How do I make my own compface image?
You can use the gif2xface.pl script, which converts a 48×48 gif to the format suitable for compface. This script can be found in the ‘tools’ directory, along with a README. It is also available from this site: http://www.claws-mail.org/tools.php. You can also let Claws Mail create it by itself from a .xbm file. Or, if that doesn’t work. 1. Find/create 48×48 image, png works well. 2. Convert it to pbm without dither (this also makes it black and white: convert -dither image.png image.pbm 3. Convert the pbm to icon: pbmtoicon image.pbm > image.icon 4. Edit the icon file in a text editor. Delete any comment at the beginning, and put the values in colums of three with comma separation like so: 0xfoo, 0xfoo, 0xfoo, 5. The final line shouldn’t have a comma ending it 0xfoo, 0xfoo, 0xfoo 6. Make certain there are exactly 48 lines and save. 7. Run compface on it: compface
