--- /dev/null
+(defvar test-string
+ (concat "q"
+ "#0;2;0;0;0#1;2;100;100;0#2;2;0;100;0"
+ "#1~~@@vv@@~~@@~~$"
+ "#2??GG????-"
+ "#1!14@"))
+
+
+(defun sixel-get-params (string)
+ "Retrieve the sixel parameters."
+ (car (split-string string "q")))
+
+(defun sixel-get-data (string)
+ "Retrieve data string."
+ (substring string (1+ (string-match "q" string))))
+
+(defvar sixel-colour-map nil
+ "Map of two-character names to RGB colour triples.")
+
+(defvar sixel-current-colour nil
+ "Current colour.")
+
+(defun sixel-compute-row-length (string)
+ (apply 'max
+ (mapcar
+ (lambda (substr)
+ (apply 'max (mapcar
+ (lambda (subsubstr)
+ (length (subsubstr)))
+ (split-string substr "$"))))
+ (split-string string -))))
+
+(defun sixel-tag-bits (n tag bit-count)
+ "Create a list of length BIT-COUNT with the elements corresponding to the
+true bits of N set to TAG."
+ (if (= bit-count 0)
+ nil
+ (cons (if (= (% n 2) 1)
+ tag
+ nil)
+ (sixel-tag-bits (/ n 2) tag (1- bit-count)))))
+
+(defun sixel-make-sixel-from-char (char tag)
+ "Retrieve sequence of bits to be set."
+ (sixel-tag-bits (- char 63) tag 6))
+
+(defun sixel-union (sixel1 sixel2)
+ "Returns a union of the two sixels, SIXEL1 and SIXEL2.
+When both sixels specify a tag for the same pixel, the tag
+from SIXEL2 wins."
+ (seq-mapn (lambda (tag1 tag2)
+ (or tag2 tag1))
+ sixel1 sixel2))
+
+(defun sixel-process-row (string)
+ (let ((idx-in 0)
+ (idx-out 0)
+ result)
+ (while (< idx-in (length string))
+ (let (trunc-string (substring string index-in))
+ (cond
+ ((string-match "^#\\([0-9]+\\);\\([0-9]+\\);\\([0-9]+\\);\\([0-9]+\\);\\([0-9]+\\)"
+ trunc-string)
+ (let ((tag (intern (string-to (match-string 1 trunc-string))))
+ (mode (match-string 2 trunc-string))
+ (r (string-to-number (match-string 3 trunc-string)))
+ (g (string-to-number (match-string 4 trunc-string)))
+ (b (string-to-number (match-string 5 trunc-string))))
+ (add-to-list 'sixel-colour-map (list (tag r g b)))
+ (setq idx-in (match-end 0))))
+ ((string-match "^#\\([0-9]+\\)" trunc-string)
+ (let ((tag (intern (match-string 1 trunc-string))))
+ (setq current-colour tag)
+ (setq idx-in (match-end 0))))
+ ((string-match "^!\\([0-9]+\\)\\([?-~]\\)" trunc-string)
+ (let ((repeat-count (string-to-number (match-string 1 trunc-string)))
+ (char (elt (match-string 2 trunc-string) 0)))
+ (dotimes (i repeat-count)
+ (unless (< idx-out (length result))
+ (add-to-list result (make-vector 6 nil)))
+ (let ((sixel (elt result idx-out))))))))))))
+
+
+
+(sixel-get-rows test-string)
+
+(defun sixel-to-xpm (string)
+ "Converts the given sixel string into an XPM image."
+
+ (let* ((sp (split-string string "q"))
+ (control-string (car sp))
+ ())))