XPM Files

XPM is a data directory which contains examples of XPM files. The XPM file is a pixel format used by X Windows and is actually a fragment of legal C code.

XPM File Characteristics:

• ASCII
• color
• 2D
• No compression
• 1 image

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Reference:

1. John Miano,
   Compressed Image File Formats,
   Addison Wesley, 1999,
   ISBN: 0-201-60443-4,
   LC: TA1637.M53.
2. Adrian Nye,
   Xlib Programming Manual R5,
   O'Reilly, 1994,
   ISBN: 1565920066.
3. Robert Schiefler, James Gettys,
   X Window System, Complete Reference to Xlib and Protocol,
   Digital Press, 1990,
   ISBN: 0139720502.

Sample Files:

TEAPOT is an image of the Newell teapot.

• teapot.xpm, the XPM file of the teapot;
• teapot.png, a PNG image of the teapot.

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