Alan> I gather that the program expects a pair of *.xbm and *Mask.xbm
Alan> files. For the icons that actually come with Scotty, the two
Alan> files don't in general seem to be the same.
Alan> The README file in the other, smaller, collection says these
Alan> should be copies of each other. "Getting started" says the
Alan> same.
Alan> I can't help wondering, first, whether it would not be more
Alan> appropriate to use a symlink if the two files are supposed to be
Alan> the same; and second, whether the program code could not be
Alan> modified so that the absence of a *Mask file would be handled
Alan> appropriately, so that even the symlinks weren't needed. But I
Alan> haven't actually found where in the code this is handled.
It would be stupid to read the same file twice or to require symlinks
to the same file. No, the *.xbm and *Mask.xbm are not necessarily the
same. The *.xbm defines the bitmap while the *Mask.xbm defines which
parts of the bitmap belong to the icon and which not. This is useful
since not every icon is a rectangle (but *.xbm files always store
rectangles).
Juergen
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