bagchi@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Sugato Bagchi) (05/06/91)
Is there any way to attach a bitmap file as the icon for a precompiled X application running under olwm. twm allowed you to specify "class-name" "icon-filename" pairs in .twmrc. Does olwm allow something similar ? Getting tired of looking at the same wrench and hammer icon for xterm and others. Thanks in advance. Sugato Bagchi bagchi@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
Stuart.Marks@Eng.Sun.COM (Stuart Marks) (05/09/91)
Is there any way to attach a bitmap file as the icon for a
precompiled X application running under olwm. twm allowed you
to specify "class-name" "icon-filename" pairs in .twmrc. Does
olwm allow something similar ?
Not exactly, but there is an interface whereby applications can request
that the window manager display a particular icon, and most applications
allow this to be customized from the command line or by using resources.
For example, XView applications use the -WI option to specify an alternate
icon. Xterm uses the iconPixmap resource to do this.
(NOTE: XView's icon files are in SunView icon format, editable by
iconedit, whereas Xterm's are in X bitmap format.)
Examples:
shelltool -WI /usr/include/images/hello_world.icon
xterm -xrm '*iconPixmap: /usr/openwin/include/X11/bitmaps/xlogo32'
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