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

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On  8 Mar, Scott Goehring wrote:
> "Matt" == Matt Busigin <Matt> writes:
> 
> Matt> Which is the easiest way.  Or we could code our own simple
> Matt> compression algorithms.  Or we could use Zlib.  IMHO,
> Matt> compressing XPMs using *library* GNU zip/zlib calls would be
> Matt> The Right Thing To Do (tm).
> 
> One warning: XPMs are relatively slow to load (they have to be
> parsed).  Adding to that uncompress time could make them very slow
> to load.

Relatively? They're damn slow! I just did a test using GIF's and the
difference is astounding. I'm trying to use PNG's but I'm having
a little difficulty. :-(

Laurent

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