Re: embedded icons (solved)

[Grant McLean <grant mclean net nz>]

On Fri, 2010-05-28 at 08:48 -0500, Zane C.B. wrote: 
> On Fri, 28 May 2010 05:24:21 -0500
> "Zane C.B." <v velox vvelox net> wrote:
>
> > Any one know of any modules or etc that make embedding a icon in the
> > Perl code easy?
>
> Solved this using XPM. The format is very easy to escape and embed.

Yes, XPM is good for that purpose.  Another alternative is to use the
contents of a PNG file as a base64_encoded block:

my $png_data = decode_base64(<<'EOF');
iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAIcAAABTCAMAAACCluQBAAAAwFBMVEW7u7gwIiIrKyhBJyM8Ojc3
O0BkMzE6QlZSPDxxMS46Tjk7R2NASVBhPjtDTEdOSEo7TXGBNjQ8YDp2Q0OFQ0FFWX4/WY9MYUyc
PjxnV1haXVxTXXOURkRAYJ49djxBZa2rSEZAa7u3RkVReFE/b8o6jTnFR0Vsb25BdNg7eOlFduFk
...
a2zP5zW3xZQ0fuOLYRfxved9wZTfwdzffm4xfuVy3qzzw3Cx7m0Xw8vHf/sainxj8/EvuJzo499x
HT7+B67/AKql/D/6JY9WAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC
EOF

my $loader = Gtk2::Gdk::PixbufLoader->new;
$loader->write($png_data);
$loader->close;
return $loader->get_pixbuf;

XPM has the advantage that you can edit the image with your text editor,
but the PNG option is useful with larger more detailed images.

Cheers
Grant