diff --git a/examples/pywmgeneric.py b/examples/pywmgeneric.py
index 68a34a3..b0a81c2 100644
--- a/examples/pywmgeneric.py
+++ b/examples/pywmgeneric.py
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ import popen2
 
 import wmdocklib
 
-from wmdocklib import char_width, char_height
-
 prevStat = {'user':0,
             'nice':0,
             'sys':0,
@@ -113,6 +111,9 @@ class UserMethods:
         f.close()
         return lambda: 'sys: %s' % temp
 
+    def ls(self):
+        return lambda: 'boh'
+
     def showDnWithoutDescs(self, entry):
         """Strip descriptions from some text where the descs are indented.
 
@@ -372,15 +373,12 @@ class Entry:
         Or nothing if we can't come up with something good. Could be nice to
         extend this function with chars more fitting for your language.
         """
-        fromChars = 'áéíóúàèìòùâêîôûäëïöü'
-        toChars = 'aeiouaeiouaeiouaeiou'
-        deleteChars = []
-        for c in text.lower():
-            if not (c in letters or c in digits or c in fromChars):
-                deleteChars.append(c)
-        deleteChars = ''.join(deleteChars)
-        trans = string.maketrans(fromChars, toChars)
-        text = string.translate(text.lower(), trans, deleteChars)
+        fromChars = u'ñźńśćżłáéíóúàèìòùâêîôûäëïöüãẽĩõũ'
+        toChars = u'nznsczlaeiouaeiouaeiouaeiouaeiou'
+        for frm, to in zip(fromChars, toChars):
+            text = text.replace(frm, to)
+            text = text.replace(frm.upper(), to.upper())
+        text = ''.join([i for i in text if 32 <= ord(i) < 128])
         return text
 
     def getAllText(self):
@@ -541,35 +539,6 @@ def parseCommandLine(argv):
             d['configfile'] = a
     return d
 
-def parseColors(defaultRGBFileList, config, xpm):
-    rgbFileName = ''
-    for fn in defaultRGBFileList:
-        if os.access(fn, os.R_OK):
-            rgbFileName = fn
-            break 
-    rgbFileName = config.get('rgbfile', rgbFileName)
-    useColors = 1
-    if not os.access(rgbFileName, os.R_OK):
-        err(
-            "Can't read the RGB file, try setting it differently using -r,\n")
-        err(
-            "Ignoring your color settings, using the defaults.\n")
-        useColors = 0
-    if useColors:
-        # Colors is a list with (<config_key>, <xpm-key>) pairs.
-        colors =  (('barfgcolor', 'graph'),
-                  ('barbgcolor', 'graphbg'),
-                  ('textcolor', 'text'),
-                  ('background', 'background'))
-        for key, value in colors:
-            col = config.get(key)
-            if not col is None:
-                code = wmdocklib.getColorCode(col, rgbFileName)
-                if code is None:
-                    err('Bad colorcode for %s, ignoring.\n' % key)
-                else:
-                    wmdocklib.setColor(xpm, value, code)
-
 def readConfigFile(fileName):
     """Read the config file.
     
@@ -595,105 +564,113 @@ def readConfigFile(fileName):
                 l[i][o] = cp.get(strI, o, raw=1)
     return l
 
+background = \
+[
+ ' ...............................................................................................',
+ ' .///..___..ooo..___..___.......................................................................',
+ ' .///..___..ooo..___..___.......................................................................',
+ ' .///..___..ooo..___..___.......................................................................',
+ ' .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
+ ' .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
+ ' .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
+ ' .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
+ ' .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
+ ' .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
+ ' .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
+ ' .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
+ ' .///..___..___..___..___.......................................................................',
+ ' .///..___..___..___..ooo.......................................................................',
+ ' .///..___..___..___..ooo.......................................................................',
+ ' .///..___..___..___..ooo.......................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///...-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...',
+ ' .///...-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...',
+ ' .///...-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...',
+ ' .///...-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...',
+ ' .///...........................................................................................',
+ ' .///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////...',
+ ' .///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////...',
+ ' .///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////...',
+ ' .///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////...',
+ ' ...............................................................................................',
+ ' ...............................................................................................',
+ ]
 
 def main():
     clConfig = parseCommandLine(sys.argv)
+
+    palette = {
+        ' ': '#208120812081',
+        '.': '#00000000FFFF',
+        'o': '#C71BC30BC71B',
+        'O': '#861782078E38',
+        '+': '#EFBEF3CEEFBE',
+        '@': '#618561856185',
+        '#': '#9E79A2899E79',
+        '$': '#410341034103',
+        }
+    palette['o'] = clConfig.get('indicator', '#2020b2b2aaaa')
+    palette['/'] = clConfig.get('graph', '#2020b2b2aaaa')
+    palette['-'] = clConfig.get('graphbg', '#707070707070')
+    palette['_'] = clConfig.get('background', '#000000000000')
+    palette['%'] = clConfig.get('text', '#2081B2CAAEBA')
+
     configFile = clConfig.get('configfile', defaultConfigFile)
     if not configFile.count(os.sep):
         configFile = os.sep.join(sys.argv[0].split(os.sep)[:-1]) + os.sep + configFile
     configFile = os.path.expanduser(configFile)
     config = readConfigFile(configFile)
-    parseColors(defaultRGBFiles, clConfig, xpm)
     try:
         programName = sys.argv[0].split(os.sep)[-1]
     except IndexError:
         programName = ''
     sys.argv[0] = programName
-    wmdocklib.setDefaultPixmap(xpm)
+
+    global char_width, char_height
+    char_width, char_height = wmdocklib.initPixmap(background,
+                                                   font_name='8x8',
+                                                   bg='f', fg='9',
+                                                   palette=palette)
+
     wmdocklib.openXwindow(sys.argv, width, height)
     pywmgeneric = PywmGeneric(config)
     pywmgeneric.mainLoop()
 
-xpm = \
-['160 100 13 1',
- ' \tc #208120812081',
- '.\tc #00000000FFFF',
- 'o\tc #C71BC30BC71B',
- 'O\tc #861782078E38',
- '+\tc #EFBEF3CEEFBE',
- '@\tc #618561856185',
- '#\tc #9E79A2899E79',
- '$\tc #410341034103',
- 'o\tc #2020b2b2aaaa s indicator',
- '/\tc #2020b2b2aaaa s graph',
- '-\tc #707070707070 s graphbg',
- '_\tc #000000000000 s background',
- '%\tc #2081B2CAAEBA s text',
- '                                                                 ...............................................................................................',
- '                                                                 .///..___..ooo..___..___.......................................................................',
- '                                                                 .///..___..ooo..___..___.......................................................................',
- '                                                                 .///..___..ooo..___..___.......................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///.._________________________________________________________................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///..___..___..___..___.......................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///..___..___..___..ooo.......................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///..___..___..___..ooo.......................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///..___..___..___..ooo.......................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///...........................................................................................',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////...',
- '    ________________________________________________________     .///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////...',
- '                                                                 .///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////...',
- '                                                                 .///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////...',
- '                                                                 ...............................................................................................',
- '                                                                 ...............................................................................................',
- ] + wmdocklib.char_map
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()