Format
X-Windows Bitmap Image
Summary
- Name
- X-Windows Bitmap Image
- Version
- X11
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: image/x-xbitmap
- PUID: x-fmt/207
- Format type
- Image (Raster)
- Description
- X-Windows Bitmap is a binary image format, for storing cursor and icon bitmaps used in the X graphical user interface
- Format encoding
- Text
- File extensions
-
xbm - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
X-Windows Bitmap Image X11
- Description
- Starts with a C declaration: "#define <name>_width <integer>#define <name>_height <integer> static [unsigned] char <name>_bits[] = {" where <name> is filename without extension.
- Provenance
- XBM. Encyclopedia of Graphic File Formats. O’Reilly. http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/graphics/summary/xbm.htm XBM - X BitMap Format www.martinreddy.net/gfx/2d/XBM.txt
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
23646566696E6520{1-30}5F776964746820{1-16}23646566696E6520{1-30}5F68656967687420{1-300}73746174696320(63686172|756E7369676E65642063686172)20*5F626974735B5D203D207B- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V78
- Release date
- 23 September 2014
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Updated
X-Windows Bitmap Image: Description added.
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V58
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
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Added signature
X-Windows Bitmap Image X11: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.
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Updated
X-Windows Bitmap Image X11: Format name changed for greater accuracy and consistency.