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ppmtowinicon

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 22 May 2000
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NAME

ppmtowinicon - convert 1 or more portable pixmaps into a Windows .ico file  

SYNOPSIS

ppmtowinicon [-andppms] [-output output.ico] [ppmfiles...]  

DESCRIPTION

Reads one or more portable pixmaps as input. Produces a Microsoft Windows .ico file as output.

A Windows icon contains 1 or more images, at different resolutions and color depths.

Microsoft recommends including at least the following formats in each icon.

16 x 16 - 4 bpp

32 x 32 - 4 bpp

48 x 48 - 8 bpp

Default I/O is STDIN/STDOUT.  

OPTIONS

-andppms
If this option is given, every other file is read as a bitmask to be used by windows for transparancy data for the previous image. (These are set to blank by default.)
-output output.ico
File to write. By default, the icon is written to stdout.
 

SEE ALSO

winicontoppm(1), ppm(5)  

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 2000 by Lee Benfield.


 

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AUTHOR

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