Top Document: Graphics File Formats FAQ (Part 3 of 4): Where to Get File Format Specifications Previous Document: X3D - x3d and xdart Formats Next Document: XOF - RenderMorphics See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Type: Extension: Version: Compression: Color Depth: Maintainer: Specification: XBM is a native file format of The X Window System and is used for storing cursor and icon bitmaps that are used in the X GUI. XBM files are quite different in that they are actually C language source files that are created to be read by a C compiler rather than a graphical display program. XBM data is typically found in headers (.h files) and are a series of static unsigned char arrays containing the monochrome pixel data. There is one array per image stored in the header. XBM was created by the X Consortium as part of the X Window System. Refer to the /bitmaps directory of the X Window distribution for examples of XBM files. The central FTP distribution site for X version 11 is: ftp://ftp.x.org Reference works describing XBM include: Xlib-C language X Interface, Gettys, James, and Robert W. Scheiffler, Consortium Standard, X Version 11, Release 5, First Revision, August 1991. Xlib Programming Manual, Nye, Adrian, third edition, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Sebastopol, CA, 1992. User Contributions:Top Document: Graphics File Formats FAQ (Part 3 of 4): Where to Get File Format Specifications Previous Document: X3D - x3d and xdart Formats Next Document: XOF - RenderMorphics Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: jdm@ora.com (James D. Murray)
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