Icon Search Path

Default Icon Search Path

The default icon search path includes personal, system-wide, and built-in locations. The default language is C.

How the Application Search Path Affects the Icon Search Path

When a location is added to the application search path, the appropriate icon subdirectory is automatically added to the icon search path (see “How the Application Search Path Affects the Database, Icon, and Help Search Paths”).

For example, if the application server hosta: is added to the application search path, the directory hosta:/etc/dt/appconfig/icons/language is automatically added to the icon search path.

Icon Search Path Environment Variables

The icon search path is assembled from the built-in locations and the following input variables:

Use these input variables to specify locations outside the application search path.

The assembled icon search path is specified by two output variables:

Syntax for the Icon Search Path Input Variables

The syntax for the variables DTSPSYSICON and DTSPUSERICON is:

VARIABLE=location [,location...]

where location can have the syntax:

To specify a location on another system, use its network file name—for example, /nfs/servera/projects/icons.

How the Icon Search Path Is Assembled

The value of the icon search path (XMICONSEARCHPATH and XMICONBMSEARCHPATH) is created by assembling the following locations, listed in order of precedence:

The color and monochrome search paths differ only in the precedence given to pixmap and bitmaps. The XMICONSEARCHPATH variables lists pixmaps before bitmaps; XMICONBMSEARCPATH lists bitmaps before pixmaps.