From: jduncan@papyrus-inc.com
>This is something I have not yet understood. Virtually all wms ask
>for xpm, and the base X distribution does not include it. This is
>merely the X-pixmap library. It is at

The xpm library is not a product of the X Consortium.  It is required
by window managers because it provides a much easier means of handling
color pixmaps than raw Xlib does.  :-)

Max