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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> 
> > > That's pretty much your only bet unless you want to parse the XBM
> > > yourself and convert it to binary garbage.  Take a look at
> > > xbm-button.el if you want to see the pain you are in for. :)
> > 
> > Good lord!  *choke*
> 
> I don't understand Bill and you.
> 
> 1) The really hairy part of xbm-button is the part that defines the
>    font used in the buttons.
> 
> 2) xbm-button is used to *create* XBM's, not to parse them, so I don't 
>    see how it is relevant in this discussion.

Well, it was just an example to show how ugly the raw xbm stuff that XEmacs 
currently supports is. :)

-Bill P.