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From: eli@haddock.ima.isc.com (Elias Israel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: How to specify icons under X11R2??
Message-ID: <9240@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 11 Oct 88 15:50:19 GMT
Reply-To: eli@haddock.ima.isc.com (Elias Israel)
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I am a relatively new user of X, and I have been spending a great
deal of time lately trying to customize my X environment through the
use of resources and xrdb. My latest hack is an attempt to assign
default pixmaps to icons for each different client. I have found the
iconPixmap resource, but cannot assign anything to it through any of
the standard channels because Xtk complains that it doesn't have a
converter from string to pixmap.

Am I doing this wrong? My guesses are:

(1) yes. This is a window manager function because it's a
    "look-and-feel" issue. Your WM should have some way of doing this.
    (if so, anyone have an idea as to how to convince Awm to do this?)

(2) No. I am doing essentially the right thing but for some reason,
    the string->pixmap converter never made it into R2.
    (if so, is there a work-around?)

(3) None of the above. (in which case, I assume, this is all some mild
    form of User Brain Damage. Please diagnose.)


Thanks,

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