--- a/src/objects-msw.c	Mon Aug 13 10:32:23 2007 +0200
+++ b/src/objects-msw.c	Mon Aug 13 10:33:18 2007 +0200
@@ -740,7 +740,8 @@
 
   if (*name == '#')
     {
-      /* numeric names look like "#RRGGBB", "#RRRGGGBBB" or "#RRRRGGGGBBBB" */
+      /* numeric names look like "#RRGGBB", "#RRRGGGBBB" or "#RRRRGGGGBBBB"
+	 or "rgb:rrrr/gggg/bbbb" */
       unsigned int r, g, b;
   
       for (i=1; i<strlen(name); i++)
@@ -770,6 +771,19 @@
 	  return (PALETTERGB (r, g, b));
 	}
     }
+  else if (!strncmp(name, "rgb:", 4))
+    {
+      unsigned int r,g,b;
+
+      if (sscanf(name, "rgb:%04x/%04x/%04x", &r, &g, &b) <0)
+	return -1;
+
+      r /= 257;
+      g /= 257;
+      b /= 257;
+
+      return (PALETTERGB (r, g, b));
+    }
   else if (*name)	/* Can't be an empty string */
     {
       char *nospaces = alloca (strlen (name)+1);