Re: FVWM: I can't get XPM icons to work

From: Alexis Rosoff <alexis_at_li.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:52:25 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Laurent Duperval wrote:

|> Hello,
|>
|> I'm using fvwm 2.0.43, compiled on an HPUX 9.05 station using the
|> libraries for X11R6.1. My Xpm lib is 3.4g. For some reason, no matter
|> what i do, I can't get iconized windows to use pixmaps instead of
|> bitmaps. I tried changing the paths, adding a slash at the end of the
|> name, etc. It works with bitmaps but I can't get pixmaps to work and I
|> don't know why. I'm guessing it could be a colormap problem but I'm not
|> sure how to verify this. Xv brings up the pixmaps with no problem. I'm
|> really at my wits' ends.

Which path are you using? In order to use full colour pixmaps your pixmap
path must be set (the pixmap icons don't go in the IconPath). I mention
this because when I first saw it in FVWM it seemed slightly illogical.
There IS a reason of course but putting pixmaps in the IconPath won't
work.

So the PixmapPath should look like this:

PixmapPath /usr/X11/include/X11/pixmaps/:/usr/local/icons

Or wherever you keep your pixmaps.

BTW it's not really bad netiquette to use private email - most lists I've
seen, the replies go to both sender and list. Every so often I've seen
complaints, because this results in duplicate copies, but I doubt it will
change. Some people get annoyed when people ask for private email replies
on USENEt, which personally I've never understood, because USENET is a
heck of a lot less reliable than mailing lists.

Good luck
Alexis
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