NAME

       pixmap - image type for the XPM file format.


SYNOPSIS

       image create pixmap ?name? ?options?
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DESCRIPTION

       XPM  is  a  popular X Window image file format for storing
       color icons.  The pixmap image type  defined  by  the  Tix
       library  can  be  used  to  create  color images using XPM
       files.


CREATING PIXMAPS

       Like all images, pixmaps are created using the image  cre­
       ate command. Pixmaps support the following options:

       -data string
              Specifies  the  contents  of the source pixmap as a
              string.  The string must adhere  to  the  XPM  file
              format  (e.g.,  as  generated by the pixmap(1) pro­
              gram). If both the  -data  and  -file  options  are
              specified,   the  -data  option  takes  precedence.
              Please note that the XPM file parsing code  in  the
              xpm library is extremely fragile. The first line of
              the string must be "/* XPM */" or otherwise a  seg­
              matation fault will be caused.

       -file name
              name gives the name of a file whose contents define
              the source pixmap.  The file must adhere to the XPM
              file  format  (e.g.,  as generated by the pixmap(1)
              program).


IMAGE COMMAND

       When a pixmap image is created, Tk also creates a new com­
       mand  whose  name  is the same as the image.  This command
       may be used to invoke various operations on the image.  It
       has the following general form:
                     imageName option ?arg arg ...?
       Option  and  the  args determine the exact behavior of the
       command. The following commands are  possible  for  pixmap
       images:

       imageName cget option
              Returns  the  current  value  of  the configuration
              option given by option. Option may have any of  the
              values accepted by the image create pixmap command.

              Query or modify the configuration options  for  the
              image.  If  no  option is specified, returns a list
              describing all of the available options for  image­
              Name  (see  Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the
              format of this list).  If option is specified  with
              no  value, then the command returns a list describ­
              ing the one named option (this list will be identi­
              cal  to  the  corresponding  sublist  of  the value
              returned if no option is  specified).   If  one  or
              more  option-value  pairs  are  specified, then the
              command modifies the given option(s)  to  have  the
              given value(s); in this case the command returns an
              empty string.  Option may have any  of  the  values
              accepted by the image create pixmap command.


KEYWORDS

       pixmap, image, XPM


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