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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xbiff -shape ???
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Date: 21 Dec 90 22:33:21 GMT
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> I can't seem to get the shape option to work on xbiff.  The way
> it looks I should be able to have a non-rectangular window that
> looks like... a mailbox for example, as long as I provide a mask
> for the bitmap.  How come I can't get it to work? 

I can't read your resource settings from here.  Why don't you tell
us what they are when you ask your question!

> I'm running twm/tvtwm/vtwm/olwm/mwm X11R4 fix-18 on a SS1 with 
> SunOS 4.1.1.

This works for me:

xbiff*shapeWindow:      on
xbiff*fullPixmap:	mailfull
xbiff*emptyPixmap:	mailempty
xbiff*fullPixmapMask:	mailfullmsk
xbiff*emptyPixmapMask:	mailemptymsk