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From: jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XImages
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Date: 10 Dec 90 21:59:49 GMT
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Yes, the XImage stuff is botched...  I got interrupted in
the middle of trying to design it.  Sigh...  It is the
worst part of Xlib, hands down.

In any case, Xlib does convert the data for you.
			- Jim