[comp.windows.x] Type converter woes...

kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson) (04/26/89)

> "X Toolkit Warning: Cannot convert string
> "/usr/users/palmer/bitmaps/3d" to type Cursor"
> "X Toolkit Warning: No type converter registered for 'String' to
> 'Pixmap' conversion."

> warnings for all programs. My .Xdefaults file contains the line :

> *cursor:                        /usr/users/palmer/bitmaps/3d

> at the top to give me the "3d" cursor as a default.  Also, none of the
> programs that define icon
> bitmaps (e.g. xterm*iconPixmap: <filename>) in .Xdefaults get their
> bitmaps. All of this 
> worked before the recompile.

This should never have worked, the StringToCursor converter expects cursor 
names to be those defined in cursorfont.h without the "XC_" in front of
the name.  The StringToCursor converter doesn't know how to convert cursors
from bitmap files.


                                                Chris D. Peterson
                                                MIT X Consortium