[openbox] Why don't use xpm files?

[Walt Nelson]

Phil Davies wrote:

>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)
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>On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:37:31 -0800, Marc Wilson <msw at cox.net> wrote:
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>>On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 12:00:08AM +0100, Alberto Venturini wrote:
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>>>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?
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>>Openbox uses the XBM as a mask, it doesn't use the XBM directly.  Subtle
>>difference, but it's there.
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>>Using pixmaps just introduces another dependency most people don't care
>>about.
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I for one wouldn't mind the extra dependency. Having pixmap support 
would be very nice to have.

Walt