Re: Using pixmap files in Gnome apps

["John R. Sheets" <dusk ravendusk org>]

On Sat, Jun 12, 1999 at 03:39:27PM +0100, Damon Chaplin wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to figure out a decent way to use pixmap files in Gnome apps.
> 
> If you specify pixmap filenames in GnomeUIInfo structs or in calls like
> gnome_about_new(), then gnome_pixmap_file() in libgnome/gnome-util.c
> is used to try to find the pixmap file.

[...]

> But what do I do for now? Force people to install apps before running them?
> I don't think that's very good.

One solution is to add a command-line option, something like this (sorry for
any lurking bugs):

static gchar *media_path = NULL;

static const struct poptOption my_opts[] =
{
  {"media-path", 'm', POPT_ARG_STRING, &media_path, 0, 
      N_("Path to graphics files"), N_("PATH")},
  {NULL, '\0', 0, NULL, 0}
};

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  ...

  gnome_init_with_popt_table("myapp", VERSION, argc, argv, my_opts, 0, NULL);
  if (media_path != NULL)
    g_message("Using media files at %s", media_path);

  ...
}

John