g_locale_to_utf8 seems to work here and its a simpler function all, and i dont have...

[chaz/openbox] / themes / bear2 / openbox-3 / shade.xbm

#define shade_width 8
#define shade_height 8
static unsigned char shade_bits[] = {
   0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };