How to use pixmaps in GTK+ applications?

[周清博 <zhouqb gmail com>]

Hi,

I'm new to GTK development.
In Windows environment, pixmaps are often compiled into the binary as
resources. Or by making an installer, they can be installed as
ordinary files, in a location that fixed relative to the binary
executable.
My question is, how to use pixmaps in GTK+? Can I make them resouces
as in Win32? If I use them as ordinary files, how can I know the path
after users' installation? What should I do in the configure.ac and
Makefile.am?
The questions may seem stupid to you, but I don't quite understand the
autotools.

Thanks.

Zhou Qinbo