G'day there Mikael,
>> Many of WM support only XPM and PNG. Also possible use some lib like 
>> imlib2.
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> Of course, but using a lib adds a dependency which is exactly what I'm 
> reluctant to do. I obviously didn't intend to reimplement libpng in 
> openbox.
    Why ever not? It's not as though you've got nothing else to do is 
it?    <chucklechucklechuckle>