From: rise <rise@...>
Date: 2001-05-22T14:01:52+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15522] Re: Tk Bitmaps

On Tue, 22 May 2001, John Kaurin wrote:

> The following code works when I use a bitmap from the Ruby Tk demos kit
> ("flagup.bmp"), but not when I use a bitmap I created with Microsoft Paint or
> other packages. I get the opposite reaction from MS Paint, it will not read
> the "flagup.bmp" (not a valid bitmap file).

MS Paint creates a "Windows Bitmap" which is a different file format.  The
bitmaps in the Tk demos are XBM (X11/X10 bitmap) files.  Most of the more
advanced graphics suites should be able to work with them.  Thanks for
pointing out this gotcha, I'll add a note in the README.

BTW, I've finally found time to do a maintenence release of the demos so
anyone who's got a bug or addition should drop me a line in the next week
or so.

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