# Method Image.XPM.encode()

Method encode

  ``string` encode(`Image.Image` `image`, `mapping`|`void` `options`)`

Description

  Encode the given image as a XPM image.

  This will, at least currently, always produce a 2-characters-per-pixel XPM.

  The supported options are:

  ``"name"` : `string(1..128)``
  ``"colortable"` : `Image.Colortable``
  ``"alpha"` : `Image.Image``
  ``"comment"` : `string(1..128)``