"Robert [ drbob ] Jaques" <jaques@aimnet.com> said:
Robert> A couple of questions on the bitmaps.
Robert> 1. is there any way to add bitmaps without tedeous editing of the
Robert> tkined.defaults file to renumber?
No. This will change once I have time to work on Tkined 2.0.0. The
whole notion of a tkined.defaults file is broken. I will change this
to source a Tcl startup script. This will provide much more
flexibility. But don't expect anything soon.
Robert> 2. I have't figured out the network icons -- the ones with token
Robert> ring etc.
These are no real icons. These definitions simply define the width of
the network and the name under which this width appears in the menu.
Robert> 3. why the bm and xbm they seem to be the same.
The *.bm extension is from the early days where we used InterViews. I
changed the extension to *.xbm as this seems to be the more widely
used extension for X11 bitmap files. You can remove the *.bm files if
you do not reference them in the tkined.defaults files and if you
change your saved tkined maps.
Robert> 4. I assume iconMask.xbm is for flashing the icon. I simply
Robert> use bitmap to reverse the bitmap and that seems to work.
I expected that Tk will eventually use special masks to specify
bitmaps. They are not used right now, but perhaps they will be used in
later versions. This is also a relict of earlier InterViews versions.
Robert> 5. It would be nice to use a flashier type of icon that bitmaps
Robert> there is only so much you can do with little squares. Any chance
Robert> of adding say gifs. so we can get some nice looking icons.
Tk4.0 supports image types, but Tk4.0 can't create PostScript output
for images. Thats why images are not used by Tkined yet.
Juergen