Re: FVWM: Vector button decorations

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 08:54:48 -0400

Xavier Maillard <zedek_at_gnu-rox.org> writes:
> Hello,
>
> 2 quick questions:
>
> 1) Is it more powerfull to use vector buttons instead of XPM/PNG ? I
> mean what is best not to waste cycles ?

Probably vectors are faster than xpm/png.
I've used windows with 5 xpm's per window, plus xpm's tiled on the
borders on very slow machines with no noticable slowdown.

> 2) How can I produce my own window decorations (ie. buttons) ? Is there
> any tool that can graphically show me what I am typing (what vectors
> look like) ?

There was a tool like that at this address:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvanr/eps2vector.pl

but the web site has disappeared.

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