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ppmtopcx

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 12 December 1994
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NAME

ppmtopcx - convert a portable pixmap into a PCX file  

SYNOPSIS

ppmtopcx [-24bit] [-packed] [ppmfile]  

DESCRIPTION

Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces a PCX file as output. The type of the PCX file depends on the number of colors in the pixmap:
16 colors or less:
1 bit/pixel, 1-4 planes.
256 colors or less:
8 bits/pixel, 1 plane, colormap at the end of the file.
More than 256 colors:
24bit truecolor file (8 bits/pixel, 3 planes).
 

OPTIONS

-24bit
Produce a 24bit truecolor file, even if the pixmap has 256 colors or less.
-packed
Use "packed pixel" format for files with 16 colors or less: 1, 2, or 4 bits/pixel, 1 plane.
 

SEE ALSO

pcxtoppm(1), ppm(5)  

AUTHORS

Copyright (C) 1994 by Ingo Wilken (Ingo.Wilken@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
Based on previous work by Michael Davidson.


 

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