On 07/18/2014 08:28 PM, Samuel Holland wrote:
I think it would be slightly more useful to put the number of bits
> per channel in the header instead of the string "rgba". It would allow > more freedom in reducing the file size when color depth isn't very > important. For example, you could do 5658 or 4444 or 6666 or 8880 (to > omit alpha, even though currently omitting the "a" does the same). I > can think of some cases where overlays might benefit from something > like 1115. (There's still no real way to do monochrome.)
Why put ASCII metadata in the magic string? I don't get it. And please align your lines next time you send an email to this list.
