miscellaneous update

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/userguide@4184 9d0c8265-081b-0410-96cb-a4ca84ce46f8

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@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ ppmpat - make a pretty PPM image
 <b>-argyle1</b> |
 <b>-argyle2</b>]
 [<b>-color</b> <i>colorlist</i>]
+[<b>-mesh</b>]
 [<b>-randomseed</b> <i>integer</i>]
 
 <i>width</i> <i>height</i>
@@ -161,6 +162,19 @@ library routine</a>.
 
 <p>This option was new in Netpbm 10.78 (March 2017).
 
+<dt><b>-mesh</b>
+
+<dd>This option affects the patterns generated by the
+<b>-gingham2</b>, <b>-gingham3</b>, <b>-madras</b>, and <b>-tartan</b>.  When
+this option is <em>not</em> specified, when two colors intersect, the program
+mixes them and puts the average in the rectangular intersection region.
+with <b>-mesh</b>, the program fills that region with a checkerboard pattern
+consisting of the two colors.  The resulting image looks like a true woven
+fabric, with separate threads for the separate colors.
+
+<p>This option was new in Netpbm 10.97 (December 2021).
+
+  
 <dt><b>-randomseed</b> <i>integer</i>
 
 <dd>This is the seed for the random number generator that generates the