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From: garya@stan.com (Gary Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Bitmap files & multiplane displays
Keywords: Pixmap, Bitmap
Message-ID: <229@stan.com>
Date: 2 Sep 88 15:30:17 GMT
Organization: Solbourne Computer Inc., Longmont, Co.
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Xlib has the procedures
	XCreateBitmapFromData
	XReadBitmapFile
to handle converting static data or data in a bitmap file to a
Bitmap which is equivalent to a Pixmap on a single plane display.

The procedure
	XCreatePixmapFromBitmapData
will convert static data to a Pixmap suitable for use on a 
multiplane display.

However, it appears there is no way short of the client decoding
the bitmap file itself to get a bitmap file into Pixmap format.
Is this true, or am I missing something?

-- Gary Aitken
   ncar!boulder!stan!garya