On 08/23/2011 12:50 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > On 8/23/2011 12:12 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: >> On 08/23/2011 10:10 AM, fabrizio wrote: >>> At section ".png and .xpm comparison" of this page: >>> http://www.vincentresearch.com/tmp/ >>> >>> you find a (simple) visual comparison between .xpm and .png. >>> >>> Regards >>> Fabrizio >> Basically, is this visual comparison not a comparison of the two different >> sizes? >> >> The PNG is not noticeably different at the same size, is it? >> >> What I like about the automated design I came up with is that I don't >> believe it >> is size specific. Meaning you could probably tweak the driver script and >> come >> up with different sized bitmaps, in a few seconds. >> >> Fabrizio, if we go this way, you will need to be careful not to change the >> base >> filenames of any of the bitmaps. The spelling and case if each character >> will >> need to stay exactly the same as what they used to be in the code. >> >> Thanks, let's way for Jean-Pierre, Wayne, and others to comment now. > I think it's a great idea. The PNGs give us alpha blending which I believe > the > XPM format doesn't support. Although I don't know how important alpha > blending > is in toolbar images. > > FYI, wxImage::AddHandler( new wxPNGHandler ) is already called in > WinEDA_App::InitEDA_Appl() so it should not necessary to call it in the > proposed MakeBitmap function.
MakeBitmap is called from a static constructor in this design, so it is necessary. These *static constructors* run even before main() does. Dick _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
