Re: Colored XBM

[John Finlay <finlay moeraki com>]

herbertg insightbb com wrote:

> Hey there folks,
>
> I'm trying to build an application which shows the same, simple image, in
> different fore- and background colors.
>
> The way I used to this in my old TK based applications was to use a "xbm" file
> and "attach" this image to a TK-Label. Then I changed the fore- and background
> color of the label to the required colors which in fact changed the color of the
> image ).
>
> Is there any way to do something similar with GTK?
>  
I think you have to create a bitmap from the XBM data and then use it as 
the stipple in a GC when drawing on a pixmap. The pixmap can then be put 
in a GtkImage for display. See:

http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gdk/gdk-Drawing-Primitives.html#gdk-draw-drawable

John