Re: xpm pixmap mode over the net

[Mark Wedel <master@rahul.net>]

 XPM building can take a very long time.  IT depends on the server
and the speed of the connection.

 Building XPM images over direct ethernet is quite fast.  If you have
a fast link to the destination, I would say it would also be
reasonable.

 Also, some servers may have local ethernet players, who want to use
the X Pixmaps.  And of course, there is nothing forcing a person to
use the XPM images when they connect to a server.  They can still use
fonts or the older pixmaps.  Although, there was a bug that seemed to
start clients who did not specify what they want in X Pixmap mode.