On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 11:11:40AM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: > Dominik Vogt <fvwm@fvwm.org> 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 gimp > > > 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? Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], phone: 0721/91374-382 Schlund + Partner AG, Erbprinzenstr. 4-12, D-76133 Karlsruhe -- 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]