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Subject: Re: [Freeciv-Dev] New GTK+ client version
From: Falk Hueffner <falk.hueffner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 23 Feb 1999 16:48:28 +0100 
>>>>> "Vasco" == Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>>>> writes:

    Vasco> This new version features among other things file loading
    Vasco> support for TGA format tiles.  These load much faster and
    Vasco> are <50% the size of xpm's due to RLE (they compress less
    Vasco> with gzip though).

I think a much better idea would be to allow .xpm.gz and pipe the
files through gunzip before loading. Should even be easier, and I
guess it also compresses better.

        Falk
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