50.2.4 Image Instances

Image-instance objects encapsulate the way a particular image (pixmap, etc.) is displayed on a particular device.

In most circumstances, you do not need to directly create image instances; use a glyph instead. However, it may occasionally be useful to explicitly create image instances, if you want more control over the instantiation process.

Function: image-instance-p object

This function returns non-nil if object is an image instance.