The colours seem to be reproduced incorrectly for all XPM files.  
Similar failures happen with XBM files, for example those in  
ghostscript/8.61/lib. Here the XPM versions seem to display  
correctly. The pictures in /Developer/Examples/Java/ 
JavaAdvancedImaging/JAIDemo/images are displayed OK, other JPEG, PNG,  
GIF, and TIFF images as well.


BTW, an 'open <SVG image>' opens Safari – doesn't this mean that  
Apple has provided means to display SVG which could be implemented  
inside Emacs.app, as is already done for JPEG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF  
images?

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   Pete

If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, then  
the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
				– Weinberg's Second Law