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4.8 Pixmaps

A pixmap is a three-dimensional array of bits. A pixmap is normally thought of as a two-dimensional array of pixels, where each pixel can be a value from 0 to 2n-1, where n is the depth of the pixmap. A pixmap can also be thought of as a stack of n bitmaps. A bitmap is a single bit pixmap of depth 1. CLX provides functions to:

Note that pixmaps can only be used on the screen where they were created. Pixmaps are off-screen server resources that are used for a number of operations. These include defining patterns for cursors or as the source for certain raster operations.


create-pixmap &key :width :height :depth :drawable Function
     
:width, :height
The nonzero width and height (type card16).
:depth
The depth (type card8 ) of the pixmap.
:drawable
A drawable which determines the screen where the pixmap will be used.

Creates a pixmap of the specified :width, :height , and :depth. It is valid to pass a window whose class is :input-only as the :drawable argument. The :width and :height arguments must be nonzero. The :depth must be supported by the screen of the specified :drawable.

pixmap
Type pixmap.

free-pixmap pixmap Function
     
pixmap
A pixmap.

Allows the X server to free the pixmap storage when no other server resources reference it. The pixmap should never be referenced again.


pixmap-display pixmap Function
     
pixmap
A pixmap.

Returns the display object associated with the specified pixmap.

display
Type display.

pixmap-equal pixmap-1 pixmap-2 Function
     
pixmap-1, pixmap-2
A three-dimensional array of bits to be tested.

Returns true if the two arguments refer to the same server resource, and nil if they do not.


pixmap-id pixmap Function
     
pixmap
A pixmap.

Returns the unique resource ID that has been assigned to the specified pixmap.

id
Type resource-id .

pixmap-p object Function
     

Returns true if the argument is a pixmap object and nil otherwise.

pixmap
Type boolean.

pixmap-plist pixmap Function
     
pixmap
A pixmap.

Returns and (with setf) sets the property list for the specified pixmap. This function provides a hook where extensions can add data.

plist
A property list.

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