Index: work/remote/animator/gc.h
===================================================================
--- work/remote/animator/gc.h	(revision 5134)
+++ work/remote/animator/gc.h	(revision 5135)
@@ -8,14 +8,32 @@
 
 #define NUM_GC 32
 gc_t gc[NUM_GC];
+gc_t gc_active;
 
+static void set_color(const char *color)
+{
+	if (strcmp(color, "erase") == 0)
+		color = "#ffffff";
+	if (strcmp(color, "hole") == 0)
+		color = "#000000";
+	if (strcasecmp(gc_active.color, color) == 0)
+		return;
+	strcpy(gc_active.color, color);
+	P_net_printf(s_anim_out, "color %s\n", color);
+}
+
+
 static gc_t *use_gc(int idx)
 {
+	gc_t *g;
+
 	if ((idx < 0) || (idx >= NUM_GC))
 		return NULL;
 	if (!gc[idx].in_use)
 		return NULL;
-	return gc+idx;
+	g = gc+idx;
+	set_color(g->color);
+	return g;
 }
 
 static void cmd_makeGC(proto_node_t *args)
@@ -69,7 +87,7 @@
 	if ((cs == NULL) || (gs == NULL))
 		return;
 	get_gc(idx, gs);
-	if ((strlen(cs) > 7) || (*cs != '#'))
+	if ((strlen(cs) > sizeof(gc[idx].color)-1))
 		return;
 	strcpy(gc[idx].color, cs);
 }