Re: Non xpm image format support

["Leandro A. F. Pereira" <leandro linuxmag com br>]

Quoted by a city of über sharks
For `weasel <weasel beyondnormal org>' 
On Wednesday, 03 December 2003 (11:23):

>  Am I correct in assuming that all supported image file formats other 
>  than xpm require the use of the Pixbuf?
>
>  Is this correct?

        Almost, you can either create your own loader (for a simple format, like
Windows BMP), or use some library (like libjpeg or libpng) directly. You can
also use gdk-imlib.

        However, since current versions of GTK requires GdkPixbuf, it's better use it
if you're writing programs for GTK1.2.x and using some common formats (png,
jpeg, tiff, etc) -- you'll not have to rewrite some parts of your code in the
future :)

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