize to 0..1
    dest.divide(255);

    return true;
  };
  // Quantization takes place here!
  bool medianCut::performQuantization(const image& src,
                                      image& dest,
                                      channel8& mask,
                                      palette &thePalette) const {

    // parameters and const variables
    const parameters& param = getParameters();
    const int imageRows=src.rows();          // number of rows in src
    const int imageCols=src.columns();       // number of columns in src

    // resize destination containers
    dest.resize(imageRows,imageCols,rgbPixel(),false,false);
    mask.resize(imageRows,imageCols,ubyte(),false,false);

    // Variables
    int row,col;            // row, column counters
    int r,g,b;              // red,green,blue
    ivector iVec(3);        // int-vector

    std::list<boxInfo> theLeaves; // list of leaves (tree without root
                                  // and nodes)
    std::list<boxInfo>::iterator  splitPos;   // position to split
    std::list<boxInfo>::iterator  iter;       // iterator for theLeaves

    // create histogram with desired pre-quantization dimensions from src
    histogram theHist(3,param.preQuant);

    const float factor = param.preQuant/256.0f;

    for (row = 0 ; row < imageRows ; row++) {
      for (col = 0 ; col < imageCols ; col++) {

        r = static_cast<int>(src.at( row,col ).getRed()   * factor);
        g = static_cast<int>(src.at( row,col ).getGreen() * factor);
        b = static_cast<int>(src.at( row,col ).getBlue()  * factor);
        
        // insert point with quantized color
        dest.at(row,col).set((r*256+128)/param.preQuant,
                             (g*256+128)/param.preQuant,
                             (b*256+128)/param.preQuant,0); 

        iVec[0] = r;
        iVec[1] = g;
        iVec[2] = b;

        theHist.put(iVec);
      }
    }

    // initialization of first box of list (the whole histogram)
    boxInfo theBox(rgbPixel(0,0,0),
                   rgbPixel(param.preQuant-1,
                            param.preQuant-1,
                            param.preQuant-1));

    computeBoxInfo(theHist,theBox);

    // return, if desired number of colors smaller than colors in
    // pre-quantized image
    if (theBox.colors < param.numberOfColors) {

      thePalette.resize(theBox.colors,rgbPixel(),false,false);

      // prepare palette     
      int i = 0;
      for (r=0;r<param.preQuant;++r) {
        for (g=0;g<param.preQuant;++g) {
          for (b=0;b<param.preQuant;++b) {
            iVec[0] = r;
            iVec[1] = g;
            iVec[2] = b;
            if (theHist.at(iVec) > 0) {
              thePalette.at(i).set((r*256+128)/param.preQuant,
                                   (g*256+128)/param.preQuant,
                                   (b*256+128)/param.preQuant);
            }
          }
        }
      }

      // use the palette to generate the corresponding channel
      usePalette colorizer;
      colorizer.apply(dest,thePalette,mask);
      
      return true;
    }

    // Push first box into List
    theLeaves.push_back(theBox);

    // MAIN LOOP (do this until you have enough leaves (count), or no
    // splittable boxes (entries))
    int count, entries=1;  // auxiliary variables for the main loop
    for (count=1; (count<param.numberOfColors) && (entries!=0); count++) {

      // find box with largest number of entries from list
      entries = 0;
      for (iter = theLeaves.begin() ; iter != theLeaves.end() ; iter++) {
        if ( (*iter).colorFrequency > entries ) {
          // Avoid choosing single colors, i.e. unsplittable boxes
          if (  ((*iter).max.getRed()   > (*iter).min.getRed())   ||
                ((*iter).max.getGreen() > (*iter).min.getGreen()) ||
                ((*iter).max.getBlue()  > (*iter).min.getBlue()) ) {
            entries   = (*iter).colorFrequency;
            splitPos  = iter;
          }
        }
      }

      // A splittable box was found.
      // The iterator "splitPos" indicates its position in the List
      if (entries >0) {
        // Determine next axis to split (largest variance) and box dimensions
        int splitAxis;  // split axis indicator
        if ( ((*splitPos).var[0] >= (*splitPos).var[1]) &&
             ((*splitPos).var[0] >= (*splitPos).var[2]) ) {
          splitAxis = 0;  // red axis
        }
        else if ( (*splitPos).var[1] >= (*splitPos).var[2] ) {
          splitAxis = 1;  // green axis
        }
        else {
          splitAxis = 2;  // blue axis
        }

        int rMax  = ((*splitPos).max.getRed());
        int rMin  = ((*splitPos).min.getRed());
        int gMax  = ((*splitPos).max.getGreen());
        int gMin  = ((*splitPos).min.getGreen());
        int bMax  = ((*splitPos).max.getBlue());
        int bMin  = ((*splitPos).min.getBlue());

        // pass through box along the axis to split
        bool found;             // becomes true when split plane is found
        int nrOfCols=0;         // counter: number of colors of box
        int prevNrOfCols=0;     // forerunner of nrOfCols
        rgbPixel lower1;   // lower pixel from box 1
        rgbPixel upper1;   // upper pixel from box 1
        rgbPixel lower2;   // lower pixel from box 2
        rgbPixel upper2;   // upper pixel from box 2

        switch (splitAxis) {
          case 0: // red axis
            nrOfCols = 0;
            for (r = rMin , found = false ; (!found) && (r<=rMax) ; r++) {
              prevNrOfCols = nrOfCols;
              for (g = gMin ; g <= gMax ; g++) {
                for (b=bMin;b<=bMax;b++) {
                  iVec[0] = r;
                  iVec[1] = g;
                  iVec[2] = b;
                  if (theHist.at(iVec) > 0.0) {
                    nrOfCols += static_cast<long int>(theHist.at(iVec));
                  }
                }
              }
              if ( nrOfCols >= (*splitPos).colorFrequency/2 ) {
                found=true;
              }
            }
            if (fabs(prevNrOfCols -
                     static_cast<float>((*splitPos).colorFrequency)/2) <
                fabs(nrOfCols     -
                     static_cast<float>((*splitPos).colorFrequency)/2)) {
                r--;
                nrOfCols = prevNrOfCols;
            }
            // first box
            lower1.setRed(rMin);  lower1.setGreen(gMin);  lower1.setBlue(bMin);
            upper1.setRed(r-1);   upper1.setGreen(gMax);  upper1.setBlue(bMax);
            // second box
            lower2.setRed(r);     lower2.setGreen(gMin);  lower2.setBlue(bMin);
            upper2.setRed(rMax);  upper2.setGreen(gMax);  upper2.setBlue(bMax);
            break;

          case 1: // g axis
            nrOfCols = 0;
            for (g = gMin , found = false ; (!found) && (g<=gMax) ; g++) {
              prevNrOfCols = nrOfCols;
              for (r = rMin ; r <= rMax ; r++) {
                for (b = bMin ; b <= bMax ; b++) {
                  iVec[0] = r;
                  iVec[1] = g;
                  iVec[2] = b;
                  if (theHist.at(iVec) > 0.0) {
                    nrOfCols += static_cast<long int>(theHist.at(iVec));
                  }
                }
              }
              if ( nrOfCols >= (*splitPos).colorFrequency/2 ) {
                found=true;
              }
            }
            if (fabs(prevNrOfCols -
                     static_cast<float>((*splitPos).colorFrequency)/2) <
                fabs(nrOfCols     -
                     static_cast<float>((*splitPos).colorFrequency)/2)) {
                g--;
                nrOfCols = prevNrOfCols;
            }
            // first box
            lower1.setRed(rMin);  lower1.setGreen(gMin);  lower1.setBlue(bMin);
            upper1.setRed(rMax);  upper1.setGreen(g-1);   upper1.setBlue(bMax);
            // second box
            lower2.setRed(rMin);  lower2.setGreen(g);     lower2.setBlue(bMin);
            upper2.setRed(rMax);  upper2.setGreen(gMax);  upper2.setBlue(bMax);
            break;

          case 2: // b axis
            nrOfCols = 0;
            for (b = bMin , found = false ; (!found) && (b<=bMax) ; b++) {
              prevNrOfCols = nrOfCols;
              for (r = rMin ; r <= rMax ; r++) {
                for (g = gMin ; g <= gMax ; g++) {
                  iVec[0] = r;
                  iVec[1] = g;
                  iVec[2] = b;
                  if (theHist.at(iVec) > 0.0) {
                    nrOfCols += static_cast<long int>(theHist.at(iVec));
                  }
                }
              }
              if ( nrOfCols >= (*splitPos).colorFrequency/2 ) {
                found=true;
              }
            }
            if (fabs(prevNrOfCols -
                     static_cast<float>((*splitPos).colorFrequency)/2) <
                fabs(nrOfCols     -
                     static_cast<float>((*splitPos).colorFrequency)/2)) {
                b--;
                nrOfCols = prevNrOfCols;
            }
            // first box
            lower1.setRed(rMin); lower1.setGreen(gMin); lower1.setBlue(bMin);
            upper1.setRed(rMax); upper1.setGreen(gMax); upper1.setBlue(b-1);
            // second box
            lower2.setRed(rMin); lower2.setGreen(gMin); lower2.setBlue(b);
            upper2.setRed(rMax); upper2.setGreen(gMax); upper2.setBlue(bMax);
            break;
          default:
            break;
        } // end of switch

        // compute box info of new boxes and
        // append both at the end of list
        theBox.min = lower1;
        theBox.max = upper1;
        computeBoxInfo(theHist,theBox);
        theLeaves.push_back(theBox);

        theBox.min = lower2;
        theBox.max = upper2;
        computeBoxInfo(theHist,theBox);
        theLeaves.push_back(theBox);

        // delete splited box from list
        theLeaves.erase(splitPos);
      }

    } // end of for (MAIN LOOP)

    // compute block histogram and respective color palette
    thePalette.resize(theLeaves.size());
    int i;
    for (iter = theLeaves.begin() , i=0 ;
         iter != theLeaves.end() ;
         iter++ , i++) {
      // misuse histogram as a look-up-table
      for (r = (*iter).min.getRed(); r <= (*iter).max.getRed(); r++) {
        for (g = (*iter).min.getGreen(); g <= (*iter).max.getGreen(); g++) {
          for (b = (*iter).min.getBlue(); b <= (*iter).max.getBlue(); b++) {
            iVec[0] = r;
            iVec[1] = g;
            iVec[2] = b;
            theHist.at(iVec) = i; // insert palette-index (refers to
                                  // color in palette)
          }
        }
      }

      // create palette
      r = (static_cast<int>((*iter).mean[0]*factor)*256+128)/param.preQuant;
      g = (static_cast<int>((*iter).mean[1]*factor)*256+128)/param.preQuant;
      b = (static_cast<int>((*iter).mean[2]*factor)*256+128)/param.preQuant;
      thePalette[i].set(r,g,b,0);  // insert color
    }

    // create new image with palette and theHist
    dest.resize(imageRows,imageCols);
    mask.resize(imageRows,imageCols,0,false,true);

    // <= 256 colors? then also fill the mask
    if (thePalette.size() <= 256) {
      for (row = 0 ; row < imageRows ; row++) {
        for (col = 0 ; col < imageCols ; col++) {
          iVec[0] = static_cast<int>(src.at( row,col ).getRed()   * factor);
          iVec[1] = static_cast<int>(src.at( row,col ).getGreen() * factor);
          iVec[2] = static_cast<int>(src.at( row,col ).getBlue()  * factor);

          i = static_cast<int>(theHist.at( iVec ));

          dest.at(row,col) = thePalette[i];// insert point with quantized color
          mask.at(row,col) = i;     // insert palette index of quantized color
        }
      }
    }
    else {
      for (row = 0 ; row < imageRows ; row++) {
        for (col = 0 ; col < imageCols ; col++) {
          iVec[0] = static_cast<int>(src.at( row,col ).getRed()   * factor);
          iVec[1] = static_cast<int>(src.at( row,col ).getGreen() * factor);
          iVec[2] = static_cast<int>(src.at( row,col ).getBlue()  * factor);

          i = static_cast<int>(theHist.at( iVec ));

          r = thePalette[i].getRed();
          g = thePalette[i].getGreen();
          b = thePalette[i].getBlue();

          dest.at(row,col).set(r,g,b,0); // insert point with quantized color
        }
      }
    }

    return true;
  }
  // On copy apply for type image!
  bool histogramRGBL::apply(const image& src,dvector& dest) const {

    if (src.empty()) {
      dest.clear();
      setStatusString("input channel empty");
      return false;
    }

    const parameters& param = getParameters();

    int theMin(0),theMax(255);

    const int lastIdx = param.cells-1;

    const float m = float(lastIdx)/(theMax-theMin);
    int y,r,g,b,l;
    int idx;
    int entries;

    vector<rgbPixel>::const_iterator it,eit;

    dest.resize(4*param.cells,0.0,false,true); // initialize with 0
    dvector theR(param.cells,0.0);
    dvector theG(param.cells,0.0);
    dvector theB(param.cells,0.0);
    dvector theL(param.cells,0.0);

    entries = 0;

    // if b too small, it's possible to calculate everything faster...

    // check if the ignore value
    if (param.considerAllData) {
      for (y=0;y<src.rows();++y) {
        const vector<rgbPixel>& vct = src.getRow(y);
        for (it=vct.begin(),eit=vct.end();it!=eit;++it) {
          r = (*it).getRed();
          g = (*it).getGreen();
          b = (*it).getBlue();
          l = (min(r,g,b)+max(r,g,b))/2;

          idx = static_cast<int>(r*m);
          theR.at(idx)++;
          idx = static_cast<int>(g*m);
          theG.at(idx)++;
          idx = static_cast<int>(b*m);
          theB.at(idx)++;
          idx = static_cast<int>(l*m);
          theL.at(idx)++;

          entries++;
        }
      }
    } else {
      for (y=0;y<src.rows();++y) {
        const vector<rgbPixel>& vct = src.getRow(y);
        for (it=vct.begin(),eit=vct.end();it!=eit;++it) {
          if ((*it) != param.ignoreValue) {
            r = (*it).getRed();
            g = (*it).getGreen();
            b = (*it).getBlue();
            l = (min(r,g,b)+max(r,g,b))/2;

            idx = static_cast<int>(r*m);
            theR.at(idx)++;
            idx = static_cast<int>(g*m);
            theG.at(idx)++;
            idx = static_cast<int>(b*m);
            theB.at(idx)++;
            idx = static_cast<int>(l*m);
            theL.at(idx)++;

            entries++;
          }
        }
      }
    }

    if (param.smooth) {
      convolution convolver;
      convolution::parameters cpar;
      cpar.boundaryType = lti::Mirror;
      cpar.setKernel(param.kernel);
      convolver.setParameters(cpar);

      matrix<double> tmp;
      tmp.useExternData(4,param.cells,&dest.at(0));

      convolver.apply(theR,tmp.getRow(0));
      convolver.apply(theG,tmp.getRow(1));
      convolver.apply(theB,tmp.getRow(2));
      convolver.apply(theL,tmp.getRow(3));

    } else {
      dest.fill(theR,0);
      dest.fill(theG,param.cells);
      dest.fill(theB,2*param.cells);
      dest.fill(theL,3*param.cells);
    }

    if (param.normalize) {
      if (entries > 0) {
        dest.divide(entries);
      }
    }

    return true;

  };
  /*
   * shows an lti::mathObject
   * @param data the object to be shown.
   */
  bool fastViewer::show(const image& img) {
    // Draw screen onto display

    if (img.rows()>0 && img.columns()>0) {
      if (data.size() == img.size()) {
        data.fill(img);
      } else {
        destroyImage();
        createImage(img);
      }
    } else {
      setStatusString("empty image");
      return false;
    }

    if (useShareMemory) {
      XShmPutImage(display_info.display,
                   display_info.win,
                   display_info.gc,
                   display_info.shmimage,
                   0, 0, 0, 0,
                   display_info.width,
                   display_info.height, false);
    } else {
      XPutImage(display_info.display,
                display_info.win,
                display_info.gc,
                display_info.shmimage,
                0, 0, 0, 0,
                display_info.width,
                display_info.height);
    }

    XSync(display_info.display,0);

    return true;
  }