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From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: XImage widgets
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Date: 2 Oct 88 16:51:00 GMT
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    Date: Sat, 1 Oct 88 17:03:57 EDT
    From: Gabriel Beged-Dov <begeddov%software.org@relay.cs.net>

    It uses XReadBitmapFile and pixmaps although this generates
    unnecessary server requests. A better way would be to read in the bits
    directly as has been discussed by many people. Oh well...

Such a function will exist in a utility library in R3.