Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!well!pokey
From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Popular Image Format List
Message-ID: <5933@well.UUCP>
Date: 12 May 88 03:01:32 GMT
References: <2505@k.cc.purdue.edu>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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In the referenced message, ahg@k.cc.purdue.edu (Allen Braunsdorf) wrote:
>Is the set of portable bitmap utilities a good place to start?

Probably not.  Pbm is only for monochrome square-pixel bitmaps.  No
colormaps, no non-square-pixels.  This is deliberate, since the operations
on more general pixmaps are nowhere near as easy to define.

However, I think the model of one lowest-common-denominator format with
a star-shaped network of format converters is a good one.  If you are
interested in making a "portable pixmap" package, I'd be glad to help.
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Jef

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