Editing X PixMap (section)

=== XPM3 ===

The current and last format is XPM3 (1991). It re-introduces the C wrapper, but instead of explicitly showing a file's structure, the strings stored are essentially identical to XPM2.

<syntaxhighlight lang="C">
/* XPM */
static char * XFACE[] = {
"48 4 2 1",
"a c #ffffff",
"b c #000000",
"abaabaababaaabaabababaabaabaababaabaaababaabaaab",
"abaabaababaaabaabababaabaabaababaabaaababaabaaab",
"abaabaababaaabaabababaabaabaababaabaaababaabaaab",
"abaabaababaaabaabababaabaabaababaabaaababaabaaab"
};
</syntaxhighlight>

If the "values" line contains six instead of four numbers, the additional values indicate the coordinates of a "hotspot", where '''0 0''' is the upper left corner of a box containing the icon and the default. A "hotspot" is used for mouse pointers and similar applications.