NAME

       pixmap - image type for the XPM file format.

SYNOPSIS

       image create pixmap ?name? ?options?

DESCRIPTION

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

CREATING PIXMAPS

       Like all images, pixmaps are created using the image create 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)  program).  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 segmatation 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 command 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.

       imageName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
              Query or modify the configuration options for the image. If no option is specified,
              returns a  list  describing  all  of  the  available  options  for  imageName  (see
              Tk_ConfigureInfo  for  information  on  the  format  of  this  list).  If option is
              specified with no value, then the command returns a list describing the  one  named
              option  (this  list  will  be  identical  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(1), image(n), Tix(n)