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diff --git a/ximtoppm.html b/ximtoppm.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..37509a79 --- /dev/null +++ b/ximtoppm.html @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Ximtoppm User Manual</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<H1>ximtoppm</H1> +Updated: April 2, 2000 +<BR> +<A HREF="#index">Table Of Contents</A> + +<A NAME="lbAB"> </A> +<H2>NAME</H2> + +ximtoppm - convert an Xim file to a PPM image + +<A NAME="lbAC"> </A> +<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> + +<B>ximtoppm</B> + +[<B>--alphaout=</B>{<I>alpha-filename</I>,<B>-</B>}] +[<I>ximfile</I>] + +<P>You can abbreviate any option to its shortest unique prefix. + +<A NAME="lbAD"> </A> +<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> + +<p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>. + +<p><b>ximptoppm</b> reads an Xim file as input and produces a PPM +image as output. The Xim toolkit is included in the contrib tree of +the X.V11R4 release. + +<A NAME="lbAE"> </A> +<H2>OPTIONS</H2> + +<DL COMPACT> +<DT><B>--alphaout=</B><I>alpha-filename</I> + +<DD><B>ximtoppm</B> creates a PGM file containing the alpha channel +values in the input image. If the input image doesn't contain an +alpha channel, the <I>alpha-filename</I> file contains all zero +(transparent) alpha values. If you don't specify <B>--alphaout</B>, +<B>ximtoppm</B> does not generate an alpha file, and if the input +image has an alpha channel, <B>ximtoppm</B> simply discards it. + +<P>If you specify <B>-</B> as the filename, <B>ximtoppm</B> writes the +alpha output to Standard Output and discards the image. + +<P>Actually, an Xim image can contain an arbitrary fourth channel -- +it need not be an Alpha channel. <B>ximtoppm</B> extracts any fourth +channel it finds as described above; it doesn't matter if it is an +alpha channel or not. + +<P>See <B><A HREF="pamcomp.html">pamcomp</A></B> for one way to use +the alpha output file. + +</DL> + +<A NAME="lbAF"> </A> +<H2>SEE ALSO</H2> + +<B><A HREF="pamcomp.html">pamcomp</A></B>, +<B><A HREF="ppm.html">ppm</A></B> + +<A NAME="lbAG"> </A> +<H2>AUTHOR</H2> + +<p>Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer. + +<HR> +<A NAME="index"> </A> +<H2>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="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A> +<LI><A HREF="#lbAG">AUTHOR</A> +</UL> +</BODY> +</HTML> |