Backdrops in .xpm format

[Mark Welker]

Hi,

I normally don't answer to this e-mail list.
I just read and learn.

But,
I don't understand why you want to convert a .jpg to a .xpm
I tried it with gimp with a .jpg I have.
It made the file size about 30 times bigger.
The .jpg was 218 kb
The .xpm was 6086 kb
.jpg works for me with 3.8.18 as my backdrop.


On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Rich Shepard wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Neal Haslam wrote:
>
> > If you can't get the .xpm to work.  You can still use them as .jpg.
> > Those great images of penguins are all .jpg format and they are
> > fantastic on my 1280x1024 screen... especially the 'drink box xp' image.
>
>   OK, I've progress to report. Not complete success, but definite progress.
>
>   Someone, and I apologize for forgetting who, suggested that I could
> convert the format from .jpg to .xpm just by renaming the file. Well, by
> golly, that works! As far as The GIMP is concerned, anyway. I copied the
> file and could view the .xpm version just fine.
>
>   However, xfce still tells me that I have an invalid file format when I try
> to use it as a backdrop. Could this be a function of the file size? It's
> about 141K.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
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Mark Welker
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