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From: mic@ut-emx.UUCP (Mic (... K[a-z]+) Kaczmarczik)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: XReadBitmapFile() that reads Sun format images in expo:contrib
Keywords: X11R3 XReadBitmapFile Sun rasterfile
Message-ID: <9226@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jan 89 07:08:11 GMT
Reply-To: mic@emx.utexas.edu (Mic Kaczmarczik)
Organization: UT Austin Computation Center, User Services Unix Support Group
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I have placed a shell archive with an extended version of
XReadBitmapFile() that can read Sun icon and raster image files (as
well as X 11 bitmap files) on expo, in contrib/xshow.shar.Z.  I've
also submitted the shell archive to comp.sources.x.

While Suns are the natural target, the code doesn't require any
Sun-specific libraries, and has been tested and used on a variety of
systems here.  Being able to maintain a single icon library for both
Suntools and X has proven to be very convenient. 

Included in the archive is a converted version of Patrick Naughton's
``xmac'' (that's where ``xshow'' comes from) that can be used to
display bitmap image files.  (I hated using xsetroot to look at
images. :-) There's also a program to convert X 11 bitmap format files
to Sun rasterfiles, which typically saves a *lot* of space. 

Happy viewing,

Mic Kaczmarczik

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Mic Kaczmarczik			If you drink, don't drill.
UT Austin Computation Center			-- Matt Groening
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