Re: 'make distcheck' has problems with the wxt files

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Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> On Saturday 17 June 2006 09:47 pm, Timoth=E9e Lecomte wrote:
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>> You can embed a PNG file in the source code after having converted to =
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>> C array. Thus you profit from the compression of the PNG format=20
>> (compared to including XPM files) and you don't have to care about the=
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>> paths as the files are included at compile time.
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>
> OK by me. =20
>
> But in the abstract, I'd still like to leave open the  possibility
> of users adding their own custom menu icons with bound actions.=20
> As I envision it, the system would work similarly to the
> existing 'bind' command.  E.g. instead of binding to a key, you'd
> be binding to a menu button:
>
>     bind icon "paintbox.png" \
> 	action "load 'linestyles'; set style incr user; replot"
>
> (that doesn't quite work for other reasons, but you get the idea)
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Yes, yes, it is on my TODO list for post-4.2, and the move to embedded=20
PNGs for the default icons should not prevent any future extension of=20
the system. For custom icons, it seems reasonable to me to ask the user=20
for the full path.

Timoth=E9e