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X PixMap
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X PixMap (XPM) is an image file format used by the X Window System, created in 1989 by Daniel Dardailler and Colas Nahaboo working at Bull Research Center at Sophia Antipolis, France, and later enhanced by Arnaud Le Hors.[2][3]
Quick Facts Filename extension, Internet media type ...
![]() Some text editors, for example gvim, can display xpm images in graphical form | |
Filename extension | .xpm |
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Internet media type |
image/x-xpixmap[1] |
Developed by | BULL Research |
Type of format | Image file formats |
Extended from | XBM |
Open format? | yes |
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It is intended primarily for creating icon pixmaps, and supports transparent pixels. Derived from the earlier XBM syntax, it is a plain text file in the XPM2 format or of a C programming language syntax, which can be included in a C program file.[2]