[Xcircuit-dev] Something must be missing

[R. Timothy Edwards]

Dear Philip,

> error in slave eval:
> image type "xpm" doesn't exist
> Main console display active (Tcl8.4.12 / Tk8.4.12)

I haven't run across a system recently that didn't have the XPM
libraries.  This used to be a common occurrence, and I would always
ensure that the code would run with or without it.  In this case,
it looks like I've added code that depends on the XPM subroutines
that can be avoided.

You can remove the error by editing the file:

   /usr/local/lib/xcircuit-3.6/wrapper.tcl

and changing line 1528 from:

    image create xpm img_${bname} -file ${XCIRCUIT_LIB_DIR}/pixmaps/${bname}.xpm

to:

    image create photo img_${bname} -file ${XCIRCUIT_LIB_DIR}/pixmaps/${bname}.gif

That will make use of the GIF format files instead of the XPM files,
and xcircuit should just come up and run.

					Regards,
					Tim

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