Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!ames!mailrus!husc6!bloom-beacon!ATHENA.MIT.EDU!swick From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Pixmap info request (Re: Multi-plane as a Monochrome) Message-ID: <8809221817.AA10366@LYRE.MIT.EDU> Date: 22 Sep 88 18:17:33 GMT References: <8809221752.AA03741@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: DEC/MIT Project Athena Lines: 21 Date: Thu, 22 Sep 88 10:52:07 PDT From: Greg Earle(2) Even more naive question: I see all this stuff about setting the background Pixmap via XSetWindowBackgroundPixmap(), but I don't see any support for color pixmap *files*, only monochrome bitmap files. Correct. Even the current support (both varieties) for monochrome images is a crock. If it is true, will constructs to support saving/restoring color pixmaps (along with their associated color maps, of course) in files be implemented in the future? I sure hope so. One of the reasons image interchange support is not currently implemented is that we've been waiting for the experts (:-) on the subject to decide which of the many image file formats they can agree to adopt. Several individuals have made stabs at a common image file format for X, but none have ever been completed. Interested/ capable assistance is always welcome...