arnold@ux.cs.man.ac.uk (Toby Howard) (04/21/89)
OK, I give in. I posted something a few weeks ago about `picture format
madness'--- you know, there's TIFF and GIF and NFF and X bitmap and CGM and
this and that... and I'm totally confused.
Other people obviously are too, judging from the number of `me too!'
messages I've had, and the support that's appeared on the net.
Just now, I'm not so much interested in conversion between formats (maybe
later!), but I want to discover what they all ARE, and what they're FOR!
So I'll try and compile a list. Will you help me?
Just drop me a short note saying, `have you heard of xxxx? This is what
it's for, and here's a brief description, or at least a pointer to one.
Maybe here's where there are some archives, or something'.
BUT IF SOMEONE'S ALREADY DONE THIS PLEASE STOP ME !
Thanks. I'm sure this will be useful.
Toby
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