[comp.windows.x] Programs to read compressed bitmaps

sivagnan@handel.ColoState.EDU (S. Vasanthan) (03/09/89)

Are there programs out there which will read a compressed (compress (1))
bitmaps directly from disk? I wouldn't mind if it takes along time to
display, as it would save disk space (compress makes it ~1/4 th).

 Vasanthan

jef@HELIOS.EE.LBL.GOV (Jef Poskanzer) (03/09/89)

In the referenced message, sivagnan@handel.ColoState.EDU (S. Vasanthan) wrote:
}Are there programs out there which will read a compressed (compress (1))
}bitmaps directly from disk?

It would be sufficient to make xsetroot optionally read from stdin.  This
should be trivial.
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Jef

            Jef Poskanzer   jef@helios.ee.lbl.gov   ...well!pokey