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From: Kimbrough@dsg.csc.ti.COM (Kerry Kimbrough)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: PDF format (was PAX format).
Message-ID: <2813674389-3258687@Sierra>
Date: 28 Feb 89 16:13:09 GMT
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   > The PDF (ex- PAX) format want to be what the x11 bitmap
   > format is for monochrome images for color images -- a portable simplified
   > format.

Fine, but for me this goal is too weak to be truly interesting.  Certainly I
would not support an X Consortium project to standardize an data interchange
format for images unless:

	* image file interpreters can be effectively implemented in any
	  programming language

	* an image file can be interpreted at runtime to create a pixmap or
	  image structure

	* the interchange format is not gratuitously incompatible with existing
	  ANSI/ISO standards