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diff --git a/xpmtoppm.html b/xpmtoppm.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dbeed4ee --- /dev/null +++ b/xpmtoppm.html @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Xpmtoppm User Manual</TITLE></HEAD> +<BODY> +<H1>xpmtoppm</H1> +Updated: 05 October 2005 +<BR> +<A HREF="#index">Table Of Contents</A> + +<A NAME="lbAB"> </A> +<H2>NAME</H2> + +xpmtoppm - convert an X11 pixmap to a PPM image + +<A NAME="lbAC"> </A> +<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> + +<B>xpmtoppm</B> + +[<B>--alphaout=</B>{<I>alpha-filename</I>,<B>-</B>}] +[<B>-verbose</B>] + +[<I>xpmfile</I>] + +<A NAME="lbAD"> </A> +<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> + +<p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>. + +<p><b>xpbtoppm</b> reads an X11 pixmap (XPM version 1 or 3) as input +and produces a PPM image as output. + +<A NAME="lbAE"> </A> +<H2>OPTIONS</H2> + +<DL COMPACT> +<DT><B>--alphaout=</B><I>alpha-filename</I> + +<DD><B>xpmtoppm</B> creates a PBM file containing the transparency +mask for the image. If the input image doesn't contain transparency +information, the <I>alpha-filename</I> file contains all white +(opaque) alpha values. If you don't specify <B>--alphaout</B>, +<B>xpmtoppm</B> does not generate an alpha file, and if the input +image has transparency information, <B>xpmtoppm</B> simply discards +it. + +<P>If you specify <B>-</B> as the filename, <B>xpmtoppm</B> writes the +alpha output to Standard Output and discards the image. + +<P>See <B><A HREF="pamcomp.html">pamcomp</A></B> for one way to use +the alpha output file. + +<p><b>xpmtoppm</b> can't handle a line longer than 8K characters in +the the XPM input. If an input line exceeds this limit, +<b>xpmtoppm</b> quits with an error message to that effect. Before +Netpbm 10.30 (October 2005), the limit was 2K. + +<DT><B>--verbose</B> + +<DD> +<B>xpmtoppm</B> prints information about its processing on Standard Error. + +</DL> + +<A NAME="lbAF"> </A> +<H2>LIMITATIONS</H2> + +<p>The recogized XPM version 3 features are limited. Comments can +only be single lines and there must be for every pixel a default +colorname for a color type visual. + +<A NAME="lbAG"> </A> +<H2>SEE ALSO</H2> + +<B><A HREF="ppmtoxpm.html">ppmtoxpm</A></B>, +<B><A HREF="pamcomp.html">pamcomp</A></B>, +<B><A HREF="ppm.html">ppm</A></B> + +<A NAME="lbAH"> </A> +<H2>AUTHOR</H2> + +<P>Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer. + +<P>Upgraded to work with XPM version 3 by +Arnaud Le Hors <<A +HREF="mailto:lehors@mirsa.inria.fr">lehors@mirsa.inria.fr</A>>, Tue +Apr 9 1991. + +<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">LIMITATIONS</A> +<LI><A HREF="#lbAG">SEE ALSO</A> +<LI><A HREF="#lbAH">AUTHOR</A> +</UL> +</BODY> +</HTML> |