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dticon(1)		 USER COMMANDS			dticon(1)

NAME
     dticon - the TriTeal Enterprise Desktop Icon Editor

SYNOPSIS
     dticon[options]

DESCRIPTION
     The Icon Editor provides the facilities that enable the user
     to	 create	new icons or modify existing ones.  The	Icon Edi-
     tor uses lines and	geometric shape	drawing	tools in order to
     create new	icons or modify	existing ones. It support XPM and
     XBM formats. The Icon Editor, also	is  capable  of	 grabbing
     images from the display and use them as bases for new icons.
     The Icon Editor, also, supports drag and drop, allowing  the
     user  to  drag  an	 icon file from	the file manager onto the
     Icon Editor window	or icon.

  Key Supported	Tasks
	  - Modify size	of window.  - Modify location of  window.
	  -  Iconify  window.	- Edit a new or	existing icon.	-
	  Save the current icon	- Undo	the  last  operation.	-
	  Cut, copy, and paste areas within the	Icon Editor draw-
	  ing tablet.  - Grab images from the display.	-  Rotate
	  selected area.  - Scale selected area.  - Flip selected
	  area right or	left.  - Resize	icon.  - Add a	hot  spot
	  to  the  icon.  - Delete a hot spot from icon.  - Clear
	  icon.	 - Overlay the icon drawing area with  a  visible
	  grid.	  -  Select icon format, XPM or	XBM.  -	Alter the
	  magnification	factor for the drawing tablet.
     The Icon Editor accepts all of the	standard X Toolkit/Widget
     command   line   options.	Additional  application	 specific
     options are listed	below.

OPTIONS
     The following options are available from the command line:

     -f	file

     This option takes a bitmap	or pixmap file name.  If the file
     ends in .pm or .xpm suffix, it will try reading it	as an XPM
     file first.  If it	fails, it will try reading it as  an  XBM
     file.   If	 the file ends in .bm or .xbm suffix, it will try
     reading it	as an XBM file first.  If it fails, it	will  try
     reading it	as an XPM file.	 If the	file doesn't match any of
     these suffixes, it	will try reading it as an XPM file first.
     If	it fails it will try reading it	as an XBM file.

     -x	widthxheight

     This option specifies  an	initial	 geometry  for	the  icon
     image.  If	a file is specified using the -f option, the size
     of	that icon supersedes the geometry specified.

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     -session file

     This option takes the name	of a session  file  as	an  addi-
     tional parameter. The Icon	Editor is invoked with the speci-
     fied session file name. The session file is a file	that  was
     previously	 saved by the Icon Editor through a session shut-
     down. This	option causes all other	command	line  options  to
     be	 ignored,  as  all  settings are taken from the	specified
     session file.

RETURN VALUE
      Exit values are:

     0	  Successful completion.

     >0	  Error	condition occurred.

EXAMPLES
     dticon -x 24x32
	  Starts the Icon Editor with an icon template	of  width
	  24 and height	32.

dticon Integration using ToolTalk
     [Using Tooltalk to	integrate dticon  in  your  applications]
     Tooltalk  makes  it  possible to use dticon from within your
     application.  dticon supports the	following  Tooltalk  mes-
     sages:
	 start
	 edit
	 quit

     An	application can	construct a Tooltalk message, which  will
     include  a	buffer containing the icon the application wishes
     to	edit. The format of the	message	appears	in dticon's ptype
     file(  dticon.ptype). The buffer in the edit message is con-
     structed to contain the icon contents of an XPM  or  an  XBM
     icon file.	In the case of an XBM icon containing transparent
     regions dticon generates two icon files, an  XBM  file  con-
     taining  the  base	 icon(	the  icon without the transparent
     regions) and a mask  file	that  indicates	 the  transparent
     regions  in  the  icon. The buffer	in this	case must include
     both icon files double buffered, the  base	 icon  first  and
     then the mask, both in the	same buffer.

     NOTE:
	  An application may pass a buffer to  dticon  containing
	  an  XPM icon and get back a double buffer containing an
	  XBM icon and its mask, and vise versa.

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Suggested Reading
     - The TriTeal Enterprise Desktop: ToolTalk	 Messaging  Over-
     view

     - The TriTeal Enterprise Desktop: Programmer's Guide

RESOURCES
     -useFileFilter
	  This resource	instructs the Icon Editor to use the file
	  filter feature in OPEN and SAVE dialogs.

FILES
     Files used	by this	component.

     /.../dt/app-defaults/C/Dticon	 App-defaults file.

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See also dticon(1)