dticon(1X) UNIX System V (1 August 1995) dticon(1X)
NAME
dticon - the SGI Common Desktop Environment Icon Editor
SYNOPSIS
dticon[options]
DESCRIPTION
The Icon Editor provides the facilities that enable the user
to create new icons or modify existing ones.
The Icon Editor uses lines and geometric shape drawing tools
in order to create new icons or modify existing ones. It
support XPM and XBM formats. The Icon Editor, also is
capable of grabbing images from the display and use them as
bases for new icons.
The Icon Editor, also, supports drag and drop, allowing the
user to drag an icon file from the file manager onto the
Icon Editor window or icon.
Key Supported Tasks
- Modify size of window.
- Modify location of window.
- Iconify window.
- Edit a new or existing icon.
- Save the current icon
- Undo the last operation.
- Cut, copy, and paste areas within the Icon Editor
drawing tablet.
- Grab images from the display.
- Rotate selected area.
- Scale selected area.
- Flip selected area right or left.
- Resize icon.
- Add a hot spot to the icon.
- Delete a hot spot from icon.
- Clear icon.
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- Overlay the icon drawing area with a visible grid.
- Select icon format, XPM or XBM.
- Alter the magnification factor for the drawing
tablet.
The Icon Editor accepts all of the standard X Toolkit/Widget
command line options. Additional application specific
options are listed below.
OPTIONS
The following options are available from the command line:
-f file
This option takes a bitmap or pixmap file name. If the file
ends in .pm or .xpm suffix, it will try reading it as an XPM
file first. If it fails, it will try reading it as an XBM
file. If the file ends in .bm or .xbm suffix, it will try
reading it as an XBM file first. If it fails, it will try
reading it as an XPM file. If the file doesn't match any of
these suffixes, it will try reading it as an XPM file first.
If it fails it will try reading it as an XBM file.
-x widthxheight
This option specifies an initial geometry for the icon
image. If a file is specified using the -f option, the size
of that icon supersedes the geometry specified.
-session file
This option takes the name of a session file as an
additional parameter. The Icon Editor is invoked with the
specified session file name. The session file is a file that
was previously saved by the Icon Editor through a session
shutdown. This option causes all other command line options
to be ignored, as all settings are taken from the specified
session file.
RETURN VALUE
Exit values are:
0 Successful completion.
>0 Error condition occurred.
EXAMPLES
dticon-x 24x32
Starts the Icon Editor with an icon template of width
24 and height 32.
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dticon(1X) UNIX System V (1 August 1995) dticon(1X)dticon Integration using ToolTalk
[Using Tooltalk to integrate dticon in your applications]
Tooltalk makes it possible to use dticon from within your
application. dticon supports the following Tooltalk
messages:
start
edit
quit
An application can construct a Tooltalk message, which will
include a buffer containing the icon the application wishes
to edit. The format of the message appears in dticon's ptype
file( dticon.ptype). The buffer in the edit message is
constructed to contain the icon contents of an XPM or an XBM
icon file. In the case of an XBM icon containing transparent
regions dticon generates two icon files, an XBM file
containing the base icon( the icon without the transparent
regions) and a mask file that indicates the transparent
regions in the icon. The buffer in this case must include
both icon files double buffered, the base icon first and
then the mask, both in the same buffer.
NOTE:
An application may pass a buffer to dticon containing
an XPM icon and get back a double buffer containing an
XBM icon and its mask, and vise versa.
Suggested Reading
- The SGI Common Desktop Environment: ToolTalk Messaging
Overview
- The SGI Common Desktop Environment: Programmer's Guide
RESOURCES
-useFileFilter
This resource instructs the Icon Editor to use the file
filter feature in OPEN and SAVE dialogs.
FILES
Files used by this component.
/.../dt/app-defaults/C/Dticon App-defaults file.
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