>>>>> "David" == root <root_at_tiberius.ec.rhno.columbia.edu> writes:
>> I'm having a bit of trouble with xpm icons. What is the most
>> popular utility for preserving shaped xpm icons or making them
>> from transparent gifs for example?
David> Use pixmap, the program to xpm as bitmap is to xbm. But, I
David> have intermittent (many) problems with it. I get
David> segmentation faults, odd unknown crashes, etc. But, it is
David> worth the hassel to get transparent (NONE) pixels. Of
David> course, if anyone knows of a better one for Linux, let us
David> know.
I prefer xpaint. While it's not for Linux but for Unix systems in
general, I'm sure you can compile it on Linux. I know it works on
FreeBSD 2.1 and HP/UX 9 and 10.
xpaint had a number of nifty tools like a spray can and region
embosser, and it works with the TrueColor visual (xpaint -24).
It can save XPM format but doesn't support transparent colors. But,
it's easy to workaround that limitation. Just reserve a color that
you want to be transparent, then edit the XPM file with a text editor.
Change the color entry in the file to
" s None c None",
and it'll be transparent.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA
I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to
the funeral in one car. -- Steven Wright
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Received on Tue Feb 20 1996 - 13:59:59 GMT