pixmap(n) Tix (4.0) pixmap(n)
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NAME
pixmap - Create color images from XPM files.
SYNOPSIS
image create pixmap ?name? ?options?
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DESCRIPTION
XPM is a popular X Window image file format for storing
color icons. The pixmap image type defined by the Tix(n)
library can be used to create color images using XPM files.
CREATING PIXMAPS
Like all images, pixmaps are created using the image create
command. Pixmaps support the following options:
-data string
Specifies the contents of the source pixmap as a
string. The string must adhere to the XPM file format
(e.g., as generated by the pixmap(1) program). If both
the -data and -file options are specified, the -data
option takes precedence. Please note that the XPM file
parsing code in the xpm library is extremely fragile.
The first line of the string must be "/* XPM */" or
otherwise a segmatation fault will be caused.
-file name
name gives the name of a file whose contents define the
source pixmap. The file must adhere to the XPM file
format (e.g., as generated by the pixmap(1) program).
IMAGE COMMAND
When a pixmap image is created, Tk also creates a new
command whose name is the same as the image. This command
may be used to invoke various operations on the image. It
has the following general form:
imageName option ?arg arg ...?
Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the
command. The following commands are possible for pixmap
images:
imageName cget option
Returns the current value of the configuration option
given by option. Option may have any of the values
accepted by the image create pixmap command.
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pixmap(n) Tix (4.0) pixmap(n)
imageName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
Query or modify the configuration options for the
image. If no option is specified, returns a list
describing all of the available options for imageName
(see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of
this list). If option is specified with no value, then
the command returns a list describing the one named
option (this list will be identical to the
corresponding sublist of the value returned if no
option is specified). If one or more option-value
pairs are specified, then the command modifies the
given option(s) to have the given value(s); in this
case the command returns an empty string. Option may
have any of the values accepted by the image create
pixmap command.
KEYWORDS
pixmap(1), image(n), Tix(n)
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