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From: mlandau@bbn.com (Matt Landau)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: XCreateBitmapFromData() bug/feature question
Message-ID: <10572@jade.BBN.COM>
Date: 5 Feb 88 00:45:52 GMT
References: <8802042049.AA06105@amadeus.silvlis.com>
Reply-To: mlandau@bbn.com (Matt Landau)
Organization: BBN Laboratories Incorporated, Cambridge, MA
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In comp.windows.x, mdb@amadeus.UUCP (Mark D. Baushke) writes:
>I have a sequential stream of bytes which I want to make into an icon.
>
>On my Sun, I need to 'swap' the bytes on each 'short' word in order to
>make the image look correct. However, I am told that the image is ok
>"as is" on uVAX so changing the data to make it look good on a sun
>will break it for a VAX... Requiring the application to alter the bit
>data depending on the hardware in use is not something I am very fond
>of doing.

One portable way of doing this is to use XCreateImage to make an
XImage structure, then use XPutImage to stuff it into a window or
pixmap.  You get to specify the bit- and byte-sex of the data in
XCreateImage, so this works everywhere.
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 Matt Landau			Waiting for a flash of enlightenment
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