XmGetPixmap - A pixmap caching function that generates a pixmap, stores it in a pixmap cache, and returns the pixmap
#include <Xm/Xm.h> Pixmap XmGetPixmap (screen, image_name, foreground, background) Screen *screen; char *image_name; Pixel foreground; Pixel background;
XmGetPixmap uses the parameter data to perform a lookup in the pixmap cache to see if a pixmap has already been generated that matches the data. If one is found, a reference count is incremented and the pixmap is returned. Applications should use XmDestroyPixmap when the pixmap is no longer needed.
If a pixmap is not found, image_name is used to perform a lookup in the image cache. If an image is found, it is used to generate the pixmap, which is then cached and returned.
If an image is not found, the image_name is used as a filename, and a search is made for an X10 or X11 bitmap file. If it is found, the file is read, converted into an image, and cached in the image cache. The image is then used to generate a pixmap, which is cached and returned.
If image_name has a leading slash (/), it
specifies a full pathname, and XmGetPixmap opens the
file as specified. Otherwise, image_name specifies a
filename. In this case XmGetPixmap looks for the
file along a search path specified by the XBMLANGPATH
environment variable or by a default search path, which varies
depending on whether or not the XAPPLRESDIR
environment variable is set.
The XBMLANGPATH
environment variable specifies a
search path for X bitmap files. It can contain the substitution field
%B, where the image_name argument to
XmGetPixmap is substituted for %B. It can also
contain the substitution fields accepted by
XtResolvePathname. The substitution field %T is
always mapped to bitmaps, and %S is always mapped to
NULL.
If XBMLANGPATH
is not set but the environment variable
XAPPLRESDIR
is set, the following pathnames are searched:
%B $XAPPLRESDIR/%L/bitmaps/%N/%B $XAPPLRESDIR/%l/bitmaps/%N/%B $XAPPLRESDIR/bitmaps/%N/%B $XAPPLRESDIR/%L/bitmaps/%B $XAPPLRESDIR/%l/bitmaps/%B $XAPPLRESDIR/bitmaps/%B $HOME/bitmaps/%B $HOME/%B /usr/lib/X11/%L/bitmaps/%N/%B /usr/lib/X11/%l/bitmaps/%N/%B /usr/lib/X11/bitmaps/%N/%B /usr/lib/X11/%L/bitmaps/%B /usr/lib/X11/%l/bitmaps/%B /usr/lib/X11/bitmaps/%B /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/%B
If neither XBMLANGPATH
nor
XAPPLRESDIR
is set, the following pathnames are
searched:
%B $HOME/%L/bitmaps/%N/%B $HOME/%l/bitmaps/%N/%B $HOME/bitmaps/%N/%B $HOME/%L/bitmaps/%B $HOME/%l/bitmaps/%B $HOME/bitmaps/%B $HOME/%B /usr/lib/X11/%L/bitmaps/%N/%B /usr/lib/X11/%l/bitmaps/%N/%B /usr/lib/X11/bitmaps/%N/%B /usr/lib/X11/%L/bitmaps/%B /usr/lib/X11/%l/bitmaps/%B /usr/lib/X11/bitmaps/%B /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/%B
These paths are defaults that vendors may change. For example, a
vendor may use different directories for /usr/lib/X11
and
/usr/include/X11
.
The following substitutions are used in these paths:
%B
%N
%L
%l
Parameter descriptions are listed below:
Returns a pixmap when successful; returns XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP if the image corresponding to the image_name cannot be found.
XmDestroyPixmap(3X), XmGetPixmapByDepth(3X), XmInstallImage(3X), and XmUninstallImage(3X).