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From: jimf@SABER.COM
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XPM files into Pixmaps
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Date: 17 Sep 90 14:08:17 GMT
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|In order to display an xpm (version 1) file you should get
|/contrib/xloadimage.1.06.tar.Z from expo.lcs.mit.edu.  Believe version
|1.03 is when Jim Frost added the xpm format.  Also on expo you'll find
|/contrib/xpm.tar.Z which contains library routines that understand the
|format.

I don't know if the xpm stuff has been updated but originally it could
only handle pixel lengths of (up to?) two characters.  The loader I
wrote (the one in xloadimage) will handle any length so it might be a
little more flexible.  The writing utility function in the xpm tar is
pretty useful at any rate.

Happy hacking,

jim frost
saber software
jimf@saber.com