Re: Grouping icons

graham@ISI.EDU
Wed, 6 Nov 1996 17:05:42 -0800 (PST)

>
> graham> I would like to combine several icons into a single icon.
> graham> That is, I would like to "group" the icons together, but
> graham> rather than see the regular cloud icon, I want the original
> graham> icons to be displayed.
>
> So what do you want? The first sentence tells me that you want to
> combine several icons into a single icon while the second sentence
> tells me that you want the original icons to be displayed. I am bit
> confused.
Yes, it does sound a bit confusing. :-)

Currently, if I group several icons together, the grouped icons turns
into a cloud icon. I do not want to see the cloud icon, I want to see the
orignal icons, BUT they must behave as a single icon.

> Of course (regardless what exactly you mean). All you have to do is to
> add/change some code. :-)
Where 0 < "some" < infinity :-)

> graham> If not, can you give me a pointer that describes how to create
> graham> bitmaps.
>
> See the bitmap(1) man page.
Thanks.

--Graham