Dominik Vogt <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 11:11:40AM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > > Dominik Vogt <[email protected]> writes: > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 04:07:04PM +0200, Felix Kater wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I created an xpm file as a new mouse pointer. This works fine. But can > > > > you tell me how to define the hotspot? > > > > > > > > I guess I should be able do it with a graphics application like the gim > p > > > > and define it inside the xpm file. But up to now I don't find any > > > > command to do it. Could you tell me how you do it? > > > > > > I've never found out how to create an xpm with a hotspot. But you > > > can trick fvwm into using the correct hotspot by using a larger > > > image and shifting it so that the hotspot is in the middle of the > > > picture. E.g. if your image looks like this: > > > > Heres how to create an XPM with a hotspot (from the XPM docs): > > > > The Values-string is a single string that must contain four integers > > that correspond to the width and height of the pixmap, the number of > > colors in the pixmap, and the number of characters per pixel in the > > color specification. The string can optionally specify the hotspot > > coordinates and the word XPMEXT if the pixmap includes an > > Extensions-string. > > > > The format of the string is as follows: > > width height ncolors cpp [x_hotspot y_hotspot] [XPMEXT] > > > > > > The hotspot is available to the program thru the XpmAttributes > > structure. > > Could you put that in the FAQ?
Sure. I haven't checked that Fvwm actually uses the hotspot if defined. I'll check if you haven't done so already. -- Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 444 Hoes Lane Room RRC 1C-214 Phone: (732) 699-5570 Piscataway, NJ 08854 -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
