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From: colas@avahi.inria.fr (Colas Nahaboo)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: XPM v2 (Was: XPM pixmap file format)
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Date: 13 Jul 90 14:23:07 GMT
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Organization: Koala Project, Bull Research France
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> >     The current "standard" is the XPM format from Group Bull and

You can also find it on avahi.inria.fr.

PS: we are currently designing the 2nd version of this format, which will
provide such goodies as a simplified syntax, symbolic color names overridables
at runtime, default colors for mono/gray/color visuals, and direct inclusion 
in any language (C, lisp, C++, scheme, etc...). The developer of this new 
design is the new member of the Koala team, Arnaud Le Hors,
 (lehors@mirsa.inria.fr)
who is replacing Daniel Dardailler wo left us to work in the OSF/Motif team.

We are completing a draft on this new format that will be submitted for
discussion on comp.windows.x next week. This format IS public domain, and thus
the discussions on it should be as open as possible. We will provide afterwards
a C implementation of the read/write routines on this format.

PPS: if many people find that a pixmap file format should be part of R5, don't
hesitate to mail your feelings to rws...

Colas Nahaboo, Bull Research France -- Koala Project -- GWM X11 Window Manager
colas@avahi.inria.fr            Phone: (33) 93.65.77.70, Fax: (33) 93 65 77 66
INRIA - Sophia Antipolis, 2004, rte des Lucioles, 06565 Valbonne Cedex, FRANCE