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From: klee@chico.pa.dec.com (Ken Lee)
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Subject: Re: How to read a bitmap file into a pixmap?
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Date: 19 Dec 89 17:51:42 GMT
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In article <1128@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM>, tims@teklds.WR.TEK.COM (Tim Stoehr)
writes:
> I have files created from XWriteBitmapFile().  What's the best way to read
> them in and convert to a mult-plane pixmap suitable for XCopyArea() to a
> window?

The easiest way is probably XReadBitmapFile then XCopyPlane into your
window.  Alternatively, you might be able to read the file into an
XImage and XPutImage it into your window.

Ken Lee
DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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