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authorgiraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8>2010-05-10 15:45:53 +0000
committergiraffedata <giraffedata@9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8>2010-05-10 15:45:53 +0000
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"miscellaneous update"
git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/userguide@1210 9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8
-rw-r--r--pamditherbw.html5
-rw-r--r--pamtopnm.html10
-rw-r--r--pgmtopbm.html3
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pamditherbw.html b/pamditherbw.html
index 7c8d3684..b4adb4a1 100644
--- a/pamditherbw.html
+++ b/pamditherbw.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Pamditherbw User Manual</TITLE></HEAD>
 <BODY>
 <H1>pamditherbw</H1>
-Updated: 03 March 2007
+Updated: 10 May 2010
 <BR>
 <A HREF="#index">Table Of Contents</A>
 
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ degenerate case of dithering, so <b>pamditherbw</b> does very simple
 thresholding with its <b>-threshold</b> option.  But <b>pamthreshold</b>
 does more sophisticated thresholding.
 
+<p>If all you want is to change a PGM image with maxval 1 to a PBM image,
+<b>pamtopnm</b> will do that.
+
 
 <H2 id="options">OPTIONS</H2>
 
diff --git a/pamtopnm.html b/pamtopnm.html
index 67657ae7..24971df7 100644
--- a/pamtopnm.html
+++ b/pamtopnm.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Pamtopnm User Manual</TITLE></HEAD>
 <BODY>
 <H1>pamtopnm</H1>
-Updated: 03 August 2000
+Updated: 10 May 2010
 <BR>
 <A HREF="#index">Table Of Contents</A>
 
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ and its depth and maxval are appropriate.  If this is not the case,
 <P>However, you can override the tuple type requirement with the
 <B>-assume</B> option.
 
+<p><b>pamtopnm</b> produces a PPM image if the input PAM has depth 3 or 4; it
+produces PGM or PBM if the input PAM has depth 1 or 2.  Whether it produced
+PGM or PBM depends upon the maxval: PBM for 1, PGM for anything higher.  The
+tuple type does not play a role in determining the output type.  You can
+use Netpbm programs such as <b>pgmtopgm</b> to generate a different PNM
+output, but remember that Netpbm program that expects PGM input will take
+PBM and so on.
+
 <P>As with any Netpbm program that reads PAM images, <B>pamtopnm</B>
 also reads PNM images as if they were PAM.  In that case,
 <B>pamtopnm</B>'s functions reduces to simply copying the input to the
diff --git a/pgmtopbm.html b/pgmtopbm.html
index 255cf40f..daf9448e 100644
--- a/pgmtopbm.html
+++ b/pgmtopbm.html
@@ -52,5 +52,8 @@ So use the manual for <b>pamditherbw</b> for <b>pgmtopbm</b>, except
 ignore anything that says it was added after Netpbm Release 10.23
 and ignore any options that are not shown in the synopsis above.
 
+<p>If you just want to convert a PGM image with maxval 1 to PBM,
+use <a href="" pamtopnm.html=""><b>pamtopnm</b></a>
+
 </BODY>
 </HTML>