Re: Where to put graphic elements so I can find them again

[Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu>]

On Sun, 2 Sep 2012, Frank Cox wrote:

> 1. I have a "custom" graphic that I'm showing as a sort of a placeholder or
> background in my mailing list program.
>
> 2. I see that most program-specific graphics on my computer seem to be located
> in /usr/share/pixmaps.
>
> Is it proper to put the custom graphic into /usr/share/pixmaps and just
> "assume" that it will be there, i.e use an absolute path to find it from within
> the program?

You'd be better including the custom graphic in your program. This 
can be done very easily with xpm format, or see gdk-pixbuf-csource.
Unless, that is, you want it to be "themeable".

Allin Cottrell