xmjschm@mbcrrb.harvard.edu (Mike Schmelzer) (09/02/89)
I have a few related questions:
(Background/specs : Sun 4 , OS 4.0 , Color console, X11R3, Xsun server
with Purdue speedups)
Also, I've seen a program called xgif (it displays GIF pix on a color X server,)
which pretty much lead me to these questions...
All I know about PixMaps is that they're like bitmaps, only with more layers,
and that a color map (or maps) is involved somehow. (Also, X uses PixMaps, not
GIF. )
1. What programs exists to display/manipulate PixMaps? I saw some
DECstations with pretty color pictures displayed at a conference recently,
and I'm pretty sure they were pixmaps.
2. Is there a GIF <-> PixMap conversion program? Somebody mentioned
a package called fbm ("fuzzy bitmap"), but I couldn't find it on expo.
3. I've checked out some GIF servers (thanks, Pat McCormick!). Are there
any PixMap servers?
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In article <XMJSCHM.89Sep1154408@mbcrrb.harvard.edu>, xmjschm@mbcrrb.harvard.edu (Mike Schmelzer) writes: > All I know about PixMaps is that they're like bitmaps, only with more layers, > and that a color map (or maps) is involved somehow. X pixmaps are implementation dependent server data structures. There is no support for writing/reading these to/from files. There are several X programs that allow writing/reading color images. These include xgif, xim, and xwd/xwud. All have different file formats. Ken Lee DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif. Internet: klee@decwrl.dec.com uucp: uunet!decwrl!klee