From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:28:10 -0400
From: Scott Schwartz schwartz@finch.cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] XaoS - first useable version
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forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk writes:
| the pic file writer in libfb can write compressed pic files, though,
| and you can then fiddle directly with images using the fb commands,
| so on balance pic might be the best one to use.

On the other hand, ppm is the most portable scheme around, and ppmtopic
isn't hard to write.