[openbox] Why don't use xpm files?

[Alberto Venturini]

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:37:31 -0800
Marc Wilson <msw at cox.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 12:00:08AM +0100, Alberto Venturini wrote:
> > openbox themes use x bitmap files, which are monochrome. I think
> > it would be a nice feature if we could load xpm instead... has
> > anybody ever written a patch to add this feature?
> 
> Openbox uses the XBM as a mask, it doesn't use the XBM directly. 
> Subtle difference, but it's there.
> 
> Using pixmaps just introduces another dependency most people don't
> care about.

Ok; since I'd like to add some colors, I make another suggestion:
why don't use different colors for different buttons? For example, in
theme files, we could have the entry
"window.active.maxbutton.pressed.bg.color" which specifies the color for
max button, and so on...