-        if (GetDepth() != 1)
-        {
-            bmp.Create(width, height, gdk_drawable_get_depth(M_BMPDATA->m_pixmap));
-            dstpix = bmp.GetPixmap();
-            gc = gdk_gc_new( dstpix );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            dstbyteperline = (width + 7) / 8;
-            dst = (char*) malloc(dstbyteperline*height);
-        }
-
-        // be careful to use the right scaling factor
-        float scx = (float)M_BMPDATA->m_width/(float)newx;
-        float scy = (float)M_BMPDATA->m_height/(float)newy;
-        // prepare accel-tables
-        int *tablex = (int *)calloc(width,sizeof(int));
-        int *tabley = (int *)calloc(height,sizeof(int));
-
-        // accel table filled with clipped values
-        for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
-            tablex[x] = (int) (scx * (x+clipx));
-        for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
-            tabley[y] = (int) (scy * (y+clipy));
-
-        // Main rescaling routine starts here
-        for (int h = 0; h < height; h++)
-        {
-            char outbyte = 0;
-            int old_x = -1;
-            guint32 old_pixval = 0;
-
-            for (int w = 0; w < width; w++)
-            {
-                guint32 pixval;
-                int x = tablex[w];
-                if (x == old_x)
-                    pixval = old_pixval;
-                else
-                {
-                    pixval = gdk_image_get_pixel( img, x, tabley[h] );
-                    old_pixval = pixval;
-                    old_x = x;
-                }
-
-                if ( dst )
-                {
-                    if (pixval)
-                    {
-                        char bit=1;
-                        char shift = bit << (w % 8);
-                        outbyte |= shift;
-                    }
-
-                    if ((w+1)%8==0)
-                    {
-                        dst[h*dstbyteperline+w/8] = outbyte;
-                        outbyte = 0;
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    GdkColor col;
-                    col.pixel = pixval;
-                    gdk_gc_set_foreground( gc, &col );
-                    gdk_draw_point( dstpix, gc, w, h);
-                }
-            }
-
-            // do not forget the last byte
-            if ( dst && (width % 8 != 0) )
-                dst[h*dstbyteperline+width/8] = outbyte;
-        }
+    // use pixbuf if already available,
+    // otherwise create temporary pixbuf from pixmap
+    GdkPixbuf* pixbuf = M_BMPDATA->m_pixbuf;
+    if (pixbuf)
+        g_object_ref(pixbuf);
+    else
+        pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable(
+            NULL, M_BMPDATA->m_pixmap, NULL,
+            0, 0, 0, 0, M_BMPDATA->m_width, M_BMPDATA->m_height);