Introduction
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This is a subclass of the picture.datatype which allows you to
view graphics files stored in the XPM format. The XPM format
is common in the Unix world.

Copyright, Distribution and Disclamer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The xpm.datatype is ©1999,2000 by Sebastian Bauer.
It is freeware. Feel free to spreat it, as long as
all files are included and in an unchanged form. You are not
allowed to make profit from its distribution!
In no way the author can be made responible for any damage created
by the program. Use it at your own risk!

How to use install
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Simply copy the xpm.datatype file to SYS:Classes/DataTypes
and the XPM file to DEVS:Datatypes. Then execute the following
command: adddatatypes refresh.
You also can use the included Installer Script to install it.

Note that the datatype only works if you have picture.datatype
version 43 or higher installed!

Future
~~~~~~
 - implement DTM_Write
 - fix all bugs

History
~~~~~~~
Version 43.2 (27.03.00)
 - now uses AsyncIO (improves loading time a little bit)

Versiom 43.1 (09.01.00)
 - now uses a smaller depth if possible
 - fixed problems with 16 bit per gun (?) xpm files
   (reported by Francis Labrie)

Version 43.0 (27.12.99)
 - initial release

How can you reach me?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The xpm.datatype probably has many bugs so send bug reports to
  sebauer@t-online.de or
  Sebastian.Bauer@in.stud.tu-ilmenau.de

Address:
  Sebastian Bauer
  Neustädter Str. 50
  07768 Kahla

Visit my homepage at
  http://home.t-online.de/home/sebauer/
  (german version)

  http://home.t-online.de/home/sebauer/english.html
  (english version)

Here you can find the latest version of the xpm.datatype but also
other things for Amiga, for example SimpleFind and SimplePac.

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 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]                  276     628  43.9% -lh5- 057e Mar 27  2000 XPM-DT.info
[generic]                  655    1585  41.3% -lh5- 5769 Dec 27  1999 XPM-DT/Install
[generic]                  335     681  49.2% -lh5- 360a Dec 27  1999 XPM-DT/Install.info
[generic]                 1067    2148  49.7% -lh5- ec4c Mar 27  2000 XPM-DT/ReadMe
[generic]                  316     835  37.8% -lh5- 20b9 Mar 27  2000 XPM-DT/ReadMe.info
[generic]                   85      98  86.7% -lh5- 0498 Mar 27  2000 xpm-dt/xpm
[generic]                13600   23688  57.4% -lh5- 0092 Mar 27  2000 XPM-DT/xpm.datatype
[generic]                  281     467  60.2% -lh5- 0122 Mar 27  2000 XPM-DT/XPM.info
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total         8 files   16615   30130  55.1%            Mar 28  2000