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diff --git a/pbmtomacp.html b/pbmtomacp.html index fb4570f9..a2d1722d 100644 --- a/pbmtomacp.html +++ b/pbmtomacp.html @@ -2,31 +2,34 @@ <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Pbmtomacp User Manual</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <H1>pbmtomacp</H1> -Updated: 31 August 1988 +Updated: 26 April 2015 <BR> <A HREF="#index">Table Of Contents</A> -<A NAME="lbAB"> </A> <H2>NAME</H2> -pbmtomacp - convert a PBM image into a MacPaint file +pbmtomacp - convert a PBM image to a MacPaint file -<A NAME="lbAC"> </A> -<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> +<H2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</H2> <B>pbmtomacp</B> -[<B>-l</B> <I>left</I>] +[<B>-left</B> <I>left</I>] -[<B>-r</B> <I>right</I>] +[<B>-right</B> <I>right</I>] -[<B>-b</B> <I>bottom</I>] +[<B>-top</B> <I>top</I>] -[<B>-t</B> <I>top</I>] +[<B>-bottom</B> <I>bottom</I>] [<I>pbmfile</I>] -<A NAME="lbAD"> </A> -<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> +<P>All options can be abbreviated to their shortest unique prefix. +You may use two hyphens instead of one to designate an option. You +may use either white space or equals signs between an option name and +its value. + + +<H2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</H2> <p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>. @@ -40,37 +43,69 @@ need a program such as <B>mcvert</B> to generate a Macbinary or a BinHex file that contains the necessary information to identify the file as a PNTG file to MacOS. -<A NAME="lbAE"> </A> -<H2>OPTIONS</H2> -<P> <b>-l</b>, <b>-r</b>, <b>-b</b>, and <b>-t</b> let you define a -square into the pbm file, that must be converted. Default is the -whole file. If the file is too large for a MacPaint-file, the bitmap -is cut to fit from ( left, top ). +<H2 id="options">OPTIONS</H2> -<A NAME="lbAG"> </A> -<H2>SEE ALSO</H2> +<dl> + +<dt><b>-norle</b> + +<dd>This option tells <b>pbmtomacp</b> not to use any run length encoding +compression in the MacPaint image it produces. This output, while not +normal, conforms to MacPaint specifications and can be read by any +MacPaint decoder without any special settings. + +<p>The only value of this option is testing and experimentation. The option +causes every output image to contain exactly 53072 bytes, which is the +theoretical maximum size for a MacPaint image. + +<p>Without <b>-norle</b>, MacPaint compresses the image as much as possible +and the output size depends on the nature of the input. + +<dt><b>-left</b> +<b>-right</b> +<b>-top</b> +<b>-bottom</b> + +<dd>These options let you define a rectangle within the image to convert. The +default is the whole file. If the specified image is too large for a +MacPaint-file, <b>pbmtomacp</b> cuts the image to fit, starting at the +specified top left corner. + +<p>These options exist for backward compatibility with an unfortunate original +design. They do the same thing that you can do in a more Netpbm-like way and +more flexibly by processing the input through <b>pamcut</b>. + +</dl> + + +<H2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</H2> -<A HREF="ppmtopict.html">ppmtopict</A>, <A HREF="macptopbm.html">macptopbm</A>, +<A HREF="ppmtopict.html">ppmtopict</A>, +<A HREF="macptopbm.html">pamcut</A>, <A HREF="pbm.html">pbm</A>, <b>mcvert</b> documentation -<A NAME="lbAH"> </A> -<H2>AUTHOR</H2> -Copyright (C) 1988 by Douwe van der Schaaf (...!mcvax!uvapsy!vdschaaf). +<H2 id="history">HISTORY</H2> + +<p><b>pbmtomacp</b> was added to Netpbm in 1988, written by Douwe van der +Schaaf (...!mcvax!uvapsy!vdschaaf). + +<p>In 2015, Akira Urushibata ("Douso") replaced the program with +the current version, using different logic and none of the original code. +The new version used the "packed PBM" facilities of the Netpbm +library and the shhopt method of command line parsing. <HR> -<A NAME="index"> </A> -<H2>Table Of Contents</H2> +<H2 id="index">Table Of Contents</H2> <UL> -<LI><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A> -<LI><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A> -<LI><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A> -<LI><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A> -<LI><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A> -<LI><A HREF="#lbAH">AUTHOR</A> +<LI><A HREF="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A> +<LI><A HREF="#description">DESCRIPTION</A> +<LI><A HREF="#options">OPTIONS</A> +<LI><A HREF="#seealso">SEE ALSO</A> +<LI><A HREF="#author">AUTHOR</A> </UL> </BODY> </HTML> |