[Glade-users] Standard set of pixmap files?

Damon Chaplin damon@ximian.com
Thu, 01 Feb 2001 23:35:00 +0000


Dean Schumacher wrote:

> Thanks. Now I have the same problem that someone else mentioned.
> I can't load those files in Glade because they're .png files,
> not .xpm files. I have Glade built without Gnome support, because
> I haven't been able to get gnome-libs to build due to missing
> libraries. (Do you know where I can find libdb1?)
>
> If I can get gnome-libs built and rebuild Glade with gnome
> support, will that allow me to use .png files? Or do I have
> to build the entire gnome desktop (which I don't need)?

You could convert them to XPM format with the Gimp or the 'convert'
utility in ImageMagick.

If your app is going to be for GTK+ only, then you need to use XPM
format (or add the icons within your code).If your app will be for
Gnome you can use PNGs.

Damon