Re: [Freeciv-Dev] xpm, gif, png & map view!

[Matt Busigin <jediknight@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Stephen Hodge wrote:

#Aren't we trying to aim at more than just UNIX/X systems? I think png would
#be a better choice.

That logic is flawed.  That's like saying "Oh, we're trying to aim at more
then UNIX/X systems with our game - let's use BMP".  Image format doesn't
hurt portability, but moving from XPM has a number of disadvantages. 
Compressing XPMs are simple.

                        cheers,
                                matt

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