Format
X-Windows Pixmap Image
Summary
- Name
- X-Windows Pixmap Image
- Version
- X10
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: image/x-xpixmap
- PUID: x-fmt/208
- Format type
- Image (Raster)
- Description
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- Format encoding
- Text
- File extensions
-
xpm - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
X-Windows Pixmap Image X10
- Description
- XPM files always start with the string “/* XPM */”. The line continues with whitespace and a possible comment, followed by the C declaration of a static char array “static char * “. The file has "};" or "} ;" at the end or very near the end followed by white space.
- Provenance
- XPM File Format Summary. Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats, O’Reilly www.fileformat.info/format/xpm/egff.htm Arnaud Le Hors. XPM Manual: The X PixMap Format, Version: 3.4h February 1 1996 http://77.234.201.242/docs/formats/xpm.pdf
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
2F2A2058504D202A2F*0A7374617469632063686172202A20- Endianness
- None
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from EOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 4
- Byte Sequence
7D(3B|203B)- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V58
- Release date
- 21 March 2012
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Added signature
X-Windows Pixmap Image X10: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.
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Updated
X-Windows Pixmap Image X10: Format name changed for greater accuracy and consistency.