 A sample XBM file | |
| Filename extension | .xbm |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
image/x-xbitmap, image/x-xbm[1] |
| Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) | public.xbitmap-image[2] |
| Type of format | Image file formats |
| Extended from | C (programming language) |
| Extended to | X PixMap (XPM) |
In computer graphics, the X Window System used X BitMap (XBM), a plain text binary image format, for storing cursor and icon bitmaps used in the X GUI.[3] The XBM format is superseded by XPM, which first appeared for X11 in 1989.[4]
- ^ .xbm MIME type not registered at IANA
- ^ "System-Declared Uniform Type Identifiers". Uniform Type Identifiers Reference. Apple Inc.
- ^ Steve Kinzler (2005). "Picons Archive". Retrieved 6 January 2014.
picons are in either monochrome XBM format or color XPM and GIF formats
- ^ Daniel Dardailler (15 July 1996). "The XPM Story". Colas Nahaboo and Arnaud Le Hors. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.