X PixMap
X PixMap (XPM) is an image file format used by the X Window System, created in 1989 by Daniel Dardailler and Colas Nahaboo working at Bull Research Center at Sophia Antipolis, France, and later enhanced by Arnaud Le Hors.
Some text editors, for example gvim, can display xpm images in graphical form | |
| Filename extension | .xpm |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
image/x-xpixmap |
| Developed by | BULL Research |
| Type of format | Image file formats |
| Extended from | XBM |
| Open format? | yes |
It is intended primarily for creating icon pixmaps, and supports transparent pixels. Derived from the earlier XBM syntax, it is a plain text file in the XPM2 format or of a C programming language syntax, which can be included in a C program file.
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