BMP is common in the Windows environment.

Simple encoding:
encode

METHOD

Image.BMP._decode,
Image.BMP.decode,
Image.BMP.decode_header

SYNTAX

object decode(string data)
mapping _decode(string data)
mapping decode_header(string data)
object decode(string data, mapping options)
mapping _decode(string data, mapping options)
mapping decode_header(string data, mapping options)

DESCRIPTION

Decode a BMP.

decode gives an image object, _decode gives a mapping in the format

"type":"image/bmp",
"image":image object,
"colortable":colortable object (if applicable)

"xsize":int,
"ysize":int,
"compression":int,
"bpp":int,
"windows":int,

RETURNS

the encoded image as a string

BUGS

Doesn't support all BMP modes. At all.

SEE ALSO

encode

METHOD

Image.BMP.encode

SYNTAX

string encode(object image)
string encode(object image, mapping options)
string encode(object image, object colortable)
string encode(object image, int bpp)

DESCRIPTION

Make a BMP. It default to a 24 bpp BMP file, but if a colortable is given, it will be 8bpp with a palette entry.

option is a mapping that may contain:

"colortable": Image.Colortable   - palette
"bpp":        1|4|8|24           - force this many bits per pixel
"rle":        0|1                - run-length encode (default is 0)

ARGUMENTS

argument(s)	description
object image	Source image.
object colortable	Colortable object, shortcut for "colortable" in options.

RETURNS

the encoded image as a string

BUGS

Doesn't support old BMP mode, only "windows" mode.

SEE ALSO

decode