GNU bug report logs - #50904
TODO: Deprecate and remove XPM icons (replacing them with PPM)

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Message #11 received at 50904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se, 50904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50904: TODO: Deprecate and remove XPM icons (replacing them
 with PPM)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 12:28:26 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:55:39 +0200
> Cc: 50904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> There doesn't seem to be any bug reports about XPM colours not working
> correctly -- what are the symptoms?
> 
> XPMs are attractive in that they allow addressing colours by name, and
> you can therefore alter them on-the-fly without editing the images.
> (See `gnus-logo-color-alist' for something that exploits this.)  You can
> do the same with SVG images, but then you need SVG support.  And you
> can't do this with PPMs, I think.
> 
> So I'm not sure I agree with that TODO item, unless I'm missing
> something (which I may well be).

I agree.  It sounds like this item is outdated, and we should delete
it.

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