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)