[openbox] Why don't use xpm files?

Phil Davies thekarn at gmail.com
Sun Mar 6 08:43:41 EST 2005


mayb the ability to compile with pixmap support would be better? that
way people who dont want/have the dep. dont have to have it (and wont
use pixmap support)


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.
> 
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