#!/usr/bin/perl -wl
use strict;
use Getopt::Long;

my ($FALSE, $TRUE) = (0,1);

(my $myname = $0) =~ s#\A.*/##;

my ($Twid, $Thgt, $tmpdir, $norepeat, $verbose);

# set defaults
$Twid = 600;
$Thgt = 8;
$tmpdir = $ENV{"TMPDIR"} || "/tmp";
$norepeat = $FALSE;
$verbose = $FALSE;

GetOptions("width=i"   => \$Twid,
           "height=i"  => \$Thgt,
           "tmpdir=s"  => \$tmpdir,
           "norepeat!" => \$norepeat,
           "verbose!"  => \$verbose);

die "invalid width and/or height\n" unless $Twid >= 1 && $Thgt >= 1;

my $verboseCommand = $verbose ? "set -x;" : "";

if (@ARGV < 1) {
    die("You must specify at least one color as an argument");
} elsif (@ARGV < 2 && $norepeat) {
    die("With the -norepeat option, you must specify at least two colors " .
        "as arguments.");
}

my @colorlist;

@colorlist = @ARGV;
if (!$norepeat) {
    push @colorlist, $ARGV[0];
}

my $tmpprefix = $tmpdir . "/$myname.$$.";

my $widthRemaining;
my $n;
my @outlist;

$n = 0;
$widthRemaining = $Twid;
@outlist = ();

while (@colorlist >= 2) {
    my $outfile = sprintf("%s%03u.ppm", $tmpprefix, $n);
    push(@outlist, $outfile);

    my $w = int(($widthRemaining-1)/(@colorlist-1))+1;
    my $rc = system("$verboseCommand pgmramp -lr $w $Thgt | " .
                    "pgmtoppm \"$colorlist[0]-$colorlist[1]\" >$outfile");
    if ($rc != 0) {
        die("pgmramp|pgmtoppm failed.");
    }
    $widthRemaining -= $w;
    $n++;
    shift @colorlist;
}

0 == system qq{$verboseCommand pnmcat -lr @outlist}
    or exit 1;

exit 0;

END {
    unlink @outlist if @outlist;
}